Monthly Archives: June 2024

Purveying French furniture along the streets of Paris (Rousse)

Posted on June 28, 2024 by Dreamaticus

On my first visit to Paris in years, I helped AM and her sister C push an old sofa on its castors from Avenue des Gobelins to Place de la Concorde. Now that all the members of my host family … Continue reading →

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A safe place for a snog (Rousse)

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Dreamaticus

With builders in the house, we had no privacy. The tiger roaming the rooms added to the difficulty of finding a safe space for a snog.

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AI labels photographs (Rousse)

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Dreamaticus

We were excited to see that the AI had managed to label the photograph of our group. Rather than actual names, however, under the image of each person were a couple of words to represent their character. I thought it … Continue reading →

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Stitching scarves and a super-rich stranger (Rousse)

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I took advantage of the stately home’s in-house sewing team and handed over my enormous scarf with the request that it be cut down to a manageable size. When I came to the end of the self-guided tour of the … Continue reading →

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Poor police response times in Edinburgh (Rousse)

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Dreamaticus

‘All our agents are currently busy and unavailable. If you would like to hold to speak to our emergency response team, please wait and we will connect you as soon as possible’. This was not what I expected to hear … Continue reading →

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Escapees from the Gaelic choir discover a ‘horny’ Victorian (Rousse)

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Dreamaticus

VJ and I made our escape from the Gaelic concert at Edinburgh airport and ran along the cycle path in the direction of Duddingston Loch. To make the race fairer, I agreed not to use my arms. This soon gave … Continue reading →

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Weight loss tip: smoking for slimming (Rousse)

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Dreamaticus

The trimmest women at the university reunion were best friends SB and KH. The secret to their slim frames was smoking. When JG and his pals arrived, I wondered whether I should pass on the tip. PS could definitely do … Continue reading →

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A holiday cottage and wedding invitations (Rousse)

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I was worried about the safety of the family’s holiday cottage. Although the front door to the building that we shared with the neighbours was secured with a Yale lock, the door to our porch and the second one from … Continue reading →

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Passion with a potter (Rousse)

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Dreamaticus

What a shock! I remembered the woman called Poppy, and the man who ran a pottery. They had been friends of my mother in the 1960s. However, I had no idea that for a period of my early childhood my … Continue reading →

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Parking scam at the University of Edinburgh (Rousse)

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Bold as brass, TPR pulled into a ‘visitors only’ parking space outside Edinburgh University’s Informatics building. A parking warden immediately scurried over to us to ask about the nature of our visit. TPR guessed at the name of a host … Continue reading →

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