Friday, 26 August 2011

A thought on New York from Rugen island, Germany

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After the Thirties Even Auden came to God in post-war years And he did quit while we weren't ahead - Although his Manhattan desti...
Sunday, 14 August 2011

Rhinetown, a little different

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Rhinetown A rash of Rhine-bank motor homes broadcast Bundesliga From Achilles' shields and the Jesuit college is closing: The group...
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Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Theme Song

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Song of the walk, starts Thursday.
Tuesday, 2 August 2011

Ich habe keine Ducati

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So, two intensive weeks at the Goethe Institute and I am linguistically charged ein bischen . I can now count to a thousand and name all the...
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Saturday, 11 June 2011

PLF

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"The European trek was undertaken with a book in mind – he was inspired by George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London – but 4...
Sunday, 5 June 2011

AUGUST 2011

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The final leg begins: Koblenz to Flushing in Holland.
Thursday, 28 October 2010

Am Frankfurt

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The Chinese girls arrive home at the Boppard hotel from Frankfurt at midday Saturday; an all-nighter. Karaoke, shots, Chinese songs, R&B...
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Thursday, 21 October 2010

Bopping to AOR

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So, a short walk along and next to the Rhine on the second attempt to make Boppard with all the speeding car, toy train, barge and cruise-li...
Monday, 11 October 2010

Circular St. Goar

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An early Biedermann heavy frustuk. A glamourous blonde German woman of the later years says: "I hope you jogged," when I explain w...
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Friday, 8 October 2010

I'm Not Singing in St. Goar

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The first thing that changed things was the dog, a dachshund called Spritz. It is late and after a grandish dinner in a place on Bacharach...
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Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Bingen: the mystic multimedia artist

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I didn't know much about Hildegard before I came to Bingen, though I did know someone who was born and grew up here. They'd said to ...
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Publishing and the oldest brothel in town. Mainz 2

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"A matter that may seeme incredible to the understanding of many men, yet most certainly verified by experience. By virtue of this arte...
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Mainz Kind a Town

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An easy walk out of Oppenheim, and a sense that up there on the hill, the old clerics did their job further afield. They could see so far. T...
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Sunday, 26 September 2010

More Sagas

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A early sunny start in Worms takes me to the river, a statue of Hagen throwing the treasure of the Niebelungen into the Rhine, and the viney...
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Monday, 20 September 2010

My Diet in Worms

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Frankenthal's cloudy centre is drinking beer at 9.30, but it is Sunday. The weekend cyclists soon appear as I walk towards the Rhine, th...
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A short little palimpsest of Speyer

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Ever since I saw and became obsessed with the work of the German conceptual artist, Anselm Kiefer, I've wanted to see - and walk - and, ...
Saturday, 18 September 2010

Rolling on a - wrong - river. To Speyer, Spira as was

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Another Heidelberg philosphe weg, my fourth, down to the new bridge, past the Irish bar that Angela said was good, but I don't do Irish ...

Philosphies of Life

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Lazlo runs a brand new vinyl store in the clubby street; the late night old town, about half a hiccough from my bridge-side Heidelberg hotel...
Friday, 17 September 2010

Heidelberg: philosophy compulsory

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My favourite moment of the Baden-Baden Grayson Perry incident happens without him, back at the Capuchin-Radisson reception desk. An elderly ...

Grayson Perry and the travel pussy

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It's one part Hugh Hefner to another part Bond this morning, the first time in my life I have spent from waking until late afternoon...
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