Colditz Caste

Sometimes when you are traveling you get to see something out of an aircraft window just for a moment that you didn't expect to see and would have liked to have seen more of. its not the best picture in the world but the large building in the centre of the picture is the infamous Colditz Castle used as a prisoner of war camp in world war two. I was on my way to Leipzig via Altenberg. Next time I have a spare day I will go and look at the museum they have there.

Ljubajana

I had been invited to make a presentation in ljubajana, the flight schedule gave me a few hours in the town. It is a typically Balkan town and is really nice in the summer.

One thing about "none western" towns is that normal people can still afford to live in the city centre. The photo above is taken from a bridge in the middle of town the flats are working class accommodation and you can see that the balconies are just an extension of the flat and people were sitting on the Balconies watching television. Prague and Budapest used to be the same but now they are much the same as every western European city with glass fronted office blocks and only the rich have flats in the middle

The river was cut into a deep narrow channel, this must make it susceptible to flooding when there is a bit of rain, that said the area round the river was full of pavement bars and restaurants and was beautiful.

There was a really helpfull 3D map of the town, I liked that !!

Perfect parking

I took this photo in a car park at work, by the time I had returned the Freelander had left without leaving a note. some passer by however had left details for the Mercedes owner.

Lost in Translation

I was sitting in the garden with a beer and some crisps trying to work out what the alternative to “real ingredients” is