I am in Athens this week. It has been cloudy mostly, but I have enjoyed visiting the sites and eating good Greek food. Here I am paying my respects to Hephaestus at his temple by the Agora. Look the other way and there is this great view of the Acropolis. #athens #greece
Very impressive, mr.!
Poutine and marag dhubh (black pudding) is a thing in Aberdeen. Result. #aberdeen #blackpudding
Aberdeen on Sunday. Mary, Queen of Scots on telly while having haggis pakoras and an IRN BRU for lunch.
Another research leave achievement: learning to make fresh Scottish porridge.
And so a successful week of library work, a museum visit, and writing in Cambridge has come to an end. Time to get back home to Aberdeen.
For the first time (as far as I can remember), I have done some Boxing Day shopping: I have ordered the new Loeb of Caesar's Bellum Gallicum.
Happy Christmas to you and yours! (I have really enjoyed your posts this past year).
We have some new ornaments this year from our travels: Dùn Èideann (Edinburgh), Nürnberg, Salzburg, and of course my other home town, Obar Dheathain (Aberdeen).
Fröhliche Weihnacht überall.
I am working at the Institute for Classical Studies library in London this week. They have a Christmas tree made of Loebs!
A Currywurst and a beer in München. Sehr gut.
Nürnberg Weihnachtsmarkt. Der Glühwein war schön.
This is either a late breakfast or an early lunch. Affa fine day in Edina.
On holiday this week in Norway. Today I am in Bergen. Shortly after this pic I treated myself to a beer and pickled herring.
Sitting on a rock in the middle of the River Deveron, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
Inbhir Nis.
Because drinking a beer at 11 in the morning with a beautiful view of the Austrian countryside is a thing.
One has to start off the day in Wien in the right way.
It is a pretty good day when you are writing about ancient military manuals and you can cite Aristophanes' Frogs.
Aberdeen in summer: a still life.
A good afternoon for walk through Ferryhill and Duthie Park.
My first day of Administrative Leave. Some light writing on a grey day with Wimbledon on the telly. Result.
Aberdeen beach on a lovely day.
