Glass goes by train to Venice
THE first hurdle for a hassle-free trip to Venice is getting there. A number of airlines offer inexpensive flights but we’ve all know the frazzle this entails: fiendish luggage rules, cramped seating, queues, d...
Glass visits Paris – Literature and Language at Le Pavillon Des Lettres
VISITING Paris years ago, when both my French and cycling skills were far better, I (now nostalgically) remember riding to the local boulangerie in the morning ordering my coffee and croissant in French without...
Three perfect days in Paris 6eme Rive Gauche – day one
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At six in the morning there was a run on the gates of Eurostar in St Pancras International, it seemed like everyone was leaving London. Looking around me I was struck by one of those thoughts that quickly ...
Wanderland
I’m lying on my bed in my hotel room and there is a giant fish on the wall. I say fish, but in place of its tail it has the stem of a Champagne flute. These two seemingly mutually exclusive objects, printed o...