My hotel is well placed for the normal tourist areas, though this also means it can be hard to move off the track and make back street discoveries. Continue reading
A Morning Round Old Prague
29 Friday Mar 2019
Start of the first full day
29 Friday Mar 2019
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My hotel, Perla Hotel, is well appointed and comfortable (it was recommended to me). So post a large buffet style breakfast I’m now planning my day out. Looks, on paper at least, like there could be a fair bit of walking, and that’s without crossing the river (I might do Charles Bridge or I might leave that till Sunday when I may head over to the Castle and Cathedral.
More to follow, though photos will probably just be a link through to an online gallery (might not be Photobucket this time due to their changes).
First Meal in Prague
28 Thursday Mar 2019
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I fancied some Czech food but was all too aware that many of the places around here are for tourists, regardless of their scores on TripAdvisor, so I pinged a friend I will be meeting up with on Saturday. Potrefena Husa was his response, a ‘gastro’ pub chain owned by the Staropramen brewery.
Touch down in Praha (Prague)
28 Thursday Mar 2019
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Well that was an easy flight. Took off on time, landed on time, quickly through the airport and simple travel to the Old City
And we’re off…
28 Thursday Mar 2019
I didn’t quite realise it had actually been five years since I last traveled, but finally I now start to write in the BA lounge at Heathrow while waiting for my target gate to open (which it is about to do) before I wander down to catch my flight to Prague.
OPUS 88 OMAR
22 Friday Mar 2019
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I’d been contemplating buying an OPUS 88 for a while. It was to be a Demonstrator, or once they were first shown, a colour demonstrator. In late January/early February this year the OMAR model was previewed and something about it grabbed me and my target purchase changed. Roll round March and the Spring Pen Show in London, I took the opportunity to buy one from Write Here.
Hoping not to confuse the pen community
20 Wednesday Mar 2019
You may have noticed a second category on the menu bar to the left – Travel, plus non-pen related posts from five years ago and further back in time. This blog was originally to document my travels for family and friends and previously was hosted on LiveJournal (which looked like it was going to close a few years back). Well in a number of weekends time I’ll be off on my travels for the first time in a while, to Prague, so expect a change in pace, style, and content in my posts for a period.
PIF Kickstarter Franklin Christoph Model 31
15 Friday Mar 2019
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OK I admit it. I’m a bit of a Franklin Christoph fanboi. There said it. Being the wrong side of the pond to attend US pen shows, means most of mine have been bought directly from the website, so purchases tend to be carefully thought out and I wait for specific colours, rather than just going for what is available. However, the limited editions, in more recent times made from Jonathon Brooks acrylic rods, can grab me. I ignored two of real interest as I had this pen lined up and all things Kickstarter take time and tend to run late.
Spring 2019 London Writing Equipment Show
10 Sunday Mar 2019
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This gallery contains 27 photos.
There will probably be more pictures than text on this one, so the post will look larger than it is. …
Wancher True Urushi Dream Pen
08 Friday Mar 2019
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On the 25th of January 2018, Wancher launched the Kickstarter project ‘The Dream Pen‘, with three options, True Ebonite, True Urushi, and True Maki-E. The launch was accompanied by a series of very positive reviews by various bloggers and vbloggers, resulting in a heavy subscription, including from yours truly (I blame you Figboot). A year and a bit later mine arrived and has been used for the last three weeks.
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