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    • Gün 34

      Birmingham — Brindley Place

      30 Mart, İngiltere ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F

      I’m sure Birmingham is studied by city planners the world over for its revitalized city center. The canal network that carried coal and iron during the Industrial Revolution made it England’s second city. However, these canals were made obsolete in the mid-20th century, and Birmingham was left with abandoned factories, warehouses, towpaths, and waterways that cut right through the heart of the city. In the 70s and 80s the city revitalized it all by building public spaces that drew people back to the canal paths — theaters, a symphony hall, an arena, an aquarium, amusement parks, shopping centers, restaurants, and boutiques. And it seems to have worked quite well. The canals are a vital part of the city’s pedestrian pathways. My favorite part is close to my apartment where the canal system goes above the city streets and boats cross bridges over the traffic below. Another highlight was the Black Sabbath Bridge where they have a camera set up for you to capture a photo on the bench next to Ozzy and the band (all famous Brummies). I also spent some time canal-side at a bakery cafe and later found the best Neapolitan pizza in the UK. I spoke to an Italian bloke there who gave me the sad news that Italians in England do not make “pizza gain” for Easter, so I won’t be having my favorite Easter pie this year. The good news is that Cadbury World is here in Birmingham farther down along the canal where the company began in 1824. I’ll be going there on Easter Monday. Chocolate is a great revitalizing force.Okumaya devam et

    • Gün 2

      Departure and Arrival

      5 Haziran, İngiltere ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      Having successfully boarded my flight to Doha it was time to settle in and become acquainted with my space for the next 10 hours or so. The advantage of flying via Perth is the splitting up of the long leg, making it 11 hours rather than 14. I was nevertheless pleased to hear the captain say that thanks to some hefty tail winds we’d be flying for about 10 and a half hours. Time for something to eat, hopefully a reasonable sleep, something else to eat, and some entertainment thrown in for good measure. That’s pretty much the way things went; I managed about 5 hours sleep, interrupted by a visit to the onboard lounge for a Baileys and milk! I’m not sure what prompted me to order it, but it hit the spot and set me up for another couple of hours in the land of nod. I know there are those who are blasé about flying business class (you can usually tell them by how dismissive they are of the attendants), but for me the thrill is just as it was 10 years ago when I discovered the joy of redeeming points! I’m a sucker for discovering all the nooks and crannies in which you can deposit what you’ve decided you simply must have at hand during the flight. And don’t get me started on opening up the menu to see what you might order when it takes your fancy - white linen and crystal glassware to boot.

      As much as I was happy with my first experience of flying with Qatar Airways, I was itching to make it to Doha to visit the Al Mourjan Lounge. I’d heard good things, and I wasn’t disappointed. Thankfully I was given a few orientation tips on arrival, as it’s an enormous space. I was directed to the restaurant to wait out the 10 minutes until breakfast service started at 5:00 am. This was one time I was happy to break my rule about only being aware of one 5 o’clock in a day - the poached eggs with salmon, avocado, and asparagus were delicious! I followed up this treat with a delightful shower and then found a chair with multiple charging points to power up my devices. How travel has changed since my first venture overseas in 1987! More on that later.

      After another half hour or so it was onto a different aircraft for the 7 hour flight to Birmingham. No sleep this time, and no middle of the night tipple, but the entertainment and refreshments were welcome and abundant. All three legs were incredibly smooth flights, for which I’m grateful given the recent incidences of significant turbulence. We touched down in Birmingham slightly ahead of schedule and I readied myself for the interrogation about how long I was staying and what I was doing and where I was staying…only to find that entering the UK is now as simple as scanning my passport and collecting my luggage. Well, that last part wasn’t quite so streamlined, given it appeared the baggage handlers were having a laugh at my expense by holding onto my bags until the last possible moment and leaving me seriously wondering if they’d made it out of Perth. At last I spied two forlorn blue bags trundling their way round the endless carousel. All that was left to do was to make my way through the “Nothing to Declare” door and I found myself once again on English soil. It’s good to be back!
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    • Gün 85

