[continued from part three here]

And so we were in Poland, the last country to be visited on our trip.

Having suitably freshened up and rested a bit, in the evening we went out for a first glimpse of the old town and in search of a restaurant - which we found, and a MASSIVE meal later (which we even tried to cut through, unsuccessfully, with a ( Read more... )

[continued from part two here]

And the next morning we did arrive in Kiev, the capital of the Ukraine, according to plan.

We had got ourselves a place in some hostel outside the city centre, so we embarked on the metro journey to get to our accommodation. The metro bit was no problem at all, and nor was the 10 minutes walk from the metro station to ( Read more... )

[continued from part 1 here]

So, Moldova...

possibly the poorest country in Europe and it certainly shows - the countryside is absolutely rural and looks very backward, the cities are gloomy post-Soviet monolithic places, where since the end of the Soviet Union things seem to have been left to go down the drains completely... apparently things are ( Read more... )

So, since someone has kindly requested this, here's the write up of our travels, just like I did last year. It all started again stupidly early on the 18th July, when me and
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Some of you will remember that last year I went there.

Well apparently I'm doing it again this year. Well sort of, as in, I won't be going that far this time, 'only' in Eastern Europe. I also won't be on my own this year, as obviously 
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As of today, after playing the last gig at Lumous festival in Finland last week (which was great, btw) I have officially left Voices of Masada; it has been long coming but now it's official.

Why? Well, as the most observant among you will have noticed, the three of us were never particularly close, and time has certainly increased the distance among ( Read more... )

 As you will know (or at least I hope you do!) on Thursday, 1st May (quite important and symbolic date, btw, but this another story) we vote for the Mayor of London and the Greater London Assembly representatives - I hope ALL of you living in London and entitled to vote registered for it and are going to vote.

As for the rest, I never thought I'd ( Read more... )

... cos The Mission are going to heaven now (well, until Mr Hussey needs more cash to pay the gas bill, at which point he'll stage another reunion)

As everyone else who posted said, the farewell Mish gigs were great - they were never my favourite band but I cant deny I love them, they've undoubtedly been a very big part of my life, plus at least in ( Read more... )

I'm seriously disappointed by tonights Ashes to Ashes: not only the thatcherite scum was not the baddie, he doesnt even get killed in the blast at the end!!! I cannot help by seeing this as yet another small sign of the BBC's attempt to rehabilitate the filthy whore thatcher [spits] - the rich shit should have OBVIOUSLY been the bad guy and go down ( Read more... )

...but I have been reliably informed (by Donia) that I am having birthday drinks this coming Friday - all I had to do was pick a pub. After careful consideration we went for Quinns, in Camden, cos it's got proper beer, those who then want to go to that poxy goth club down the road (which shall remain nameless) can do so, and for those who fancy a ( Read more... )