Tag Archives: bathroom

UK-Australia: best two-for-one return flight ticket deal (Rousse)

Posted on July 9, 2022 by Dreamaticus

After rejecting membership of a new running club, and the designs by a pair of old women for our new bathroom, TPR and I walked up to the Australian embassy to organise a day return trip to the other side … Continue reading →

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No toilet Tokyo (Rousse)

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I knew that space was at a premium in Tokyo, but I had no idea of the impact of this on the population’s everyday habits until I visited the city myself. My host family of three was very welcoming. On … Continue reading →

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Avocado bathroom suite in the museum of sanitation (Rousse)

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Dozens of bathtubs hung on the walls and from the ceiling of the saleroom. The most precious and elaborate had been recovered from ancient archaeological sites. Much of their value lay in their beautiful mosaic decorations. To my surprise and … Continue reading →

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Midges put off move to Lochinver (Rousse)

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I took temporary accommodation in a Lochinver hotel. It wasn’t very suitable: whenever the tide came in, our room was flooded with sea water and the occasional fish; the bathroom was barely a cupboard; and poor security encouraged … Continue reading →

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A sauna with cigar-smoking footballers and a frightened Lulu (Belle)

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I’d got up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night when my ex boyfriend’s flatmate came in and asked me not to flush the toilet. Instead he sat on the toilet seat and asked if I thought … Continue reading →

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An Italian bathroom shortage (Rousse)

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I was in Italy for a week, staying in a room within a hall of residence block. The space was so tight throughout the whole building that I doubted that anyone even slightly overweight would manage to move around it … Continue reading →

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Accommodation woes at the University of Birmingham (Rousse)

Posted on May 4, 2019 by Dreamaticus

The renamed, but not refurbished, Mason Hall on the Vale at the University of Birmingham was to be our home for our Masters year. Once again I was sharing accommodation with HJ and SL, although this time it was not … Continue reading →

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A dirty bathroom and a sewing project (Rousse)

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I apologised to my mother for the state of the bathroom, but we’d left in a rush and had not had time to clean it. Then I gave her all the equipment that she needed for her sewing project, including … Continue reading →

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Moving back into the White House (Rousse)

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Dreamaticus

On the basis of the enthusiastic reports of the recent fabulous visit of my mother and sister J, I could not wait to return to the White House. I met the man in charge of the (now) old people’s home, … Continue reading →

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A toilet knee-trembler with Tom Hiddleston (Belle)

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Tom Hiddleston locked us into the hotel lobby toilet. He was much more into it than I was. I kept thinking about the bathroom I was supposed to be deep cleaning. Later, outside in the slush and snow, local yobbos … Continue reading →

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