Tag: columbus
Barcelona
The Barcelona of my expectations turned out to be a bit different to the Barcelona in reality.
Culture and Columbus in the Canaries
We took a short but very welcome trip to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the third week of November. Las Palmas is Spain’s seventh largest city and the administrative capital of the Canary Islands. J and I stayed at the AC Hotel overlooking the Parque Santa Catalina and, further off toward the horizon, the …
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Midnight Run
Novelty is always welcome and here's a buddy cop road movie in which the protagonists hate each other! …
- Originally published: 17 Feb 2007 in Film
A walk in Longdendale
A bleak, depopulated valley on the Manchester side of the Peak District and a symbol of the industrial revolution. …
- Originally published: 21 Feb 2007 in UK
Caracole Saxo
3/5. Dark gold and just a little cloudy. Lightly floral scent and a touch of something spicy. Very smooth. …
- Originally published: 7 Jun 2010 in Beer
Bus 174 (Ônibus 174)
A fascinating documentary tracing the circumstances that led one young streetkid to take hostages on a Rio bus. …
- Originally published: 28 Mar 2007 in Film
The Waterloo battlefield
A walk around the 1815 battlefield near Waterloo with a commentary on the key locations. …
- Originally published: 6 Jun 2010 in Walking
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Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not the Princeton curator, the US senatorial candidate, the Kentuckian pastor or the journalist from Arizona. In fact, I work as a consultant 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 Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Ellezelloise Hercule.