The long awaited reprint of Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage may look like a historical war game covering the Second Punic War, but plays as a fascinating battle for territory and resources. As such it works well as a market share game. Whilst getting Hannibal and his team of elephants over the Alps may seem like… Read More »
I woke up at normal time, glad I didn’t have to get up, but quickly bored so I had a shower and wrote some postcards before heading down to breakfast. People were drinking Sekt from the buffet with their egg, sausage, fruit, cheese, cereal, cake, yogurt and croissants. It was the most ridiculously overblown breakfast… Read More »
A good breakfast and we were on the road. We had to walk a bit and I led us into a woodcutting yard rather than the road we actually wanted to take. A bloke had followed us in and we all had to waddle the pannier laden bikes around before cycling out along busy streets… Read More »
I love Berlin, it’s a great city with a real buzz about it. There’s plenty to see and do and no matter where you are there’s always a new piece of history to learn about just around the corner. It seems a bit indulgent then to pack a few books to read in he hotel, but… Read More »
What is Matkot? What is Frescobol? Matkot and Frescobol are two different names for the same game. Matkot is crazy-popular in Israel, and literally translates as “paddle”. Frescobol is played on the beaches of Brazil, and transliterates as Fresh-Ball. Those of us with English as a first language can join in by playing Frescoball. With… Read More »
The European Champions League The Champions League is the biggest competition in club sport. The Final was watched by 360,000,000 people last year, more than three times as many as sat through the Superbowl. Chelsea‘s success in the competition was estimated by Coventry Universityto be worth £69m (US$107m). The total prize money distributed between the… Read More »
Two Days In Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen in Denmark makes a great urban vacation location. The city of Copenhagen is vibrant, welcoming and packed full of history, as well as shopping and culture. English is widely spoken and there are cheap, frequent daily flights from most European capitals. You can certainly spend a week in Copenhagen… Read More »
Richard III, Archaeological Discovery and DNA Testing On 22 March 2015 King Richard III’s body arrived at Leicester Cathedral, and was re interred in a tomb. In the summer of 2012 archaeologists at the University of Leicester embarked on a search for King Richard III’s remains. It seemed unlikely that they would find the long lost… Read More »
James Bond, British Icon Daniel Craig looks to have signed for the new James Bond movie coming out in Fall 2015, and there’s rumors that he’ll make one more 007 film after that, yet the bookies are already contemplating who will play James Bond beyond then. Unlike with who is going to play The Doctor,… Read More »
What Are All The Blue Plaques? You can’t stroll very far in Central London without spotting a Blue Plaque on the wall. It’s easy to walk on by, but next time you’re in town take the time as you walk around to have a look up at the Blue Plaques and you’ll learn plenty of… Read More »