      Von Starnberg nach Berlin

      23 Ekim 2023, İngiltere ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      Cardiff hat ein Castle oder zumindest Überreste davon. Das ist unser erster Sightseeingpunkt heute früh. Übernachtet haben wir an den alten docks, in die inzwischen ein kleines Kulturzentrum gebaut wurde. Hier findet man Museen, Restaurants und ein paar kleine Geschäfte. In die Stadt sind es 5 Kilometer, wir nehmen ein Uber und der sehr schweigsame Fahrer lässt uns direkt vor dem Castle raus. Nach dem Castle schlendern wir durch die Innenstadt. Hier trifft Tradition auf Moderne. Tatsächlich fügen sich Neubauten wirklich gut in die alte Bestandsbebauung ein. Besonders schön sind die kleinen Arcaden, die die beiden Hauptstraßen verbinden. In den Arcaden finden sich nur lokale Geschäfte. Die großen Ketten sind hier nicht vertreten. Das ist schön.
      Trotzdem wollen wir nochmals an die Docks und dort am Wasser entlang laufen. Es muss dort einen tollen Spazierweg geben. Also rufen wir wieder ein Uber und heute macht Micky einmal die ungeschickte Kommunikation , nachdem Patrick ja gestern das Bademantelkommunikationsdisaster gestartet hatte. Sie fragt den Uberfahrer , wo der Weg ist. Der Fahrer hatte einen nicht auszusprechenden Namen, war superfreundlich und sprach leider eine Mischung aus Afrikaans, Walisisch und Englisch. Jetzt holt sich jeder einmal eine Banane, steckt sich eine Hälfte in die linke Backentasche und die andere Hälfte in die rechte Backentasche. Dann sprecht Ihr bitte folgenden Satz: "is ei ferry butifol path, staaaat tirection pannah end sen ask sohmpotty" .
      Genau so hat es der Uberfahrer gesagt. Nicht einmal, sondern 34x , dann waren wir endlich angekommen. Den Spazierweg haben wir übrigens nicht gefunden 😁.
      Egal, wir verlassen Cardiff und machen uns auf den Weg nach Birmingham. Und das liebe Freunde, das sollte man nicht machen.
      Birmingham ist die zweitgrößte Stadt Englands und schafft es im europäischen Crime Index auf Platz 6 . Wenn man hier durch die Innenstadt geht, fühlt sich das an, als ob man in Berlin am NKZ wäre. Berlin ist übrigens in diesem Ranking nicht unter den TOP 10!
      Wir erleben also gerade einen Schock, wir kommen aus Cornwall , Bristol und Cardiff und kommen hier her. Das fühlt sich an, als ob wir von Starnberg nach Berlin gefahren wären.
      Wir laufen natürlich trotzdem durch die Innenstadt und besuchen sogar noch schnell die Kathedrale, die eigentlich schon zu ist, aber der Pfarrer hat wohl vergessen abzusperren, als er - was wissen wir - im Hinterzimmer irgendwas geraucht oder vernascht hat. Jedenfalls müssen wir gehen, als wir gerade die Kerzen suchen, die wir ja in jeder Kirche anzünden wollten. Die Kathedrale ist leider gerade in einer Renovierung, sie ist von außen und innen eingerüstet.
      Wir suchen ein Restaurant, leider gibt es nur Fastfoodketten und Subway, Burger King, Greggs usw sind so gar nicht unser Ding. Inzwischen ist es 19:30 Uhr und die Stadt leert sich, sie wird jetzt offensichtlich von der Nachtschicht übernommen und die sieht nicht so super vertrauenswürdig aus. Wir beschließen, ins Hotel zurückzulaufen, auf den Weg noch ein bisschen Käse zu kaufen und damit und einem Schnulzenfilm im Zimmer den Abend zu verbringen.
      Die Filmauswahl ist einseitig, jeder macht Vorschläge und Micky entscheidet dann in einem russischdemokratischen Verfahren, was wir ansehen.
      Okumaya devam et

    • Gün 5

      Birmingham

      27 Temmuz 2023, İngiltere ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

      Our drive into Birmingham was made much less stressful by Jeremy's remote help desk advice. We connected my phone to the car's sat nav screen and used Google Maps instead. This lady has a MUCH better handle on things. What would we do without Jeremy!
      We called in at the Christadelphian Office. Last time we were there I discovered Hannah Dunnett's artwork and I restocked. Spent way too much! I treated myself to one of her mugs, but it's wrapped in bubble wrap so no photo. I love the way she weaves Bible quotes into her artwork.
      After that we found a Patchwork and Quilting shop 5 minutes down the road, but alas it is now only an online shop. I could only peer through the window.
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    • Gün 99

      Ups and downs

      11 Aralık 2023, İngiltere ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C

      This morning started with a bad coffee and a walk around the Jewelry Quarter of Birmingham, while there were quite a few jewelry stores, the name is a lot fancier than the area actually is, at least the parts that we saw.

      After this, we walked into the centre of the city, where there was the largest authentic German Christmas market outside of Germany itself. It was pretty impressive though we didn't stop to buy anything. After a better coffee, we spent the afternoon walking around the shopping district.

      On the way back we stopped for a snack and to pick up another meal deal from the supermarket and headed back to the accommodation to ruin our evening by watching the saddest Pixar movie: Up!

      It was a great movie.

      Step count: 18.5k
      Okumaya devam et

    • Gün 98

      A day of travel

      10 Aralık 2023, İngiltere ⋅ 🌬 9 °C

      We said fair well to our castle accommodation this morning and set out towards Manchester, where we had a bit of a walk around and lunch before heading the rest of the way to Birmingham.

      We made a little detour to Walsall and stopped to see the house Bec's mum lived in when she was a child!

      We got to Birmingham and parked in a questionable car park before checking in to our high tech hotel, no key cards here! Just use your phone to call the elevator, unlock the door and control the lights.

      We headed out for a quick walk, grabbed a meal deal (sandwich, chips and soda) for dinner and headed back to watch a Christmas movie.

