This is a very short post, because my journey from Cardiff to Malta went completely without a hitch. (Except for almost missing the bus from Bristol Temple Meads to the Bristol airport. But that’s a very mundane story of a broken sandal strap and much barefoot sprinting down a sidewalk while watching with horror as …
Fiona told me a tale from the Aberdare kitchen: “There was this pot of curry. You weren’t here yet. We were all pretty sure it was the same pot. And it was all they served for like three weeks straight. Then one night they hosted one of those banquets, and there was peas and carrots, …
Fourteen of us trooped to Coco Gelato to throw a going-away party for everybody’s favorite German exchange student. When I ordered a brownie milkshake, I expected a milkshake with a bit of brownie in it, or possibly with some brownie crumbs on top. Instead, what I got was a milkshake with a slab of brownie …
It was seventy-something degrees and gloriously sunny in Cardiff today. The entire population of South Wales seemed to be in the park. So needless to say, I dove for the nearest air-conditioned coffeeshop. I feel the need to post a few more pictures of Barker Coffee because, of all the glorious friends I’ve made here, …
For anyone who didn’t get the reference in the title, Lloyd Alexander’s Chronicles of Prydain are classic children’s books set in a fantasy land inspired by Welsh folklore. They’re very much on my mind because I just wrote a paper on them. Cardiff does not resemble Prydain. Not even in the slightest. But Bute Park is beginning …
Some of my readers expressed disbelief that rhubarb crumble could possibly resemble a zombie. I have photographic evidence. Does this, or does this not, look a little bit undead?
Tim Hortons is basically the Dunkin’ Donuts of Canada. It’s so quintessentially Canadian that the only things more Canadian are hockey and maple syrup. This mug is doing strange things to my head.
I was mostly joking when I texted Dad yesterday to tell him I was thinking of flying to Malta between exams. Ryanair has a page of flight deals listed by airport. If you’re not picky about dates or destinations, you can snag some unbelievable tickets. I was poking through it yesterday morning (my procrastination knows …