Tag Archives: breakfast

Balderdash, chocolate buttons and Amelia Earhart (Rousse)

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I had to interrupt this ridiculous game of Balderdash. Why did anyone ever get the impression that it was a straight general knowledge quiz? So what if Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic? More … Continue reading →

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Sisters feast on chocolate breakfast diet (Rousse)

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Dreamaticus

So this was why my sister was getting so fat. Every morning she ate an entire box of chocolates for her breakfast. I vowed to help her out.

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Birmingham University students play on swings to avoid murder scene (Rousse)

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Dreamaticus

SPC, SH and I stayed in Birmingham at SH’s flat a couple of weeks before the start of our final year at University. Just across the road people were queuing to lay flowers at a murder scene. We tried to … Continue reading →

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Windfall for Scottish bed and breakfast owners (Rousse)

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Under a Scottish Enterprise scheme established in the 1980s, on retirement bed and breakfast proprietors across Scotland could sell their businesses back to the Scottish Government for huge sums of money. Our friends on the Isle of Lewis were very … Continue reading →

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Rwandan driver leads travellers a merry dance over the sand dunes of Holy Island with a horse (Rousse)

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Dreamaticus

After an enormous breakfast of smoked salmon and roast potatoes – some of which I had to put back in the fridge because I simply couldn’t manage it all – I caught the train south. My travelling companions were TPR, … Continue reading →

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In the office with Barack Obama and Boris Johnson (Belle)

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Dreamaticus

This new job certainly had its contrasts. Yes, I was sharing the office with a branch of Marks and Spencer Simply Food that specialised in apricot Danish pastries – hooray. Yes, Barack Obama had a desk on the other side … Continue reading →

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A storybook bedroom with spiral staircase (Rousse)

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Dreamaticus

My husband and I snuggled down together in a bedroom that could have featured on the pages of a children’s storybook. The walls were papered with jolly seaside scenes, traditional toys were scattered on the floor, and ornamental mechanical soldiers, … Continue reading →

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Naked housework, phone swapping, and Doctor Who accessories (Rousse)

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Dreamaticus

Naked, I tidied up my London flat. I moved slices of white bread from the first floor sitting room windowsill to the kitchen where they belonged. When I returned downstairs a fat woman brandishing a gun confronted me in the … Continue reading →

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New neighbours (Rousse)

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Dreamaticus

We moved into a tiny flat in a modern block that offered a range of accommodation, including fully-serviced apartments. Our flatmates included JC and AC. Space was so tight that the dishwasher was kept in the bathroom. There really wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Celebrity top trumps: Ed Sheeran versus Paul Weller (Rousse)

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Dreamaticus

My online friend TBM came to stay with S, the youngest of her three boys. Our flat had plenty of space, yet they both shared our bedroom. In fact, none of us really appreciated the vast size of our flat … Continue reading →

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