What I learned in Kent

I love doing road trips. Renting a place in Kent and then going on day trips from there, might not…

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Books

God-Shaped Hole by Tiffanie DeBartolo: The god-shaped hole is a hole that each one of us fills with different things.…

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More impressions of Kent

Who would have thought that a long weekend trip to Kent would turn out to be such a treasure trove…

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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…

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Markthof

On a recent Saturday, instead of going for breakfast, I had planned a trip to Siegersdorf. In this little known…

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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…

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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…

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The doors of Rye

I made an effort and took a lot of pictures of the doors of Rye. Not really sure why I…

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An afternoon in Rye

We left Dungeness and on the way to Hastings passed Rye. This is a very pretty medieval town, where three…

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Books

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld: I just loved it. Honestly, to write with such wit and precision is an art…

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