We were supposed to be flying from Hahn to Santander, but the weather was so grotty at Santander, that after trying to land 3 times, the pilot decided to land in Bilbao instead. We did wonder, if we´d have to make our own way from there to Santander to pick up the rental car, . . . → Read More: Arrived – wrong town
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We are off to do some more of this: We will now find out which is more taxing – learning Spanish in German (here) or learning Spanish in Spanish (Salamanca). We’re not taking a laptop, so don’t expect much happening here until we return in about two weeks. We do, however, . . . → Read More: Off to learn some Spanish! Normally, you have to pay about $1,25 for a Euro. Not if you are the PGP Corporation, however: Nice price, if you can sell at that rate… vowe’s posting reminded me that I have a photo of a surprising road too Brad Pitt, the actor, is working with Frank Gehry on the Ł250m King Alfred development in Hove (UK). Pitt, who is not qualified as an architect, is working on the design of a restaurant and a penthouse in the controversial complex, which has undergone a major redesign since winning the competition for the . . . → Read More: Brad Pitt gives Frank Gehry a hand in Hove We don’t normally have much success with growing orchids, so we are very pleased with this example, which is blooming nicely at the moment, and normally lives in the lounge! I have been trying to get a Siemens Gigaset WLAN camera to mail snapshots via an smtp mail server at 1&1 Puretec which requires authorization (i.e. an account name and password). The upload to the account always fails with “SMPT upload failed”. Also, any attempt to set the time on the camera also . . . → Read More: Problems with Siemens Gigaset WLAN camera British banking has been an absolute disgrace for the last 15-20 years. Electronic funds transfers between banks have always taken a minimum of three days, and in our experience sometimes even longer. Now, after increasing pressure from consumer organisations and even the Bank of England, the banks have agreed to speed transactions up to . . . → Read More: British Banks to move out of Stone Age This is a real time-waster, and don’t think it remains as simple as dodging just one dot! The British museum has been unknowingly exhibiting work by Banksy, better known as a graffiti artist. The “prehistoric cave-painting” was described as follows: “This finely preserved example of primitive art dates from the Post-Catatonic era.The artist responsible is known to have created a substantial body of work across South East of England under the . . . → Read More: Britsh Museum displays prehistoric supermarket trolley |
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