OK, so it’s THAT time of year…….and here is my (very) personal 2023 Review and 2024 Wish List. A Happy New Year to you all, and the best Health, Wealth […]
Author: travellinbob
The Four Seasons
I’ve read a nice couple of essays in this Community Blog this week, about the onset of Autumn. Lopamudra was her usual beautiful, lyrical self, describing what the season means […]
Travellin’ Bob’s Travel Kit
I watch a lot YouTube videos for my entertainment. Along with all the political stuff, the documentaries about UFOs, vintage cars and aeroplanes, tech stuff about different hard- and soft-ware, […]
Israeli Aggression and Palestinian Pain
Disclaimer: I have no direct connection with any individual or organization, whether political, religious or otherwise, and the intent of the following essay is not to cause any offence on […]
Tech musings from an Old Fart
That Community Spirit When I started fooling around with Vivaldi, one of the things I noticed was the User Community. Like most newbies I had some set up issues, asked […]
The KISS Principle
I don’t spend hours trawling through our Forum, but dip in to it fairly regularly. When I do so, typically I see that I have “99+ Unread Items.” Err….I think […]
A walk in the woods
So spring sprung last week – at least for a couple of days. The clouds rolled away, the sun came out into a fine blue sky, and the temperature reached […]
Six months in…..and how is it?
I started using Vivaldi back in September last year, nearly 7 months ago now. I chronicled my journey to the browser, its set up challenges and my early user experiences […]
My birthday
WELCOME TO THE WORLD, LITTLE MAN: 25 March 1953 Apparently, the day (a Wednesday) was quite warm, at least in Kent – temperatures around 21C (or in old money about […]
Fat Thursday
It’s a damp and chilly morning as I head off to my local branch of Warsaw’s excellent Cieślikowski bakery chain to pick up as many of their delicious pączki as […]
Whatever happened to Travellin’ Bob?
I’ve been a bit blocked lately. Not in the digestive-y way, you understand, but….well, in the head. Which is why there’s not been a lot posted so far this year. […]
That Was The Year That Was
2022 has been a memorable year. For a start, it’s the first one since pre-Pandemic times where I’ve managed to remain healthy. I had Covid in 2020 and again in […]
Cafe Society
My morning constitutional took me four kilometres or so today, through often ankle deep but everywhere melting snow and grubby slush, down the main road that runs past my apartment […]
A Solo Traveller – Back Home
So the trip went well. As usual, it was bittersweet. Seeing my kids and my grandkids was as ever a joy: the little ones hardly know me as Covid and […]
