Europe
The Milestone Hotel London
Last weekend Dorota and I had an amazing stay in the luxurious Milestone hotel. The hotel was named after the cast iron milestone that still stands in its original position next to the hotel. We had a fantastic room which was on split floors, the lower smaller floor had a chaise longue and small eating […]
9Nov2008 | Alex and Dorota | 6 comments | Continued
The Eiffel tower, Paris
The Eiffel tower is perhaps the best known landmark in Paris and arguably all of France. It was built in 1889 and was at the time the world’s largest tower. It was built by engineer Gustave Eiffel for the Exposition Universelle similar to the Belgians building the Atomimum for Expo ’58. Eiffel originally designed the […]
20Jul2008 | Alex and Dorota | 16 comments | Continued
Scheveningen Beach, Den Haag, Holland, The Netherlands
Scheveningen is part of Den Haag, which is known as The Hague to us in the UK. Scheveningen was a bit surprise for me to be honest, I was a little shocked to see an amazingly long, wide sandy beach on the coast of the Netherlands! The beach is also complete with a pier, esplanade […]
27Jun2008 | Alex and Dorota | 26 comments | Continued
Kinderdijk Windmills, Holland, The Netherlands
The Netherlands is famous for its dutch windmills, there are more than 1000 windmills in the Netherlands. So we thought Kinderdijk was worth a visit as it’s only just over an hours drive from Amsterdam. Kinderdijk is a small town near Rotterdam where there are 19 old windmills which were built around 1740, which are […]
18Jun2008 | Alex and Dorota | 5 comments | Continued
World Press Photo 2008, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Just a real quick post to say we went to the World Press Photo exhibition at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam. “First and foremost, World Press Photo is known for organizing the world’s largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest. Prizewinning photographs are assembled into a traveling exhibition that is visited by over two […]
14Jun2008 | Alex and Dorota | 0 comments | ContinuedStoned Brighton Dancer
Well haven’t managed to blog for a while and yes I have had many many things to rant about! Just been so busy decorating my new flat I haven’t had time to write. But yesterday something happened which made me remember why I love working in Brighton so much! Yes it was some strange deluded […]
16May2006 | Alex | 2 comments | Continued
Wiltshire Police Safety Camera Partnership M4
Well this can be seen as a highly debatable subject area, and even to me it has many grey areas which I am unsure upon. I finally got my speeding fine through, thanks go out to Wiltshire Safety Camera Partnership. After my court case which I plead guilty to by post… 4 points and a […]
30Mar2006 | Alex | 29 comments | ContinuedApex City of London Hotel, Tower Bridge
Today I got a reply from the Apex City Hotel London. It was a very pleasant letter from Yousif Al-Wagga the general manager of the Apex Hotels group giving hiis sincere apolgies for the problems I experienced with the Apex City of London Hotel. They have taken appropriate action to ensure that such mistakes are […]
7Mar2006 | Alex | 0 comments | ContinuedApex City Hotel, London, Tower Bridge
This weekend I went to London and stayed at the Apex City Hotel near Tower Bridge. The hotel looked fantastic. But unfortunately from the moment of booking nothing went as expected from a four star hotel. A few of these issues are minor but over the course of the weekend just added up and fuelled […]
19Feb2006 | Alex | 4 comments | Continued
Tag Comedy, Komedia, Brighton
Well last night I went to the Komedia club in Brighton, and went to the Tag Comedy night. “coming on to the pitch as a substitute and getting put straight in goal for a penalty”, “doing all the work with the foreplay and not getting any actual sex”. Argus interviews Stephen Grant. It was fantastic […]
27Jan2006 | Alex | 0 comments | Continued
