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A supper of puffin pie (Rousse)

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Dreamaticus

The chef grinned widely as I complimented her on the delicious pie. “What was in it?” I asked. “Puffin” she proudly replied. Just in case you were wondering, there are real puffin recipes.

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An unwelcome extra in a New York fruit salad (Rousse)

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Dreamaticus

JG brought me a delicious-looking fruit salad all the way from New York. When I took a mouthful I bit straight into something brittle. There was a shard of glass amongst the fruit! We needed to hold this as evidence … Continue reading →

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Cooking up some Christmas crackers (Rousse)

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Dreamaticus

My sisters and I were cooking gallons of soup, alongside hundreds of breakfast items, on the Aga at my parents’ house. The heat from the oven was almost unbearable: my Crocs offered little protection and I really needed to find … Continue reading →

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The conference trap (Rousse)

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I was trapped at yet another dreary conference for PhD students. By Day 2 most people had given up on the programme and headed back to their offices to get on with some “real” work. Unfortunately for me, I was … Continue reading →

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New aqua spa opens at John Lewis (Rousse)

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I’d barely tripped back to work in my green snakeskin stiletto heels when I heard my boss shrieking. Poor OM was being told emphatically that what he had heard from CI was not true. When my boss caught sight of … Continue reading →

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Rousse’s New York Rolls Royce ride

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I was not normally impressed by cars, but when JG’s New York gangster father drew up in a yellow chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce I could not wait to leap inside and go for a ride with all his cronies.

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Mac swap scam alert (Rousse)

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Such was the value of my most recent research report that it had been translated into Swedish. I was about to boast about this when SL pointed out that it looked like someone had “swapped” Macs with me. The one … Continue reading →

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A dress maker takes a break (Rousse)

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Dreamaticus

After a lovely bike ride along the river MSB and I went back to her flat and chatted. This made a welcome change from sewing garments.

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Norwegian munitions cache explodes in central London (Rousse)

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Dreamaticus

ETS soon brought me up to speed on what I had missed at the conference so far. I was delighted when she reported how much she was enjoying the event. After the evening session we joined a bus tour of … Continue reading →

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A polite Newcastle audience (Rousse)

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Dreamaticus

After spending the night at JM ‘s house, I delivered a guest lecture at Northumbria University. Everyone was terribly friendly, listened intently, and kindly ignored my orange stained pale blue suit.

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