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Author Archives: Dreamaticus
Famous Indian spotting (Rousse)
My sister J, brother-in-law M, TPR and I stepped into the lift to reach the exhibition on a high floor of the tower block. Our plan was to scour the trade stands to snaffle as many free trinkets as possible. … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, cannibal, cannibalism, drama, elevator, exhibition, famous, Indian, lift, stand, TPR, trade, trinket, University Challenge
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Handsome ‘terrorist’ threatens Mafia-run luxury hotel (Rousse)
The Italian mafia in charge of the super expensive luxury hotel took an instant dislike to my beautiful new husband. Could this be down to his stunning good looks: the dark olive skin and gorgeous green eyes inherited from his … Continue reading
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Tagged beard, bomb, eyes, handsome, hotel, mafia, skin, terrorist
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Discoveries in a snowy garden (Rousse)
Two things annoyed me when I checked the weather outside to see if we could move some stones from the old rockery. First, the ground was covered with six inches of snow. Second our neighbour had built a footpath from … Continue reading
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Tagged footpath, garden, lawn, neighbour, pond, rockery, snow
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Unexpected unicycling lunch guests (Rousse)
AC was teaching a stranger to unicycle in our hall. After the ‘class’ I invited the pair of them to stay for lunch, even though I knew that this would cost us a fortune. The cycling student hesitated, then said … Continue reading
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Tagged Broughton Street, Edinburgh, guest, hall, lunch, unicycle
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Sir Stephen Fry stirs up trouble on a River Tees boat cruise (Rousse)
Sir Stephen Fry set a terrible example to the young men on the River Tees boat cruise. As well as gorging on takeaways and failing to clear up his mess afterwards, he persuaded a fit, young personal trainer to experiment … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, butcher, cruise, drug, High Street, knight, personal trainer, River Tees, Sir Stephen Fry, Stephen Fry, Stockton-on-Tees, takeaway
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A fiery Edinburgh sunset and an escape from an unhappy home (Rousse)
The fiery sunset behind Edinburgh castle was all the more vibrant on a day when the city’s street lighting was out of order. TPR, BMcC, and I rushed out of the flat with our iPhones to photograph the display. When … Continue reading
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Tagged boeuf bourguignon, butchery, castle, Courcheval, cousin, Edinburgh, garden, iPhone, photograph, pond, rain, roof, skiing, sunset, washing. linen
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A Bruce Forsyth impersonator (Rousse)
We were such good customers of Edinburgh’s Broughton Market that the staff were perfectly comfortable when we popped into the shop after-hours to pick up some pastries. JH, however, still disapproved of our ‘cheek’. Provisions acquired, we set off for … Continue reading
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Tagged Broughton Market, Bruce Forsyth, Edinburgh, hill, hologram, horns, impersonator, pastries, sheep, theatre
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The Millwall shoe shop (Belle)
I was both working at, and a customer of, a shoe shop in Millwall’s south London football stadium. My boss asked me if I’d graduated from the ‘Morley College of Violent Librarians’.
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Tagged football, librarians, London, Millwall, Morley College, shoe shop
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Belle fails Geography
PB and I were enjoying our trip across India in our old school VW Beetle. At some point, however, I took an incorrect turn and we ended up on the white cliffs of Dover.
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Tagged cliffs, Dover, India, VW Beetle, white cliffs of Dover
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Couple from America gatecrash drawing class (Rousse)
KJR and her Texan husband T gatecrashed my final year honours class. The students waited patiently while I fielded KJR’s questions. This was a tricky task now that she spoke with a strange Americanised North East English accent. Eventually one … Continue reading
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Tagged accent, American, Chinese, class, drawing, gatecrash, husband, instructions, occupation, student, Texan, wife
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