An Observant and Desperately Ironic Teenage Perspective

The Definitive Festival Kit List. By Bran.

nobody@vox.com(Suzbran) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:10:23 +0100

There doesn't seem to be a non-festival specific kit list for any festivals on the web this year, apart from a quick one which has clearly been written by a man and is therefore inadequate to anyone who wishes to make use of festival shower facil...

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The Road to Roskilde. By Bran

nobody@vox.com(Suzbran) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:36:55 +0100

The blogging fire has been once more ignited beneath me as I return to a summer fesitval. Again taking my summer plans up a notch on last year, instead of boring old Reading festival in England, a friend and I are schlepping out to Denmark for th...

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Suzbran goes interrailing! By Bran

nobody@vox.com(Suzbran) — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:15:22 +0100

Suz and I are taking our summer travel plans up a notch this year. Instead of visiting one poxy country for a whole week, we have decided to go interrailing for a month. We decided this sitting in horrible coffee chain Double Coffee on Gedimino in...

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Bran's Photos from Japan

nobody@vox.com(Suzbran) — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:07:28 +0100

In the name of making my two week trip to Tokyo into something useful apart from stocking up on Moomin themed gifts for family, I have finally decided to put my pictures up. Voila. Meji Shrine in Harajuku district. It's very difficult to take p...

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Bran's Guide to Japanese

nobody@vox.com(Suzbran) — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:48:54 +0100

Written with the inspiration of the GCSE Japanese curriculum. 1. Sign up for a (supposedly) government subsidized trip to Tokyo 5 months inadvance. 2. Book time off work. 3. Realise that vast proportion of cost of trip will be funded by parents. D...

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Georgian Bus Initiation. By Bran

nobody@vox.com(Suzbran) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:04:55 +0100

I have been riding the bus in Georgia. Since taxis are too much hassle and the Bradt guidebook (infinitely more helpful than the Lonely Planet) has a translated list of some bus routes in Tbilisi, I decided to be brave and hop on a bus that I cou...

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Goodwill hunting, Tbilisi style. By Bran

nobody@vox.com(Suzbran) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:07:15 +0100

Broken-biscuit cake was the order of the day. Allow me to explain. In Georgia, nay, east of Germany and west of the Urals, extending down the Black Sea and even into the middle east, exists a phenomenon called the biscuit. A gross misinterpretatio...

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How to...make Khachapuri. By Bran

nobody@vox.com(Suzbran) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:55:52 +0100

Searching for things about Georgia online I came across this video and found it immensely entertaining. First of all, Khachapuri is a Georgian staple food, eaten at least 8 times a day. It's unleavened Georgian bread made with local white cheese ...

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Blogger Bran visits blogger mum in Georgia

nobody@vox.com(Suzbran) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:30:46 +0100

Gamarjoba dan Kartuli! Hello from Georgia. After a nightmare trip (involving the check in supervisor at Heathrow having a meltdown and running off, demanding that no one talk to her, a ten minute sprint through departures to catch a flight, a th...

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International Oxford Nightlife. By Bran.

nobody@vox.com(Suzbran) — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:02:18 +0000

Last night, at a club my friends and I have begun frequenting due to its lax ID rules, they played Sarbel (a favourite Greek/Lebanese pop singer) singing Se Pira Sovara. It was most curious . I've already noticed that most of Oxford's weekend nig...

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