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Xmas Do

Posted on 16/12/2011 by MrsFoggDecember 17, 2011

Mr Fogg had his new company Christmas do today.Nice hat, not

Nuff said really…………

[Posted from Mrs Foggs super cool iphone]

Can You Bear It?

Posted on 13/12/2011 by MrFoggDecember 13, 2011

Look at that wallpaper, enough to send you nuts!!

This is the Bear Hotel at Rodborough near Stroud where I will be spending a few nights a week in the latest job as the guy wearing panties over his trousers.

An interesting and quaint looking hotel, nice location, helpful staff but not the best place I have ever stayed.

The rooms are relatively small, the top floor rooms are chilly in winter with quite a breeze coming in the single pane windows. During the stay the 1st and 2nd floors were being painted which is never a pleasant smell.

Room 15 has the hotel flagpole next to it, so in high winds this is all you hear, a light over the sink mirror was non-existent so reception had to steal a bulb from the centre of the washroom until housekeeping would sort it out the next day. The main restaurant is a tad over priced (not that any prices are displayed on the menu). Put it this way £31 for 3 courses or £26 for two, yet the same two courses in the bar would cost about £22. Food service in the bar is very slow, and few of the tables/seats are conducive to eating a meal.

Would I stay again, afraid not, there are many improvements that are needed to this hotel but the only saving grace is the bar totty who’s mummy lumps defy gravity!

You wouldn’t go barer here.

Ice Ice Baby

Posted on 11/12/2011 by MrFoggDecember 11, 2011

No don’t worry it ain’t that awful Vanilla bloke with the silly aircut just pretending to rap, it is actually an ice sculpture of a fat bloke.

Here we is visiting the York Chrimbo market, where some blokes have been carving ice all day. Shame is was small with just a few tiny stalls, but still a little festive.

Only 2 weeks till the fat bloke fills yer stockings, 3 weeks till 2012 (let’s hope the Myan’s were drunk) and only 6 weeks till NZ, wooooo haaaa.

What to do when have Greasy Hair

Posted on 11/12/2011 by MrFoggDecember 11, 2011

Wear a bobble hat

Mrs Fogg tries out her new fashion accessory purchased specifically to hide the grey (guess i’ll get a kick when she reads this one).

Rock Me Amadeo’s

Posted on 05/12/2011 by MrFoggDecember 5, 2011

Our last evening we saw a massive queue of peeps stood outside what appeared to be a sawdust floor restaurant, bear in mind outside there was 2 bales of straw and stuffed deer and cows, strange advertisement for a restaurant. Undeterred and udderly (see what I did there) interested we decided to join the queue for what lists itself as “The Place for Ribs”.

inside is very simple, except for the walls of books and gothic red lanterns. The toilets were one cubicle for ladies and two holes against the wall for the guys (in plain sight of all).

Well the menu is simple, you want ribs we gottem, you want anything else then bye bye. The (s)wine (oh me and my puns) comes in 1.5 ltr bottles and if you want it by the glass take it from the 1.5 ltr bottle and they charge for what you use. The wine was actually a B&Q paint stripper special.

The ribs arrive, a full half pig each and a jacket spud, veg forget it, this is a carnivore special and very tasty too (except for Mrs Fogg complaining about greasy fingers whilst forcing the 20th rib down). When you finish your half pig they come round and stack your plate up, since it turns out this is an all you can eat feast (tempted to say you can make a real pig of yourself). After the grub you get an Irish Coffee to wash down all the meat, all for £22 each. Not Bad and now we understand why the lengthy queue.

One curious thing though there were people coming into the restaurants with their pet dogs and just leaving with the leads, don’t understand that.

A fantastic evening topped off by waffles with cream and hot chocolate in the pouring rain oh and a little more of the Glugg wine.

European Transport

Posted on 05/12/2011 by MrFoggDecember 5, 2011

Ah the car of the future is here in Brussels, zero carbon emissions from the vehicle itself (let’s ignore the nuclear reactor that provides the electricity shall we), 0 to 60 but a dream to never be achieved (unless being pushed down hill by a milk float), a super fast recharge time of 24 hours to provide you with a total distance of 3 miles once charged. Where can I sign up!

Look how natty it is, capable of holding one average sized hobbit and a back pack, stylish, trendy oh yeh and crap!

Homeward Bound

Posted on 05/12/2011 by MrFoggDecember 5, 2011

What a fantastic 3 days it has been, wonderful hotel, fantastic location (Brussels Grande Place), superb food (oysters, mussels, ribs, lobster, waffles, yum) and a chance to reminisce.

Its some 12 or 13 years since we were here last and has been so nice to visit all the places we know and love and all the sights we enjoyed while we worked here.

Happy Anniversary Mrs Fogg and thank you for the surprise.

Now to navigate BMI and see if they can get their plane off the ground going back (we tried to checkin online last night but failed, so after a 15 min call to BMI were then advised “oh you can’t do online checkin from Brussels”, well thanks for the notification on your rubbish website).

Brussels, see ya at Christmas on my turkey plate.

Gimmee Choccy

Posted on 04/12/2011 by MrFoggDecember 4, 2011

Here is the Chocco Monster of Belgium (avec dead squirrel). Let today’s food roll call commence:

– Waffles with Chocco sauce for brekky
– Pain O Chocolat for Lunch
– A full rack of ribs for tea
– Waffle with Chocolat and cream for tea (see Mrs Fogg wearing most of it)

Healthy veg next week

I Did This

Posted on 04/12/2011 by MrFoggDecember 4, 2011

Some 13 years ago this was the culmination of one of my many projects in Brussels. I had been out here about 8 times setting up an office over the other side of Brussels and this was the final location for the office, PCs, networks, telephones, the works (106 Avenue Louise).

Fun times in deed. Lots of alcohol but also a hell of a lot of work.

That’s it done Brussels now, just gotta do the big balls and we can head home tomorrow.

Fantastic weekend.

When in Rome (or Brussels)

Posted on 04/12/2011 by MrFoggDecember 4, 2011

A late rise, ah bliss 10.30am, nice shower then off to find brekky, literally stumbling distance from the hotel was a waffle shop.

So Mrs Fogg and I felt obliged to eat chocolate waffles, oh yum. Now satisfied bellies can womble another 25 miles around the city.

Glugg Wine anyone?