View onto the Arc de Triomphe, Paris (Just because the colours of this photo go so well with the colours of the design) Second report about Paris (the non tv-2 one) is on its way, as are the rest of the photos.

TV-2 in Paris

New Boy The story is a bit wobbly here and there but what great performances of especially Nicholas Hoult (from About a Boy with Hugh Grant/Skins) and Gregg Lowe. It’s refreshing to see great young actors like these, the future of British stage and theatre is looking good. The play is both funny and serious [...]

TV-2 in Paris How to be impulsive and try something new in six easy steps: Read on facebook (and yes I want to be your friend too – I am known as Ingrid M van Vliet, the M standing for mad) that TV-2 (danish band extraordinaire) is playing a concert in Paris. Admit that taking [...]

Chubby Checker Hot Chocolate in New York Four things that are better in London than in New York: The queue culture. There is no queue culture in NY and I so miss it when I am there, I love the built-in politeness of the British people. The language. I am a sucker for the UK [...]

Statue of Liberty, New York Thanksgiving Day in New York meant that all the shops were closed that day. Not a big deal really. But to compensate for this one day shopping loss there is a concept called Black Friday. Black Friday is the beginning of the official Christmas shopping season in the US and [...]

Kermit – Thanksgiving parade, New York And the people pulling Kermit Yes they were really big those inflatables in New York! And yes I am back in London, back in a very busy job and a home without internet for the next two three weeks. This makes it a big problematic to blog, but I [...]

A short New York report where it is cold but sunny. Yesterday I did the circle line boat trip (from 42nd Street) around Manhattan, and I would say that it is definitely worth doing. The commentary is great, you will learn lots about New York, you will see the island from the other side with [...]

It’s 7.24pm local time here, but I can truly feel that I am still on London time (00.25am). The flight went smooth with on board entertainment: Ghost Town (again – and I did watch it again and loved it and cried again), Inspector Lynley and I even saw bits of Mamma Mia. Add to that [...]

Hello, ain’t I cute! One of the other things we did was a Seafari trip in the bay of Kenmare. Recommended if you ever get to that area as it was fun and we got to see seals very close by. Apart from that – they served an orange lollipop and tea the milky way [...]

Davy Jones in Ireland (click image for larger version) Yes OK, so he wanted to come along to Ireland, and seeing as both me and my friend are quite fond of Davy (and the man behind the tentacles) we took him out on several trips to show him some bits of Ireland. (Click the image [...]

A dog’s nose I do love dogs, which was good as I spent a lot of time with two of them during my holiday. I shared a house with M&M for ten days and this nose was the first thing I saw when I woke up. This one, and the nose of her sister, sniffing [...]

Wonderful Ireland I am back in London after a wonderful long week in Ireland. While Ireland is famous for its rainy weather, and I did in fact arrive in rainy weather, it all changed on Sunday and I had a week with marvelous weather, lots of sea, beautiful scenery, tea in bed and full english [...]

My bag is packed and I am half in bed typing this. I will leave for Ireland tomorrow, flying from Heathrow to Cork where I will be picked up. From there we will drive to Coornagillagh (Kerry). It is a very quiet area on the south west coast, 4 houses and a pub, that kind [...]

Devon Cream Tea in the Wayside Cafe It’s really not bad to spend your 42nd birthday with your best friend in a cafe in Widecombe-In-The-Moor having a cream tea that looked as good as this and tasted as good too. We also visited Princetown which is known for the prison. And if you have seen [...]

Dogs in the rain The view from my B&B room in Weymouth Saturday morning around 8am (yes zoom lens and a room with sea view very close to the beach). It didn’t look very promising so we headed to a cafe for a coffee and the Saturday Guardian. I think the dogs are more depressed [...]

Portland Bill I think it is fair to conclude that the English south coast is beautiful no matter where you go. The same goes for the light houses!

Manx sheep – who are you looking at? I went to Bognor Regis, and I had a good day. Bognor Regis is much smaller and therefore much less touristy than Brighton. The weather was marvellous, and I haven’t done much more than walk to a nearly empty piece of the pebbled beach, sit/lay down, stare [...]

Photos of The Isle of Man are up in the photo gallery. My personal favourites: Jonathan Livingstone Seagull and Point of Ayre lighthouse Dover photos are up too.

Seals on the Isle of Man On my first day out on the Isle of Man I drove to the Langness Peninsula, for a first light house watch. I had to ask my way several times. I could see the lighthouse, but could not seem to find the road that would lead me to it. [...]