Paul Manzotti
manzanotti.bsky.social
Paul Manzotti
@manzanotti.bsky.social
Infrastructure lead ar Better Streets for Birmingham. Write software for a living. Used to produce music and run a record label in my spare time. Love good food and exercising.
Actually will be there from 19am, on the grounds that that is when they open!
March 28, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I still fundamentally disagree with the opinion that the speed chosen was over the top.

As someone who took the train from Birmingham to Copenhagen last summer, those 30 minutes saved, if repeated on the German lines, would make a massive difference to total journey time.
January 13, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I'll be there from 1130 to 4pm-ish tomorrow (Sunday 21st).

I only have 1 Almond and 15 Apricot Panettone left, and about 10 jars each of the fabulous Gianduja, and White Chocolate Pistachio sauces.
December 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Having spent 50 hours in København, we're now on the train to Hamburg, which is a significantly nicer train than the one that did the reverse journey!
August 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Sorry, was too busy having fun to post everything in here as well as Instagram!

If you're desperate to see what we got up to in the last week, it's here:

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August 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I forgot to post this shot of sunset from the København to Oslo ferry a couple of days ago, and it seems too nice not to!
August 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Just one of the many plates of food I ate at the breakfast buffet this morning!

A definite improvement in quality compared to the buffet on the ferry yesterday.
August 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Got up reasonably early and headed out for a pre-breakfast 10k run. Claire wanted to see this light installation, which did mean we had about 180m of hill to get up, which was interesting!

Did get some lovely views of Oslo though.
August 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
One of the things on our to do list in Oslo was to recreate photos from our last trip here in 2018.

This park was on our way back from dinner, so we had to stop off.
August 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The first place Daisy requested we re-visit was San Francisco Bread Bowl.

Glad to say it's as good as I remember!

Rather than ordering 2 bread bowls each, we got refills. Both the Baja Chicken and BBQ Chicken Mac and Cheese were delicious.

Pudding was an amazing cookie ice cream sandwich.
August 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I'm not the only one getting strong New Street Signal Box vibes from the Munch Museum, am I?
August 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Wandered back to the waterfront and climbed the impressive opera house. Interesting to see the Munch Museum, as they were constructing it when we were here 7 years ago.

Had to put our feet in the water at the harbour. It was definitely fresh, not sure about swimming in it when we go to the sauna!
August 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Decided to partake in the ship breakfast buffet, aiming to eat enough to not need lunch; I think I managed it, but I'm not sure about the rest of the family! (I had way more than I photographed)

Walked the 3k to our hotel, dumped our luggage in the baggage area, and had a coffee at Tim Wendelboe.
August 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
After a refreshingly good night's sleep, we've awoken to clear blue skies and the sun shining over the fjord! #flightfree
August 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
We had one final wander around the centre of København, before making our way to the terminal for the next leg of our #flightfree holiday; the overnight ferry to Oslo.

See ya, København, until next... er, week.
August 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When we told the kids we were stopping in Copenhagen, Daisy requested we go to Poulette again. Who was I to say no?

Lucked out with no queue, I ordered both the Fried Chicken bum and the Mapu Tofu bun, with fried.

Both were fabulous, I possibly preferred the Mapu Tofu, but it was close!
August 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
At Hart Bageri again, had a Cinnamon Twist and a Spandauer.

This was a good move, the twist was even better than the Cardamom Croissant, a lovely touch of the salt in the base elevating the flavour.

And custard is always going to work in a pastry for me.

Post check out, we wandered the harbour.
August 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
After a good night's sleep, headed out early for an easy run. Whilst I expected to see the concrete elefants at the old Carlsberg brewery, seeing real ones at the back of the zoo was a real bonus!

Hit the hotel gym for a workout, then jumped on bikes to get breakfast.
August 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM