The Scientific Indian

An English Experience: B&B in Whitby. Read by ...

Once upon a time in a queue. Just the ...

by Selva. Published on 24 Sep 2007:“An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one. At week-ends an Englishman queues up at the bus-stop, travels out to Richmond, queues up for a boat, then queues up for tea, then queues up for ice cream, then joins a few more odd queues just for the sake of the fun of it.”-George Mikes, How to be an Alien (1946) ...

by Selva. Published on 16 July 2007: Whitby, a seaside town in North Yorkshire, is home to Dracula's cave, gothic gulls, and a B&B establishment that charms its guests with a roaring toilet the size of a matchbox, and a suicidal room heater that is colder than CERN's cryogenic systems. To this town, we - I and my wife Ramya - were headed for a vacation. Read on or listen to the audio.