Uneasyhotels

On our visit to Celtic Connections last week, Mrs Blog and I tried out the cost saving facilities of the Easyhotel.

It seems the cost savings are achieved by packing twice as many rooms into the available space as any other hotel chain. If you have ever been in the toilet on a Boeing 737 or Airbus 319 then imagine the same space...

...with a shower and double bed in it, as well as the loo!

Other space saving initiatives included removing the washer from the tap.

If you like wet feet when you pay a nighttime visit to the little room, this is the hotel for you!

Sadly I couldn't find a supplier of dead cats in Sauchiehall Street and was unable to prove a point to the receptionist.

Celtic Connections

We popped off to Glasgow for a much anticipated concert last week. The Blogs are great fans of Celtic music and Celtic Connections seemed destined to fit the bill.

The organisers had decided to invite an orchestra from North West Spain. (I can only surmise that Galicia was once part of Dal Riada). The orchestra brought a small choir with them who sang about seagulls. The song didn't have any words and seemed to be more of a group impersonation of seagulls fighting over a bag of chips on the seafront at Aberdeen.

Still the Galicians seemed to have a ball. One of them thanked us for the "worm welcome"

...and then thanked us for "our enery". Sadly they didn't specify which one. Still a good time had by all!

I love Dutch people!!!

In the Times today there is a report of a Dutchman being arrested in the Netherlands. He was on probation when he caused a disturbance at his ex-wife's house. When he arrived at the police station he pulled out of his pocket a "get out of jail free" card from a monopoly set. Apparently the officers had a laugh and locked him up.