International Business Meanderings

The great British b&b is alive and well in Normandy. Within easy reach of Mont Saint Michel, the WWII landing beaches and even Le Mans if you like auto racing, La Rieudière is a charming English b&b, run by a charming lady, Judy.
All the rooms are en-suite and the house features free broadband connexion and […]

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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northen Ireland is a great place to do business in, certainly the finest in western Europe. But when, as a citizen of that great world and sea-faring country you need your passport renewed, it costs you 176 Euros! That is an amazing amount of money to pay to […]

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I had to go to England the day after I got my new Treo smartphone, and I got caught in a heavy downpour. A REALLY heavy downpour. Fortunately… or maybe not, I was wearing good waterproof raingear.
On getting back to the hotel, I found that my wonderfully waterproof pocket had filled up with water and […]

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I do like my toys. I have just purchased a new Palm Treo 680.
I’ve had several smartphones starting years ago with a Treo 270 (I think). I was quite sad when the backlight went but, true to form, rather than getting it mended, I got myself a new phone, a Windows mobile powered one. I […]

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Heathrow T2. The very words are enough to chill the traveller’s blood and listening to the news doesn’t help.
Well, this time, I was amazed. Taking off from CDG’s 2F with its grandiose but impractical structures, I arrived (on time, thank you AF) and found with delight that, by the time I had cleared passport control my […]

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Flying between the UK and France is always a bit of a lottery. If you have to watch your travel budget, as you should anyway, be sure to check all the online specials; from Paris to London I recently found Air France to be cheaper than Easyjet. And Air France took me from Roissy/CDG to […]

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Orange mobile very recently advised me that they are reducing their “roaming” rates. Make it sound like a great gesture to their customers whereas, of course, they were forced to do it by the European commission (for once they have actually produced something useful).
 Having more than often spent 50 Euros in a day of roaming, […]

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Apparently, as of yesterday, the new high-speed Eurostar line in England is ready, a mere 13 years after the London-Paris link was opened. A case of better late than never, but this is really late!
Of course it’s not quite open to us passengers yet, we have to wait until November to bring the travel time to 2 […]

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