Dover castle and the white cliffs
On our last and final day in Kent we drove all the way to Dover. One definitely has to use…
Author: Pollybert
Markthof
On a recent Saturday, instead of going for breakfast, I had planned a trip to Siegersdorf. In this little known…
Great places to eat and drink around Kent – Part 2
On one of our many drives through the hinterland of Kent we passed ‘The George Inn‘. It looked already like…
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…
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…
