OK — snap quiz, everybody.
Who wrote Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony?
Who is buried in Shakespeare’s Tomb?
Why is it called carry-on luggage?
If you got (3) wrong, I believe we’ve met. Frequently.
Monthly Archives: June 2015
“But She’s a Vegetarian”
…it was painfully clear that our new guests (Canadian, as it happened) had spent a great deal of money flying halfway around the planet to a destination they knew absolutely nothing about. What did they think they were going to find?
“The Staff Were Too Friendly”
Resorts and hotels are used to weird complaints. They get them all the time. You don’t want to know. Well, you do, of course, and so do we all — but it’s hell’s own difficult to get anyone to tell.
The Good Guide Guide
If you’d rather stick a fork in your eye than go on a guided tour — of any kind, anywhere — I understand completely. A mediocre guide fills you with misinformation, tap dances when he doesn’t know the answers, and eventually turns mere tedium into slow torture.