Tradition has it that on Boxing Day we are all subjected to a walk up a hill or along a disused railway line. Across the UK people are out and about walking off Christmas. Not that I had a lot of Christmas to walk off but I decided to have a quiet day on my… Read More »
To the Irish bar, Finnegans Wake, for Christmas lunch. The price of the meal had risen by just under 100% since booking it so the 6 of us were pretty hacked off before we started. Sitting down at 2pm we passed through the prawn cocktail and then the soup and eventually at 3:30pm got the… Read More »
As I entered reception there were a handful of men on stepladders putting up balloons, bunting, Father Christmases, tinsel, snowflakes and generally making it look festive. Around a central area were a couple of hundred comfy chairs. “We’re getting ready for our Christmas party later today” she said. Imagine a factory printing 12,000,000 bibles every… Read More »
Winter rabbits have appeared in Nanjing. You can pick one up for a couple of yuan on Zhong Shan Bei Lu. A man cycles round on his bicycle and stops periodically on the pavement and attracts mothers and children who poke their fingers through the bars of the tiny cage, the tight home of the… Read More »
I was strolling around the temple area and saw a crowd gathered around something on the street. I was on one of the quieter streets which lead out of Fuzi Miao and I assumed that there was a street performer. As I got closer I realised that there was no noise coming from the crowd… Read More »