I'm just back in London after a week and a bit in New York, and then Philadelphia. New York was cold, so cold, but it was fun to have a good stroll around and eat too much for breakfast every day. One highlight was seeing London band Bloc Party (photo 'borrowed' from review here) play […]

Just back from a quick break in Venice – my first time, what an amazing, beautiful city. Luckily it was the first day of their famous 10 day carnivale which leads up to Lent. In Venice, this involves everyone (locals, tourists, dogs…) dressing up. Mostly they dress up in traditional Venetian attire – gowns, capes, […]

That’s not a clever title, that’s just where I am. Waiting at Knock Airport after an all too brief weekend in the far west of Ireland with Mrs iceblah and her enormous (as in numerous) family. Beautiful weather, and the sort of scenery that is very similar to Iceland in its splendour under sunshine and […]