Interesting piece of history hidden in the park corner behind St. Mary Redcliffe. Apparently during WWII bombing that part of the railway tracks flew over a few houses and got […]
Bombtrack
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Autumn, city center
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Had to spend a month in quite a bad AirBnB in the city center at Redcliffe. Rental market is really difficult here in Bristol. We were accepted as tenants at […]
Medieval barn
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Spent a lovely autumn festival at the Winterbourne Medieval Barn. Ferret racing, various music and folk performances, good food and drinks. The kids loved it as well, highly recommended for […]
Landing space
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Our first temporary home in Paintworks, Bristol (balcony on the right). Next to a busy event venue and a busy street, far away from the kids’ school. Not ideal as […]
San Francisco, UK
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Yale street just around the corner is the steepest street in UK. Actually 2% steeper than the famous steep streets in San Francisco. Not as many tourists around here anyway
Proper bread
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From the perspective of a central-European expat it is really hard to find proper bread here. Especially the kids enjoy toast with jam on Sunday mornings, but it makes me […]
Best UK city for cycling
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..apparently, according to some study. The city is alright for cycling, it probably says more about how bad the others are really. For me as a foreigner it might even […]
Best shop in town
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..according to my kids anyway: Lego store at Cabot Circus. Could not budget in the Millennium Falcon (650GBP) for me at the moment, but the kids are happy with their […]
The muddiest mud
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The kids are getting slowly used to the fact that beaches here are slightly different from northern Italy. Here they were enjoying the muddiest mud they have ever seen in […]
Nibleys Finest Seesaw
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The brilliant view from the William Tyndale monument pictured here is worth a side trip from the nearby “Nibleys Finest Seesaw”. Look it up on google maps, not easy to […]