      All in all it was a pretty quiet day because there was quite a bit of travel involved, but at least we managed to hit our step goal again!

      Step count: 10.6k
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    • Gün 257

      Birmingham

      12 Haziran 2023, İngiltere ⋅ 🌩️ 27 °C

      Wir haben heute Wales verlassen und sind wieder in England. Aber egal wo, es ist nach wie vor unglaublich schwül und schweisstreibendes Wetter. Also nichts für die Hunde und auch nichts für uns.
      Haben uns heute Birmingham angesehen, wirklich sehr nett mit zahlreichen schönen Ecken und einem Mix aus Alt und Modern. Gerade haben wir uns bei Starkregen und Gewitter pischnass in den Weissen Riesen gerettet und werden hier heute abend noch auf ein Konzert von Placebo gehen....
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    • Gün 38

      Birmingham Art Museum

      3 Nisan, İngiltere ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F

      Pre-Raphaelites were like the hippies or beatniks of the Victorian Era. They formed in Birmingham in the mid-1800s and challenged the status quo of the art world at the time. Dante Gabriel Rossetti was highlighted here, as was Edward Burne-Jones. I’d like to learn more about those two. William Morris is probably the most famous artist who was part of their group, and his art was influenced by their ideas for decades to come. I found this fitting because Birmingham is not like other British cities. It sprung up almost entirely due to the Industrial Revolution so it doesn’t have the long history of other British cities. It saw overnight growth, incredible fortunes made, and a growing population of working poor. Its history feels more American.Okumaya devam et

    • Gün 8

      Inverness to Stornaway

      21 Ağustos 2023, İngiltere ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

      Left Inverness by rental car. Drove to Culloden- scene of an English massacre during a Jacobite rising in 1746. The battlefield has been restored and shows the Jacobite line and the English Government line
      After Culloden we drove down the full length of Loch Ness- so many tourists. Is a beautiful lake.
      We then drove for 4 hours around the west Highlands towards Ullapool to catch the ferry to Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis and Harris
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    • Gün 14–15

      Summerfield Park

      15 Mayıs, İngiltere ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      (Deutscher Text siehe unten)

      Today is a glorious summer day, warm and sunny. The dogs and we need exercise. So, after a quiet morning in the camper, we drive to Summerfield Park in the afternoon. It's a relatively simple park with a large meadow in the middle, surrounded by trees. There are two children's playgrounds in between and a sports facility on the edge. So a place where people and dogs can relax in their free time. That can be done without elaborate landscaping. We stroll around for almost two hours, play with the dogs, and I lie down on a bench to sunbathe in between. Rupert Bear is also with us again today.

      The park borders the busy Dudley Road, where we then buy some Jamaican groceries that we can't get in Münster: spiced bun, hardo bread, akkee, callaloo, festival mix, Grace packet soups and special spices. Plantains and white sweet potatoes also go into the shopping basket. And Jamaican patties, of course. Should I explain all this now? No, look at the pictures and speculate what it could be! Googling also helps 😃

      In the evening our niece Lilly comes over. She will accompany us on our little Scotland tour from tomorrow for a week. Finally, Rupert's brother Charles and his Sandra also join us. Five people and two dogs, and there is still room.

      Another beautiful day comes to an end.
      (Translated with Gemini)

      Heute ist ein herrlicher Sommertag, warm und sonnig. Die Hunde und auch wir brauchen Bewegung. Deshalb fahren wir nach einem ruhigen Vormittag im Camper nachmittags zum Summerfield Park. Es ist ein relativ schlichter Park mit einer großen Wiese in der Mitte, umgeben von Bäumen. Zwischendrin gibt es zwei Kinderspielplätze und am Rand eine Sportanlage. Also ein Ort, wo Menschen und Hunde sich in ihrer Freizeit erholen können. Das geht auch schon mal ohne aufwendige gärtnerische Gestaltung. Wir schlendern knappe zwei Stunden umher, spielen mit den Hunden, und ich lege mich zwischendurch zum Sonnen auf eine Bank. Auch Rupert Bear ist heute wieder mal mit dabei.
      Der Park grenzt an die belebte Dudley Road, wo wir anschließend einige jamaikanische Lebensmittel einkaufen, die wir in Münster nicht bekommen: spiced bun, hardo bread, akkee, callaloo, festival mix, Tütensuppen von Grace und besondere Gewürze. Plantains und weiße Süßkartoffeln wandern auch in den Einkaufskorb. Und jamaikanische Patties natürlich. Soll ich das jetzt alles erklären? Nein, schaut euch die Bilder an und spekuliert mal, was es sein könnte! Googlen hilft auch 😃
      Am Abend kommt unsere Nichte Lilly vorbei. Sie wird uns ab morgen eine Woche auf unserer kleinen Schottland Tour begleiten. Schließlich kommen auch Rupert's Bruder Charles und seine Sandra dazu. Fünf Menschen und zwei Hunde, und es ist noch Platz frei.
      Ein weiterer schöner Tag geht zu Ende.
      Okumaya devam et

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