a broad abroad

the junk drawer equivalent of a travel/expat blog :: original photography, essays, and other miscellany :: rather sporadically updated

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Snapshot from Brockenhurst.

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Snapshots from Karlovy Vary, Czechia.

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Flight haikus #50-51

[after a long break — from haikus, that is, not flights — I am back again]

#50 (LGW - PRG)

Airplane law dictates middle seat gets the armrests it was ever thus

#51 (PRG - LGW)

Empty airport, plane — perhaps my loyalty could be negotiable

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Today in London signs stickers

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Today in London signs

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Flight haikus #45-49

#45 (LHR - HEL)

Marimekko cups cannot disguise just how cheap this airline is

#46 (HEL - TLL)

A flight so short, there's not even time to pull the bar cart out

#47 (HEL - LHR)

Now that I want to use the sauna in the lounge it is not open

#48 (STN - GLA)

How is it the case I could board a flight without proving who I am?!

#49 (GLA - STN)

Cramped EasyJet flight: somehow, the least stressful part of today's ordeal

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Today in London signs

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Snapshots from Burford.

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Today Some time ago in London signs

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Flight haikus #41-44

#41 (LHR - ORD)

Champagne while working Though decent attempts were made, multitasking's hard

#42 (ORD - LHR)

The Wi-Fi's broken. Seven sweet, sweet hours to be truly off the grid

#43 (LHR - ORD)

No upgrade for me so he sat with me in coach true love does exist

#44 (ORD - LHR)

I'm getting older, flights longer, ocean larger, eye circles darker

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Keeping the streets of Wapping safe.

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Flight haikus #33-40

#33 (LHR - ORD)

Holy fucking shit after an eighteen-month wait I AM ON A PLANE

#34 (ORD - LHR)

I'm not religious but I prayed so hard that my bags would show up safe

#35 (LHR - ATH)

The guy next to me struck up a conversation Shocker: not British

#36 (ATH - LHR)

In which you accept some airlines are basically just flying buses

#37 (LHR - ORD)

Sometimes eight hours is too long to sit quietly wrapped up in your thoughts

#38 (ORD - MCO)

What time is it now? (What day is it?) In any case: It's time for champagne

#39 (MCO - DFW)

So sick of COVID. Dumb reason for keeping all the good lounges closed

#40 (DFW - LHR)

You know you slept well when you're asked if your sleep was chemically induced

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On English ways

Three years and change of living here has taught me that when someone says something and then a moment later you catch yourself wondering “wait, was that really an insult dressed up in a compliment?” ...

you already know the answer.

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Scotland in a nutshell

Broad: Would gin go with Irn-Bru?

Waitress: (without the slightest hesitation) EVERYTHING goes with Irn-Bru

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Today in London Leith signs graffiti

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Today in London signs

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Today in London signs