Stockholm, 27 June – 1 July

Founded 1296, meaning New City, capital of Lanna Kingdom and largest city in Northern Thailand, Chiang Mai is surrounded by a moat, which remains and, unfortunately for us, afraid less of the water than what is in the water, a major player in Songkran. The four gates into the moated

Our flight delayed in Berlin, we received a voucher. The pizza guy had vouchers piling in and was becoming exasperated from their holders by expectation that €10 would cover anything more than a slice of margherita. Drink? No, are you kidding! 0:00 /0:32 1× 0:00 /0:30

(was going to call it Berlin do your Wurst. Although the temperature plummeted immediately on our arrival, it never does.) The History of Berlin I have written before about my father receiving a DAAD scholarship which provided the excuse for my mother, Ianthe (extraordinary that my granny and grandpa, if