travel
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My Favourite Part of the United States
Yosemite National Park is absolutely sublime. Apart from idiotic tourists around every corner doing ludicrous and even d... -
BREAKING NEWS: @NTKF AND MARTIN SUCCEED IN ORDERING A NORMAL-SIZED COFFEE IN THE UNITED STATES. INTERROGATION OF STAFF BEYOND THE DISPLAYED MENU REQUIRED…
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Of the cities that @NTKF and I have visited in the US, I think that San Francisco is the most beautiful.
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Two Brief Conversations: Alcatraz Attendant and Ohio Man
Alcatraz Attendant (As we waited in line for our audio guides…) Attendant: Two Australians? Natasha: Yes, how did... -
Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Co.!
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Driving down from Twin Peaks in San Francisco
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Church of 8 Wheels!
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A Brief Conversation with a Shopkeeper in San Francisco
Martin: Hello, how are you? Shopkeeper: Hi there, I’m good! Tell you what, I’m visiting where you’re from very soon! My ... -
The Long-awaited Pilgrimage to Cupertino
Along with @NTKF, it was great finally to visit Apple Park, 1 Infinite Loop and the famous Apple Garage, feat. the lovel... -
A Brief Conversation with the Attendant at Monterey Express Wash Laundromat
Attendant: Have you heard of Brokenwood Mysteries? Martin: No, I haven’t. What’s that? Attendant: You haven’t?! Brokenwo... -
For fancy dogs: public bowls in America now accept Apple Pay.
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Due to a ‘recall’ on the rental car that we were supposed to receive this morning, we were given a free upgrade by Hertz. I’m not complaining.
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LA’s Crown Jewel: Griffith Observatory
Today, @NTKF and I wrapped up our tour of Los Angeles, starting and ending the day with visits to Griffith Observatory. ... -
I will always remember Los Angeles as the city where, no matter what time of day it was and no matter which way you were facing, the Sun was always in your eyes. ☀️
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Since arriving in the US, the most amusing thing that I’ve experienced is seeing the looks on people’s faces (in service situations) when I have to provide my first name. I’ve had to resort to pronouncing it in an American accent in order to be understood. 😂
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The Conan set at Warner Bros in LA! 👨🏼🦰 It was fascinating to watch the show being put together.
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We had a very close call in the Cretaceous Period today.
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Apple Carnegie Library, Washington DC
Apple Carnegie Library is very cool. I’m generally sceptical of corporations moving into such historic public places, ho... -
Although I’m not a religious person, seeing this first printed example of Gutenberg’s movable type at the Library of Congress is a serious highlight of my travels.
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My favourite food stop so far in the US has been Let’s Mix! BiBiJa!. They make absolutely delicious Korean bibimbap and Vietnamese pho and they’re super-polite.
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The American insistence on referring to them as ‘restrooms’ rather than ‘public toilets’ is hilarious to me; when their toilets end up flushing automatically by surprise when you’re still using them, that’s anything but a restful experience. 🙂
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The National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC is wonderful: beautiful in its design and both fascinating and exhausting in its comprehensive historical explanation. It took us quite some time to get through the whole thing.
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We were very impressed by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. To be honest, I don’t think that I’ve ever seen so much red carpet.
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This room is in a quirky bookshop in Washington DC… we can assume what the shopkeeper’s opinion is of languages other than English! Ha 😜
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Hotel Edison, NYC
It was good fun staying at this cool hotel, which @NTKF discovered is the site in Seinfeld where George Costanza was con...