Europe (page 2)
Madrid
No single landmark symbolises Madrid, just a huge collection of colourful scenes.
- Originally published: 13 Oct 2010 in Europe
Madrid by bike
With such wide rights of access to cyclists, Madrid is the perfect city to see on two wheels.
- Originally published: 3 Oct 2010 in Europe
Toledo
Half an hour or so by train from Madrid’s Atocha station, Toledo is readily accessible to visitors yet remains happily aloof from overdevelopment.
Natour Criterium Sint Niklaas
A thriving criterium circuit brings the stars of the Tour de France to small town Belgium.
- Originally published: 31 Jul 2010 in Europe
Barjac
Barjac consists of narrow streets, long shadows and the langorous, whispery silence of endless afternoons.
- Originally published: 10 Jul 2010 in Europe
Pont du Gard
One of the world’s finest remaining examples of Roman engineering and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Originally published: 10 Jul 2010 in Architecture, Europe
Pont-en-Royans
We stepped outside the Drôme for a day to have a look at the quirky little village of Pont-en-Royans.
- Originally published: 10 Jul 2010 in Europe
Vassieux-en-Vercors
As 1944 arrived in the Vercors, along with the cold winds and frosty temperatures, there was also tension in the air.
- Originally published: 9 Jul 2010 in Europe
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Malèna
Tornatore’s poetic, hormonal paean to the youthful worship of a fallen goddess.
- Originally published: 29 May 2007 in Film
DJing again!
I haven’t brandished a 12″ mix in anger for some years, but this weekend my name’s down and I am coming in.
- Originally published: 10 Nov 2005 in Editorial
Kunsthistorisches Museum
An impressive art and archaeological collection and one of the world’s finest, housed in a vast, palatial building in Vienna.
- Originally published: 13 Feb 2011 in Museums & Galleries
Once Upon A Time In The West
Sergio Leone’s long, brooding scenes and dusty, sunbaked malevolence reach their apotheosis.
- Originally published: 4 Feb 2008 in Film
Fargo
A masterpiece of underplay and a black comedy à l’époque, Fargo is a Coen watershed.
- Originally published: 25 Feb 2007 in Film
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Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
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Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.