Last night, Meghan and I had dinner at a place called Nandos, which was very good and very interesting. It's apparently Portuguese, and you order your food at a window and then they bring it out to your table. They basically serve spicy, baked chicken, which I had with fries and coleslaw. Best of all, they have unlimited soft drinks (unheard of ...

I travelled by Eurostar from Waterloo to Paris, which turned out to be a pretty good alternative to the cheap plastic restaurants and uneasy swaying normally experienced with a cross-channel ferry trip. The check-in was a bit of a nightmare and I only managed to get on the train with 5 minutes to spare, but the journey was comfortable and I awok...

testing Off to the pub for some travel discussion...

Parting is such sweet sorrow....Actually I'm ready for the western world again! Felt good to walk round and know where I was by the end of it. Walked down the same street on Sunday and a shopkeeper yelled out "Portuguese, portuguese!!!"...he was one of the many who the day before, during my wondering in and out of shops etc had inquired "czesky?...

On Friday evening, I took a nice trip by Eurostar to London. Otherwise known as the "Chunnel," the Eurostar takes passengers from Paris to London in 2h50 by going through a tunnel beneath the English Channel. I was running late and came home to pick up my bags with about an 45 minutes until my train was supposed to leave, I set off on a mad dash...