& we find ourselves returning in the cold light of an autumn rain to provincial life and provincial pain, provincial fair

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