Working From Home
After a mammoth session recording expenses for this week’s adventures in Germany, I returned home after lunch to keep Miss 17 company. Her teenage friends se...
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Departure
This is a story about cost cutting gone mad. I arrived at Frankfurt Airport this morning, expecting to follow the usual routine of baggage check-in, and secu...
The Early Bird Catches The Bacon
I’ve become quite the expert - at this hotel at least - at making bacon and egg sandwiches for breakfast. My creations are nowhere near as neat and tidy as t...
Preparing For Departure
My work in Germany has come to an end - for now. The only clothes left out in the hotel room are clean clothes for the morning. After breakfast in the hotel ...
To The Apotheker
I learned something new this evening. After work I had a splitting headache, so thought “it’s fine - I’ll buy something to eat from the supermarket, and have...
Headaches And Early Starts
I’m supposed to be in the office at 8:30 this morning - not a huge problem, seeing as the hotel is directly across the road from the office. This is why I li...
Good Morning From Heathrow Airport
It’s heading towards 10am - I arrived at the airport a little before 8:30am and strolled straight through security. I’m getting too good at it - while removi...
Arrival
The flight from Heathrow to Frankfurt was remarkably routine. Although officially recorded as “delayed”, the flight crew did everything in their power to rus...
Welcome To The Jungle
We took the newly crowned (as of this morning) Miss 14 out to the cinema last night to watch “Jumanji : Welcome to the Jungle”. She had no clue the tickets w...
Bags Are Packed
A variety of clothes have been washed, ironed, folded, and packed. My work backpack has been emptied of it’s usual ephemera, and re-filled with the bare esse...