It’s my 3rd day in Barcelona and I like this place more, day by day. I suspect it is a good thing I don’t really know anyone here, I may not want to leave if I could slip below the tourist veneer like I sense one can. Yesterday I walked … Read More
I have wanted to come to Barcelona since I first discovered modernist architecture in art classes at school in 1987. Gaudi, Frank Lloyd Wright… not to mention the literature: TS Eliot, Joseph Conrad… oooooo! So finally walking La Ramblas, seeing actual real Gaudi buildings and experiencing the life and breathe … Read More
Anyone who has known me for a length of time is gonna love this one… This is my first blog update from an iPhone and dammit, I am LOVING this toy. Once I hit the road on Tuesday next week, all my blogging and social media will come from this … Read More
So, for those of you who are new to this site and this story, My name is David Chislett and I am a freelance writer from Johannesburg, South Africa. In April of this year I packed up my life in Joburg to embark on a journey around the world. Not … Read More
This week brings to a close the 4 months I have spent living and working at The Old Thatched Inn in Adstock, Buckinghamshire. As a 40-something, previously self-employed singleton, this has not been the easiest thing in the world to do! The restrictions on your self-determination, your time, your free … Read More
One of the things I am keen to do while I am travelling is get tattoos related to the places I visit as I go. When and if I can. Tattooing has become really expensive though, so this is not really going to be possible everywhere I go. BUT when … Read More
What I learned in the last 5 years is that if you really want something, you need to put together a plan, allocated sensible amounts of time and just go for it. I’m not going to get into the metaphysics of this; it’s just an observable phenomenon I have learned … Read More
I am the sort of person for whom friends have always been incredibly important. This is sometimes hard to reconcile with my perennial status as satellite friend, but I am the guy who has stayed in touch with people that he went to primary school with too. Through the years … Read More
Moving has been a feature of my entire life. That considered I have tended to get somewhat offended when people call me a gypsy. But the truth is I have moved A LOT! Right now I am in the middle of a series of small moves before having no home … Read More
The process of writing about yourself, your life and experiences, while not experiencing anything particularly new or innovating is in itself quite an experience. Looking at my list of what I have blogged thus far in ‘The Story Thus Far’ and the rough notes I have made about new things … Read More