Richard's Travels

Normally with family, sometimes on my own

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What cost of living crisis? A long weekend in Lisbon

12-16 November 2022 After a smooth flight, the taxi ride from Lisbon airport produces the first surprise of our trip - and it’s a...

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Please don’t bring your crappy British car to our country

19 March 2021 (another tale from 30 years ago in Hamburg) I’ve decided to move to Germany. And as if living and working in a foreign land...

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Too much too young - my first day in Hamburg 30 years ago

1 February 1991 My overnight ferry from Harwich edged slowly forward down the Elbe river, breaking the surface ice as it went. I ventured...

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Singing Guinness and more Guinness, alive-alive-o!

29 November to 1 December 2019 This weekend we are gathering in Dublin’s fair city for the annual reunion of our Frankfurt gang. If...