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Monthly Archives November 2007

What a relief

I have woken up Saturday morning, and turned on the computer immediately to discover the fortunes of Kevin07 vs Little Johnny. So far it looks very, very good. Perhaps there is a God after all.

Posted 24 November 2007 † John Mansfield § Normal ‡ Comments (0) °

El Salvador

Last night I dreamt I was Salvador Allende.
I don’t know much about Savador Allende, and there wasn’t much in the dream that made my experience particularly like his - I was just aware, in that weird dreamy way, that I was Salvador Allende.
I was on top of a big house, maybe a palace. I was […]

Posted 12 November 2007 † John Mansfield § Normal ‡ Comments (0) °

Oxford to Istanbul #7

7th Leg: Mattrei - Vienna
Wednesday
Back to some serious travel today, with a combination of two buses and two trains taking us from the Alps to Vienna, in the far east of Austria. The countryside continued to be unrelentingly bucolic throughout the journey, but Vienna seems to be more like a real city, with rubbish in […]

Posted 11 November 2007 † John Mansfield § Normal ‡ Comments (0) °

Oxford to Istanbul #6

6th Leg: Kitzbuhel - Mattrei
Monday morning
Just a short journey today, riding a bus for an hour and a half to get deeper into the Austrian Alps. The scenery along the way is almost obscenely picturesque - obscenery, we might call it - something lewd about the fresh green meadows, alpine streams and smiling moo-cows seen […]

Posted 05 November 2007 † John Mansfield § Normal ‡ Comments (0) °

Oxford to Istanbul #5

5th Leg: Munich - Kitzbuhel
Sunday night
I never planned on going to Oktoberfest. It just sort of… dragged me in.
We walked around Munich for a bit, and it was alright. Some pretty buildings… lots more people in Liederhosen… then one thing led to another: I had a couple of beers while we were resting in a […]

Posted 03 November 2007 † John Mansfield § Normal ‡ Comments (0) °