High Tech Bog

Eindhoven's central square boasts a new feature since my last visit.



In the south west corner of the square is this illuminated advertising thingy (I don't know how else to describe it) but while I was flushed with surprise at seeing something new in the square (things don't change as quickly here as they do in LALA Land), imagine my surprise when I saw the back side of this thingy...



Yes, it's a high tech bog. Quite how one fits inside it I do not know, and I had not the slightest inclination to cough up the 50 Euro Cents to have a peek inside. I imagine that there's scarcely enough room to tap your foot. Perhaps they should install them at airports in the USA?

Another Great Restaurant in Eindhoven

Listers (www.listers.nl) in central Eindhoven, is one of five restaurants by the same name. They all offer the same menu, which offers a delicious and varied choice of three course meals for 21.50 Euros - good value by any standard.

It's trendy, smart, fashionable, and clearly very popular with the "in crowd" in Eindhoven.

Despite appearing to be small from the outside, the interior is surprisingly spacious (do I sound like a realtor?)



Don't know how these people got in, perhaps they hadn't heard about the in crowd thing...

And as for these two...

Irish Pub in Eindhoven

The Celtic Pride is an Irish Pub in Eindhoven, but it does seem that proprietor is suffering from something of an identity crisis...

... the proprietor has a number of other names to capture your attention.

And...


So, we're in no doubt at all, whatsoever, that this is a genuine Irish Pub in the heart of downtown Eindhoven, are we?

But I wonder if there's an Irishman (or woman!) who can spot the inconsistency here...

Here's a clue, British Breakfast. 'Nuf said?

Dinner in Eindhoven

The red, wgite and green awning that can be seen from our baloney marks the location of one of the best Italian restaurants in Eindhoven - Da Verdi.



The service is friendly, the food is delicious, and the price is..., well everything is expensive when measured in Euros, but Da Verdi is worth every Cent.



Check their website at http://www.daverdi.nl

Flight From Hell - Part IV

All hands on deck!



That's me in the blurry picture kindly provided by a fellow passenger. I'm wearing the green shirt.

It really was a bizzare experience, and the cabin crew were very sympathetic, supplying us with napkins, buckets, and pillows to fend off the horrid drips.



Had the flight lasted any longer, no doubt KLM would have issued emergency umbrellas to beleaguered passengers.

As it was, the Purser provided us with coupons to get our clothes dry cleaned.

After the flight from hell, it was a relief to step into the rain in Amsterdam, getting slightly soaked as we tracked down the hire car.

Two hours later, we reached Eindhoven, exhausted!

Flight From Hell - Part III

As the drips became a torrent of nasty, brown oily liquid, the cabin crew sprung into action, providing us with buckets to protect ourselves from the downpour...



I am not joking!

Flight From Hell - Part II

It could be worse, and it was!


About an hour before we were due to land at Amsterdam, passengers in front of me noticed a brown colored oily liquid dripping down from the overhead compartments. We thought it was a broken bottle in someone's bag, but a check of the compartment showed nothing. Still the drip continued dripping...



The helpful cabin crew provided us with pillows to fend off the drips, while they stuck napkins to the area(s) where the drips seemed to be coming from. All to no avail as the drips got worse and became almost a flood.