Gateshead

While Anna is busy putting the last words to her PhD, I accepted an offer from Routledge to review a book proposal as the notion of simply having “vacation” felt a bit too relaxed. And to somehow offset my long evening in the bar last night, I started the day with 5k of rowing and a run next to the runways of Newcastle Airport before taking the train into town and the Gateshead area where we are staying for one night at another Hilton, all slightly reminiscent of our decadent hotel-hopping life in China a decade ago. 

As for being entirely predictable, I also had to return to Nando’s for one more spicy chickpea burger and some chili and mint peas, super-yummy, especially when you do not have to go running directly afterwards :-)