The highlight as to be the Olympics and Paralympics for travel and TV, it made a change watching real talent and real stars (note to self - cancel Sky Sports subscription. I’m bored of overpaid arrogant footballers) not wannabees and has-beens on reality TV shows. I loved going to London this summer during the Olympics, and I would argue with Disney over the ‘happiest place on earth’ tag because I’m sure during the summer of 2012 London won that gold medal.
It wasn’t all positives this year, £800 for 2 nights room only in a London Holiday Inn Express, still chained to my desk and I wasted my time watching a group of one-hit wonders called Alcatraz, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour and the aptly titled Unforgettable – I liked them. At least Damien Lewis’s Life lasted two seasons.
It was au revoir to Desperate Housewives and Harry’s Law and bonjour to Touch, Elementary and Homeland, even thou I’m still not sure if I enjoyed season 2 it was all over the place. Guy Pearce’s Jack Irish, Arrow and Person of Interest were all 5 star and American Horror Story: Asylum and Girls (I think I’m getting old) were a dirty 1 star hostel which I walked away from after two episodes.
With foreign TV (meaning non English speaking shows) I was
gutted I missed Romanzo Criminale season 2 the first time around on Sky Arts
but the series link is now in place for the repeats and Vinicio Marchioni is my first crush of 2013. Then there is the French. Braquo season 2
was magnifique bring on season 3 and Mansion Close was alright but did drag on
a bit. Now for 2013 so far there is Hard on Sky Arts, watching a comedy about a
straight-laced widow running a porn business should be interesting especially
when I’m watching it with my Mom in the room. Merci it’s in another language.
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On the travel front apart from London being my top destination for 2012 I only managed two trips abroad. In April I went to Switzerland for the first time – a long weekend of après-ski in Verbier and an hour running around a windy Geneva trying to see as much as possible. The other was a beautiful week in Provence, visiting Nimes, Arles, Salon de Provence, Aix en Provence and Istres with Monsieur X as my personal tour guide, host and cook.
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Vinicio Marchioni
On the travel front apart from London being my top destination for 2012 I only managed two trips abroad. In April I went to Switzerland for the first time – a long weekend of après-ski in Verbier and an hour running around a windy Geneva trying to see as much as possible. The other was a beautiful week in Provence, visiting Nimes, Arles, Salon de Provence, Aix en Provence and Istres with Monsieur X as my personal tour guide, host and cook.
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Windy Geneva
Hot Salon de Provence
My 'Disneyland' - Olympic Park
But what about 2013? More travelling for starters and until then I have my
faithful box in the corner…it’s only the 6th January and with new
seasons of NCIS, Bones, Stella and Silent Witness starting this week and
getting closer to the second half of Walking Dead season 3 and Sky’s new Kevin
Bacon show the Following (FYI loving the EE Bacon ads) I think it’s going to be
a great year.
New Year Resolutions? Yes!
No more ‘R’s – repeats and reality (massive fail as I’m watching Celebrity
Big Brother).More ‘T’s – Travel and (Quality) TV.
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