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Category Archives: Arrogance

Pay as you go

23-Jul-10

So Zoe and I were on the way back from a lovely holiday spent in the French Alps and then to Perpignan for a friend’s wedding, and at the airport we discovered that because we didn’t check-in online, Ryanair charged us 40 euro each to do so in person. We didn’t use the online option [...]

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Frites and Ferocity

18-Feb-08

Maybe someone just got out of bed the wrong side that morning. On reflection, though, it was worth the verbal abuse for the unforgettable taste of those chips. I’d stood in the queue, in the freezing cold, for the best part of 25 minutes, this had to be something special. The woman being served in [...]

Also filed in Appetite, Belgium, Brussels, Bruxelles, Chips, Demands, Fritemobile, Frites, Hot and Bothered, Manners, Place Flagey, Queues, Schoolchildren, Sheepishness, Sunny weather, Temper, Weekend, Wrong Side of Bed | | Comments (1) »