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Sofas, snow, and singing on Edinburgh’s Broughton Street (Rousse)

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Two new shops opened on Edinburgh’s Broughton Street while we were away on holiday. As an avid reader, I was pleased that one was a book exchange. The other was a posh furniture store full of University of Edinburgh students. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged academic, book, Broughton, choir, Edinburgh, exchange, gay, kiss, madrigal, men, neck, New Town, parent, reader, Scotland, sing, snow, sofa, street, student, terminal degree, university | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bathroom, hotel, slush, snow, snow boarding, Tom Hiddleston, yobbos, yobs | Leave a comment

Hotel holds guest’s underwear hostage (Rousse)

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Dreamaticus

AH, CS, NY and SY pulled up outside the house bang on time at 3pm. ‘Look what we’ve brought!’ showed off AH, as he dragged two life-size cardboard cut-outs of me and TPR into the house. Each with a mop … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bar, bare, besotted, bus, cardboard, corridor, corsage, cut-out, France, guest, hair, holiday-maker, host, hotel, interpretation, love, luggage, snow, theft, village, wool | Leave a comment

An heiress makes plans (Rousse)

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I was trapped inside the house that I had inherited from my maternal grandmother. I could happily entertain myself by revisiting all the rooms that I remembered from my childhood, and perusing the contents of the cupboards. All the crystal … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aunt, bedroom, cabinet, cottage, cupboard, extension, flower, garden, grandmother, heiress, holiday, house, key, Newcastle, nurse, photograph, plan, postie, snow, TPR, trophy, Tyne, valley | Leave a comment

Lettuce, a lorry, and Looney Tunes (Rousse)

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Belle was in town (hurrah!) but she was leaving on the next train (boo!) When she confessed to me that she had arrived two days ago to stay in her Edinburgh New Town pied à terre I did my best … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bag, balance, bank, Belle, coin, council, disappointment, Drummond Place, Edinburgh, friendly, Garmin, generous, gift, lettuce, Looney Tunes, lorry, meter, New Town, pied-à-terre, screen, snow, touchy--feely, watch | Leave a comment

Killer whales but no camera on powerboat trip to the islands (Rousse)

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I boarded the ferry dressed only in a thin sheet, having been forced to leave all my belongings – including my clothes and glasses – with our hosts at the the shoreline. The ride across the inlet was short and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged belongings, board, box, Calmac, camera, car, clothes, confiscate, countryside, ferry, game, glasses, house, iPhone, island, journey, killer, mother, mountain, poweboat, sheet, shoreline, sister, snow, stranger, vessel, whale | Leave a comment

Careers in Finland (Rousse)

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Dreamaticus

TPR, OC and I had been in Finland so long that the snow had returned to the mountains across the bay. OC had travelled here initially in hope of joining the music industry as accountant for a major record label. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accountant, bay, business, career, carrot, Facebook, Finland, friend, haggis, industry, label, mountain, music, record, restaurant, shop, snow, swede, table, trip, women | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: snow

Sofas, snow, and singing on Edinburgh’s Broughton Street (Rousse)

A toilet knee-trembler with Tom Hiddleston (Belle)

Hotel holds guest’s underwear hostage (Rousse)

An heiress makes plans (Rousse)

Lettuce, a lorry, and Looney Tunes (Rousse)

Killer whales but no camera on powerboat trip to the islands (Rousse)

Careers in Finland (Rousse)

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