Posted in Scotland, City of Edinburgh, Travel on Mar 24th, 2007 3 Comments »
In preparation for our Greece trip, I went to the nearest branch of the Bank of Scotland this morning to take out some GBP and/or some Euros. I used the bank machine inside the branch instead of the one outside, and was left speechless when the machine kept my card and told me “Your Card […]
Posted in Toys on Mar 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Almost 2 years ago during a layover on the way to Spain, I discovered Sudoku in one of the Heathrow bookstores. I used to do all kinds of math puzzles when I was younger (thanks, dad) so the concept was immediately familiar and very addictive. I bought one of every edition of the Sudoku series […]
Posted in Scotland, City of Edinburgh on Mar 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Hot on the heels of my last post about buying vegetables in Scotland, the Scotsman newspaper comes out with this doozie of an article: “It’s Spag Bol, again and again”.
I’ll spare you reading it if you don’t feel like clicking over. The gist is that the average Scots household’s menu has a grand total of […]