So, a few days in and I am becoming acquainted with our lovely little area of bab touma. The nearest ATM is just about ten minutes' walk away and functions perhaps half of the time. Taking that one in two chance is always an exciting gamble. Along the road you walk to get there is pretty much anything you may or may not need. For example in celebration of being able to withdraw money from me old nationwide account (donations accepted) I bought a new broom with ...

until I upload me own phots, this hideous cliche will have to do. I am living for approximately J130 a month in a wonderful apartment in the old town of Damascus on the border with the Christian and old Jewish quarter. To get there you journey through the intriguing and peaceful labyrinthine passages that are highly disorienting. The apartment is better than I possibly could hope for, with beautiful pink climbing flowers, grape vines and jasmine that twines arou...

Welcome to a renewed blog spot. I hope this works seeing as most of you know that my relationship with computers is not the optimum one could hope for... I promise to scrawl here merely to reassure enquiries as to my status of live-ness if that's a word, rather than proving any form of talent for writing the witty and sensational. I can only apologize in advance for writing badly, although I reserve the right to blame foreign keyboards and suspect internet links...

14th may, Frankfurt, Germany Twas a marathon to get here full of hobos and early morning trains, but be I at my last port of call. Frankfurt is a little wet and would be slightly dull were it not for the wonderousness that is Freddie the German. Okay he nearly murdered me for screwing up my grand arrival and I think he blames me for the rain but I have made up for it by doing him the great honour of doodling on his folders and playing the violin.... So I suppos...

no kidding prague is really something even with the tourists. There is such an atmosphere here I cannot describe it because I don't full know. It is expensive though and it does keep raining which is frustrating since I involuntarily said farewell to my only jumper the other day. It fell off from around my waist and I now can only assume that some very VERY fortunate hobo got hold of it, lucky pilchard. Mucha and Kafka rule!