Hastings – the battle field or what’s left of it
Hastings was a revelation! For ages I’ve been listening to the ‘The British History Podcast‘ and was waiting, as so…
Author: Pollybert
The doors of Rye
An afternoon in Rye
We left Dungeness and on the way to Hastings passed Rye. This is a very pretty medieval town, where three…
Books
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld: I just loved it. Honestly, to write with such wit and precision is an art…
Books
Sparrow by L. J. Shen: I am not really into the mobster scene or books about it. So Troy wasn’t…
Breakfast at Verde
Verde lies in the heart of Vienna, in one of the pedestrian zones. So it must be nice in summer…
A change of plans – the expanse of Dungeness
Have you ever heard of Dungeness? Me neither. Which is a shame since this is Europe’s largest shingles area (someone…
Great places to eat and drink around Kent – Part 1
English food never had the best reputation and I remember some pretty gruesome meals from years ago. But things have…
Canterbury
Canterbury has seen pilgrims since the Middle Ages. But even before that the Romans were here and the first cathedral…
Breakfast at Rondell am Cobenzl
On a recent Sunday morning I found myself at breakfast at Rondell am Cobenzl. The restaurant on the outskirts of…
