http://www.buzzwordoverload.co.uk/blogs/bigbadblog Everything that should have a place has its place. anything else goes in here. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:28:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the morning I went to the police station with Denis to report the bike stolen, mainly the get a crime report to give to the insurance company. When Denis told the policeman that I had left my bike locked at the central station, the policeman rolled his eyes and ... http://www.buzzwordoverload.co.uk/blogs/bigbadblog/edward-on-wheels-day-18-the-end/ A good nights sleep meant I could finally think straight again. I went to the central station to meet one of the guys from the milan couchsurfing bike sharing collective who had offered to look after my bike until I had recovered and could come back and pick it up buuuut..............there ... http://www.buzzwordoverload.co.uk/blogs/bigbadblog/edward-on-wheels-day-17-milan/ Wednesday was another day of doing bugger all, so I went to the cathedral and just sat around doing as little as possible. Despite the hordes of tourists, its a  nice place to relax, since its quiet, pretty impressive and theres occasionally organ music. Admittedly the organist does tend to ... http://www.buzzwordoverload.co.uk/blogs/bigbadblog/edward-on-wheels-day-1516-milan/ gah, so may damn emails to write to people, you can all just read it here... The short version is: "fell off bike near lugano, fractured wrist, but still alive. arm in cast, made it to milan, trip home organised, going to spend 2 months in plymouth then start again" got all that? Well, ... http://www.buzzwordoverload.co.uk/blogs/bigbadblog/edward-not-on-wheels-anymore-now-what/ Today was my last day in Lugano and Switzerland, as I got a train in the morning to Milan. This was quite fun as it involved trying to get my bike on the train one handed, but I managed. The train was pretty quick, but it took ... http://www.buzzwordoverload.co.uk/blogs/bigbadblog/edward-on-wheels-day-14-milan/ I went to the hospital today to get my arm checked out again and also, after much fun with voip, international calls, language barriers, faxes and different departments managed to get my EHIC wotsit faxed through to the hospital so the NHS would pay for the treatment. The actual medical ... http://www.buzzwordoverload.co.uk/blogs/bigbadblog/edward-on-wheels-day-13-lugano/ I did sod all these two days, other than spend stupid amounts of time in front of a computer screen organising things. I stayed in the hostel for a couple of nights, as Gianni's girlfriend was staying over so there was no room for me and I couldn't find another ... http://www.buzzwordoverload.co.uk/blogs/bigbadblog/edward-on-wheels-day-11-12-lugano/ I spent most of today wandering aimlessly around lugano with nothing much to do, which is admittedly a fun hobby, since this place looks amazing. Lugano is on the edge of a lake, is surrounded my some of the biggest mountains in europe and has almost tropical weather. It also has ... http://www.buzzwordoverload.co.uk/blogs/bigbadblog/edward-on-wheels-day-11-lugano/ well, I appear to have hit a small snag. And when I say snag, I mean pavement. The good news is I'm atill alive and everthing is ok, the bad news is I have a fractured wrist and have my right arm in a cast for the next 6 weeks. Everything was ... http://www.buzzwordoverload.co.uk/blogs/bigbadblog/edward-not-on-wheels-anymore/ Jean daniel suggested I visit one of the castles in bellinzona, so early in the morning I head there and find what looks like one the the installations from Halo. Its very weird and I keep expecting Flood and covenant to start appearing. The cycling involved an unexpectedly huge uphill, Mont ... http://www.buzzwordoverload.co.uk/blogs/bigbadblog/edward-on-wheels-day-10-lugano/