The Big Embassy Hunt - 6

Embassy No.14 - Kazakhstan
33 Thurloe Square
London
SW7 2SD

Read more about Kazakhstan by clicking here.

Embassy No.15 - Venezuela
1 Cromwell Road
London
SW7 2HW

Read more about Venezuela by clicking here.

Inaccurate Cartoon

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles go to Dublin on holiday.

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Please feel free to comment below on all the inaccuracies in this episode. I know for a fact there isn't a statue in Dublin of St. Patrick on a horse wiedling two fucking swords for one.

Lazy Sundays.

Provided hayfever hasn't completely robbed me of my senses I will spend this upcoming Sunday afternoon at something called the Paradise Gardens Festival at London Pleasure Gardens. Up until a few hours ago I hadn't heard of either but once informed by my better half of how easy it is to get there (not far on the DLR apparently) and it's cost (free) I was more than convinced to go.

He was probably there in '66 too.

The domestic television rights to Premier League football are now worth £3 billion. BT have snapped up 50p's worth. Seeing as ITV and BBC have a strangle hold (unfortunately, not a literal one*) on crap pundits I can only fear at who'll be hired to do half time analysis....

Hansen, Shearer, Carragher.

They'll probably save even more money by not renting a studio, instead doing all filming inside the suspiciously luxurious flat of three students who appeared to have made it to adulthood without the ability to talk to another person without it sounding like their words were scripted by Michael Bay.


*I wish no strangulation upon any football pundit, no matter how annoying they may be.

The Big Embassy Hunt - 5

Embassy No.11 - Argentina
65 Brook Street
London
W1K 4AH

Read more about Argentina by clicking here.

The Big Embassy Hunt - 4

My official photographer/embassy flag spotter was unavailable today so my less than stellar photos will have to do.

Missed opportunities. 
Saudi Arabia 
The Saudis have a very impressive embassy (located at 30 Charles Street  London W1J 5DZ) with a supremely well maintained front garden, surrounded by high fences and roadblocks. A large fellow who I assumed was a member of security glared at me from beyond the gates and coupled with the lack of signage confirming it to be the embassy I moved along. There was also a couple of policemen armed with machine guns in the area, at first they were standing guard outside a nondescript door around the corner but they soon moved across the road from the Bahamian embassy before settling near the Saudis.

I also found a house owned by the Sultan of Brunei, it's been empty for years apparently.

Deathnail

The Simpsons hasn't been good since season 10 (at a push, season 9 if you want to be accurate). This is not only my opinion but also a widely believed fact. For the past 12 years or so The Simpsons has relegated itself to the status of forgettable TV fodder.

Today I saw this.

The Big Embassy Hunt - 3

Embassy No. 4 - Indonesia
38 Grosvenor Square
London
W1K 2HW

Read more about Indonesia by clicking here.

Embassy No. 5 - Canada
Macdonald House
1 Grosvenor Square
London
W1K 4AB

Learn more about Canada by clicking here or ask this chap.