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Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Notting Hill Carnival - London

Ladbroke Grove

Economic thoery dictates that when demand outweighs supply, prices go up.
Labels: england, events, london
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005
The end of the checkout chick?

Tesco Self Serve
Tesco, the UK's giant supermarket chain, has introduced a self serve checkout trial in some stores in West London. You scan the items yourself and when you are done you pay with card or cash like you would at a train station ticket machine.
I had a go and it seems easy enough to use though I don't know if it is going to work. They will save labour in not employing a check out operator, but then they need to have people hovering nearby to assist people in using it, as well as extra surveillance and security as it will be too great a temptation for shoplifters to sneak unscanned items.
Labels: england, food, good-idea, london, supermarket
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Monday, August 29, 2005
Bratislava Cafe

One of the great pleasures in life - sitting at a cafe in an old town square somewhere in Europe.
Labels: bratislava, cafe, coffee-of-the-day, slovakia
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Sunday, August 28, 2005
Satan Skates For Slovakia

Satan Skates For Slovakia
Labels: amusing-photos, bratislava, slovakia
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Saturday, August 27, 2005
Man in a Manhole

Manhole art - Bratislava
Labels: bratislava, public-art, slovakia
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Friday, August 26, 2005
Cafe Hawelka - Vienna

Cafe Hawelka - Vienna
This is a classic old school cafe in Vienna. A perfect place to while a way time on a drizzly day.
Labels: austria, cafe, coffee-of-the-day, vienna
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Thursday, August 25, 2005
Vienna Sunflowers

Rathaus Sunflowers - Vienna
Labels: austria, rathaus, sunflowers, vienna
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Friday, August 19, 2005
Militant Rabbit

Shop sign in Prague.
Labels: czech-republic, prague, sign
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Monday, August 15, 2005
No Guns - Prague

No Guns Sign - Prague
Labels: czech-republic, prague, sign
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Saint Euro Perhaps - Prague

Saint Euro - Prague
Labels: czech-republic, prague, statue
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Sunday, August 14, 2005
Basel Bike Parking
Next to the Hauptbahnhof is an impressive bike park facility. From street level a gently sloping entry leads you underground to the Velopark.

Velo Park Entrance
Here you can leave your bike or hire one at a cheap rate (even by Swiss standards). I was there on a weekday morning and it was just about full. There are lockers, shower rooms and a cafe. This is connected underground to the main train station.

Velo Park Basel
Labels: basel, bicycle, switzerland, urban-design
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Saturday, August 13, 2005
Vale Robin Cook
Occasionally though I slip from my self imposed news exile when checking emails. While scanning The Independent I read of the death of Robin Cook. The British Labour MP died of a heart attack while walking in the Scottish Highlands.
I didn't know much about him until I saw his resignation speech in the House of Commons. That speech was a voice of reason in the lead up to the Iraq war. Re-reading it 2 years later it is still as lucid and relevant as the day it was delivered.
His passing is a loss for Britain.
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Faro Departure Board

Faro Airport Departure Board
Looking at this departure board at Faro Airport you could be forgiven for thinking that this was a domestic airport in the U.K. Indeed The Algarve in the South of Portugal could be renamed the South of England. Out of the 15 flights shown here, 11 are for the U.K, 2 are for Ireland and 2 for other European locations.
Labels: airport, faro, portugal
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Friday, August 12, 2005
Swiss Apparition
So while in Lagos I saw this blob of tar which to me looks like a map of Switzerland:

Switzerland Tar Blob
Luckily for Lagos and who ever re-paves the streets the blob wasn't a likeness of Jesus, otherwise it would be on eBay by now.
Labels: portugal, switzerland
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Thursday, August 11, 2005
The Streets of Portugal



Labels: lisbon, portugal, urban-design
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Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Portugals Portal To Paris

A possible portal to Paris via Picoas - Lisbon.
Labels: lisbon, paris, portugal, public-transport, urban-design
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Sunday, August 07, 2005
Lisbon Guitarist Crossing

Traditional Portuguese guitarists cross here.
Labels: lisbon, portugal, sign
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Saturday, August 06, 2005
Number 28 Tram - Lisbon

The number 28 tram in Lisbon - probably the best tram in the world.
Labels: lisbon, portugal, public-transport, tram
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