Places > From around the world (16)
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Season ticket to Kew Gardens, June 2005
Shortly after buying my Vespa, far and away one of the best investments I've ever made, I bought a season ticket to Kew Gardens. I spent many summer afternoons enjoying the exquisite botanical gardens whilst 747s and Airbus 320s roared overhead. This is one of the larger plants at the Princess of Wales Conservatory.
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Autumn in Massachusetts
This tree captured the essence of change and transition during my trip to Boston in 2004, when Anna was in hospital. Back in England, a young couple had agreed to buy Pebbleford House.
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Cathedrale St. Pierre in Geneva Switzerland
Next door to Nina's house.
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Chateau Fontainbleau, France. March 2005
I spent a long weekend here over the Easter break last year, after a business trip at La Defense in Paris.
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Hatfield House in Hertfordshire, Summer 2005
I've been house-hunting lately... as a former residence of Queen Elizabeth I and still owned by her direct descendants, I'm quite keen on this one. I can't resist a bit of history.
In reality, I hired a car and drove to Hertfordshire with Mansour, the barrister upstairs, to meet Nicole for a day out in the countryside.
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Neckarsulm, Germany. March 2006
I hired a car and arrived the night before for a day of training at a German systems integrator. It's hard not to notice the sprawling facilities and strong presence that Audi maintains in Neckarsulm, a small city north of Stuttgart. The city centre is less industrial than the surrounding urban landscape.
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Pacific coast, south of San Francisco, January 2005
I hired a car and drove south along the Pacific Coast Highway towards Santa Cruz, and stopped to take a walk along this beach. There was a very brisk and invigorating January wind!
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Land of Crop Circles, Monoliths and White Horses, February 2006
I hired a car and drove with my colleague JD to Wiltshire, famous for Stone Henge, crop circles and giant white horses carved into the chalk hills. After our long and scenic drive, I left JD at the Marsh Farm Hotel to explore Wiltshire on foot. Here is a snap of a cemetary along my journey.
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Zurich, Switzerland. March 2006
From a taxi between the airport and Sofitel. After two nights in Zurich, I took the train to Stuttgart, Germany, from where my onward DACH tour continued via car. The snow was beautiful, if inconvenient.
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Belgacom Tower view, October 2006
Another view from the Belgacom Tower in Brussels, at Brussels Nord station.
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Kista Science Tower in Stockholm
Our office is on the 13th floor. This is where Mikael, Per, Thomas and Guillaume work (and play, too!).
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London Eye October 2006.jpg
From one of many walks with Dean, this particular one from Waterloo along the South Bank to Bermondsey, to investigate my new neighbourhood.
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WTC Towers in Brussels, October 2006
From the Belgacom Tower in Brussels, where I was doing some training.