Car Rental in Iceland

I spent a night in Iceland this week, this was an unusual map in the car hire centre at Keflavik Airport, It would seem that in Iceland hiring a car only allows you to drive to a small part of the country. I asked an Icelandic friend about the reason for this and it would seem that the driving conditions are less than ideal in the interior with glaciers and crevices large enough for cars to simply disappear into.      

Lost in translation

I found this sign near the Eiffel tower. Make sure you don't loose your children !!!!

Paris has a reputation for good food and I have to admit I enjoyed it immensely but I don't think they were doing their best at making the herring fillet sound appetising  

what a view

I found myself at the Greenwich Observatory recently and was very taken by the stunning view of the London Docklands, I was really taken by the parklands and then the view of the tower blocks. I suppose that, given these tower blocks are home to a significant part of the financial district known as the "City", that the tower blocks in this view collectively have a total economic output higher than some countries.    

Lost in Translation

http://news.tj/en/news/dushanbe-airport-imposed-restrictions-takeoff-and-lending-aircrafts

so .... don't lend your aircraft to anyone; it seems there are no restrictions on landing however

I cant understand why this has never caught on

This is one of the best inventions of French cuisine; I don’t understand why it has not caught on. Cafe Gourmand is a desert common in France; it consists of four mini deserts and an espresso coffee all served on a single plate, the deserts are rarely listed on the menu but on is usually a crème Brule giving a sense of randomness to the dish . The deserts are a perfect size to allow a couple of mouthfuls and getting the coffee at the same time is perfect. All in all a piece of culinary genius      

something I cannot understand

This is something I have a lot of difficulty understanding, how must the woman feel? She is being treated as nothing more than an object. I know it’s the local custom and normally I am a respecter of local custom, after all there is no saying that western values are correct, but this is something I will never understand.  Why is it right that women are treated like this and traded as nothing more than a possession and advertised in the local paper?    

Interesting driving school

I was in the Middle East last week, things are done differently there and what we would take to be “normal” rules for western society do not always apply. The advert above for a local driving school it is not clear to me why free transport is only available for Men only, I am guessing that there would never be an unaccompanied woman so they would not need to provide transport as her escort could provide the transportation. I also wonder how much training is actually provided before the test. To be fair most people are in the country for work and will already be able to drive so it should just be a conversion to the local licence.