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Settlers of Catan in San Francisco (Rousse)

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Dreamaticus

As the coach pulled into San Francisco nobody could doubt that we were in free and easy California. From the window I saw pastel painted houses, rainbow flags, and hippies in the street. I checked into the same hotel as … Continue reading →

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Desperate nuns resort to kidnap to drive up convent recruitment figures (Rousse)

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I always hated the return to work after my holiday, but what made this worse was that the campus had been moved from Corstorphine in Edinburgh to Perry Barr in Birmingham, and there was nobody there other than me. I … Continue reading →

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Escape from the cult (Rousse)

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I’d accidentally joined a cult. At first I thought that these dozen or so people – including my school friend CC – were just slightly strange. However, the more time I spent with them, the more apparent it became that … Continue reading →

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A suitor, a mugger and a midget (Rousse)

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Dreamaticus

A chatty hippy woman accompanied me up the hill to the Business School building. The golden lozenges that hung from her coat like medals distracted me so much that I didn’t hear a word that she said. As soon as … Continue reading →

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