Monthly archives: April 2023
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Faye Chant sent us this pic of her table cloth. “This is my table cloth! I found this oil cloth at a local fabric shop. My boys love looking at it over breakfast and talking about different countries! “ I can’t think of a better way to teach children about geography […]
Reinder sent me these pics of am exquisite map sofa in the middle of the street in Kortenaerkade, The Hague, The Netherlands
Din Tai Fung is a Chinese restaurant in Covent Garden, London with global ambitions and nice looking dumplings (via Elizabeth).
Marc Tobias took this pic of Ed Freyfogle looking the window of Schropp, which is Berlin’s 275 year old equivalent of London’s Stanfords. They also have a rather neat 3 wheeler delivery van with a globe on the roof.
Gavin Fleming sent me this pic of a fine bottle of Stellenbosch Chardonnay, apparently the wine comes from only one field!
At Delhi airport there is a shop selling Ayurvedic oils and beauty products from around India. Elizabeth couldn’t resist stopping by on her way home!
Rollo was skiing in Austria a few weeks ago and he spotted these mappy underpants. There are so many puns and poor jokes that come to mind but maturity prevents me from indulging. You can add your witty offerings in the comments below. If these are the map pants that […]
This young lady was in front of me on the escalator at King’s Cross. That’s one cracking map backpack.
There are an enormous number of maps in the wild in the Netherlands and Reinder Storm is determined to snap everyone of them! “Dear friends This one is in The Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague – national library of the Netherlands.” It’s the famous Blaeu map
Ben Hennig shared this staff pub quiz, can you identify any of the features? Seems like the locals struggled with some of this! I am giving you a week to try and crack this then I will publish the answers. Let me know how well you do and no cheating!
Maps seem to be very popular in Indian hostels and hotels. This is a beauty that Elizabeth found in Rishikesh. I’ve been to that tiger reserve but we only saw a herd of elephants (pretty spectacular though).