THE ADVENTURES OF ELLIE AND BARRY
(AND HENNING THE TROLL)

This blog is brought to you by Barry. Some days writing these blogs are easier than others. In the case of the last entry I published, I couldn’t wait to get the words out as it would be a chance to describe the day I’d asked Ellie to marry me. Unsurprisingly for the happiest day of my life, I couldn’t wait to relive it for anyone that cared to read. Other days tend to be a bit more difficult to put together but it’s still a chance for me to try and walk others through our ex

This blog is brought to you by Ellie. I never have had a gift for words like Barry has, and I am still pretty much lost for words, but I have never been so happy in my entire little life. I don’t think I could ever have imagined finding the perfect partner in life and yet there he was yesterday, on one knee in front of me, asking me to marry him on the exact spot I had secretly hoped he would! Naturally, I became a water fountain immediately but managed to choke out an emotio

This blog is brought to you by Barry. The history of cinema contains countless landmarks from visionary auteurs, advances in special effects and storytelling that have captivated audiences worldwide and provided scholars with material to be analysed and scrutinised for generations to come. And of course the pinnacle of these is the 1998 Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan romantic comedy You’ve Got Mail, where in the words of Joey Tribbiani, they ‘get mail and stuff’. While this introduction

This blog is brought to you by Ellie. Despite a wonderfully jam-packed day yesterday and quite a late night, New York waits for no-one. We were up and about bright and early again this morning, munching on strawberry and rhubarb hand pies and sipping the best tea there is. Today was going to be another scorcher and we had a lot to see! Thank goodness for expensive trainers and ibuprofen gel, that’s what I say. We hopped straight on the Subway outside the hotel and headed down

This blog is brought to you by Barry. “How you doing?” The morning found us in good spirits and feeling well-rested despite the length and duration of our travels yesterday. It was a relatively relaxed start with our first appointment not scheduled until 10am, so we had time for a leisurely breakfast of pastries and tea courtesy of our visit to Trader Joe’s yesterday. If anyone fancies opening a Trader Joe’s franchise in the UK then consider me first in line. And so with a sp

This blog is brought to you by Ellie. START SPREADING THE NEWS!!! We’re leaving today - for New York City! That’s right, dear readers, our employers have let us out again for more escapades and adventures. It’s been a little while since we last saw you in Cologne, so let’s catch up; In May, I climbed Mount Snowdon with some much loved friends - all of us had very little experience and most of us wouldn’t do anything similar again. I thought about blogging about it, but Barry