Monthly Archives: December 2013

I can’t honestly remember the last time I had a decent New Years Eve.  The onus and pressure we put on ourselves to find the best situation possible for ten seconds is astounding.  I think it’s getting worse as we get older, and much like Christmas, it’s really one for the kids.  It was more …

I’m lying in a bed that hasn’t been made.  Literally there isn’t a sheet on it.  (It’s probably my fault).  Someone has just dropped a foul stench from the tiny bathroom which is opposite my head.  Extremely loud Balkan-folk/rock music is blaring in the bar below, so much so if you want a conversation in …

Good heavens above it’s Christmas Eve!  How on Earth did that happen?!  Where have I been?!  Oh yes – in a Christian Orthodox country that doesn’t celebrate anything until January 7th.  So this is a little weird.  Consequently I’ve not heard one carol, not one rendition of Fairy Tale in New York and I’ve not …

I’m awake and up at 5am.  I can’t actually remember the last time I stood at the side of a road and stuck my thumb out; and it’s terrifying me.  I feel I’ve regressed.  A summer of debauchery has fattened my lethargy.  It’s almost like I’m back to square one and I’ve no idea how …