Dateline: 2015 July 21st, Dublin, Ireland
What we did on our Summer Holiday
So, as requested by some, and feared by others (just delete it folks!), here is the only update of our Europe trip, from me, for summer 2015
As a spoiler alert, we had a lot of fun, had wonderful times, lots of excellent food and wine and company with our mates, but after all, it was only Europe, so what as they say, is the big deal?
That's it, your advised to ignore the rest of this
Apart from the above, that really was it folks, so, this will be pretty dull reading (and writing actually)
Afraid there's no "As I look out over the mountainous vertical precipices of......." etc this time around.
ALSO, we did hardly anything except eat (lots), drink (huge amounts), lounge about (most of the time), and for me, get some 'orrible inner ear problem (still there after 4+ weeks) which means I have very little balance and I can hardly do bugger all, certainly no driving. Even with a walking stick I'm still screwed, hence INCREDIBLY BORING pix which really should be edited down to maybe one, or less
So, for those few of you out there who that think a trip to France, UK & Ireland is the bees knees, here's some pix, and a bit of chat to go with them
The one good thing (well, 2 actually) about getting back to Toronto (I nearly said "home!" - oops) is that maybe I can shake off my BPPV (yes, still there after 4 weeks, 2 doctors visits and several none eventful prescriptions later), and Ilge won't need to walk around so much looking at foreign parts and can get mobile again in the car and back into the exercise pool
So,
France with the Alexanders - "Club Shem
Paradisio" as I now call it. Just lounging on the lawn, overlooking the
vineyards, was truly a fantastic way to spend a week or much more. Add a
few bike rides into town, walks in the countryside, pool side G&T's
and the occasional jogging can you believe, and well, Paradisio
What we did on our Summer Holiday
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So, as requested by some, and feared by others (just delete it folks!), here is the only update of our Europe trip, from me, for summer 2015
As a spoiler alert, we had a lot of fun, had wonderful times, lots of excellent food and wine and company with our mates, but after all, it was only Europe, so what as they say, is the big deal?
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| Alway lovely to be back in Paradise |
That's it, your advised to ignore the rest of this
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| Almost fresh off the plane, down to Albi for a great lunch overlooking the Cathedral |
Apart from the above, that really was it folks, so, this will be pretty dull reading (and writing actually)
Afraid there's no "As I look out over the mountainous vertical precipices of......." etc this time around.
ALSO, we did hardly anything except eat (lots), drink (huge amounts), lounge about (most of the time), and for me, get some 'orrible inner ear problem (still there after 4+ weeks) which means I have very little balance and I can hardly do bugger all, certainly no driving. Even with a walking stick I'm still screwed, hence INCREDIBLY BORING pix which really should be edited down to maybe one, or less
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| I believe these are fig tree blossoms |
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| A tour of the Gaillac central square/ central market place without the market |
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| Natalie has encouraged Alex to get fit Hence, the first (of few) jogs around the neighbourhood of Gaillac |
So, for those few of you out there who that think a trip to France, UK & Ireland is the bees knees, here's some pix, and a bit of chat to go with them
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| Hey! Shucking oysters is a real hit with all the ladies |
The one good thing (well, 2 actually) about getting back to Toronto (I nearly said "home!" - oops) is that maybe I can shake off my BPPV (yes, still there after 4 weeks, 2 doctors visits and several none eventful prescriptions later), and Ilge won't need to walk around so much looking at foreign parts and can get mobile again in the car and back into the exercise pool
So,
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This is it, my last day with balance as god intended it to be For ever! |
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| Just before the balance left my body |
The
French people are still wonderful, lovely people. That could be because
I don't speak the lingo, but they certainly seemed wonderful. Their
lifestyle is something to be admired and copied wherever possible
So, pix dated 20150610 - 20150624 are France
Traveling
in Europe is so damned easy folks (apart from the airport security
hassles). EasyJet, Ryanair - love em or hate em, in an hour or two
you're somewhere completely different. And cheap too!
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| I have some dreadful balance problem, later diagnosed as "Labyrinthitis". It never got totally better. I'm like this for weeks Actually, now identified as "Meniere's Disease" |
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| Not so simple I was a basket case for over a week here Took over a year to fix |
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| If its a simple problem, you do a pile of coordinated head and neck moves to release crystals in your inner ear |
Said Newts, now sadly no longer in central London, but in some dark and well watered corner of Devon. were then blighted for 2 weeks, and we got back into the ebb and flow of UK life.
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| Most highly recommended pub, near Bristol Airport It was terrible |
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| Exeter Cathedral |
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| Return of the prodigal freeloader to Budleigh Salterton. First arrived here summer 1969 with Gerry, my public school upper class flat mate from university . I think he ended up as a baker in a supermarket |
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| Torquay. A truly dreadful place, full of Brits (see above comment) With stick |
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| We take our hosts to a restaurant floating in the estuary It was pretty decent, but I'm still incapable of standing |
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| I'm exhausted, all the time. I eventually succumb to the local witch doctor who charges me a fortune and prescribes anti hysterics schizophrenic drugs. Useless Fucking idiot |
cooking, and Newts wonderful Bacon and tomato sandwiches, we managed to tax their patience long enough, but not too long that we were actually asked to leave, to get the full weft & warp of genteel retirement a'la UK. UK life I must admit, is not for me anymore
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| Couldn't believe these flavours |
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| Port Issac, obviously I'm somewhat less wobbly |
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| Something to do with Daphne Du Maurier I believe |
I found UK very expensive after France, but that could be the DREADFUL CANADIAN dollar.
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| Ah, note walking stick |
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| Camels are not allowed! |
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| In "The Grounds" Newt enjoying his dotage, with motor bikes |
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| The missus modelling the Newts wall outside of kitchen |
Dublin is a lovely city, still lots of "The Church" here, and recent poverty is still in evidence in many areas, but it certainly has a great feel to it. Lots of pedestrian only streets - Toronto take note!
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| Dublin, the Graffiti area. Lots of it |
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| Jamesons Brewery Tour. I've had worse tours |
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| Some look out tower in Kilkenny I climbed it and came down again and still lived |
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| From the top of the tower With first class wobbles too |
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| Kilkenny Castle It was pretty dull, actually, all of Kilkenny was But I wasn't in my best form |
"Did"
several long city walks (me), including a chapter relating to Mr Blooms
movements around his lunch, and bus tour (missus), a few evening
entertainments with varying success ("Once" was fun) and a tour of the
Jameson's distillery - lots of free booze.
I also had 2 pints of Guinness..... OK.
After
4 days, we wanted to go to Galway, but as there's a festival on, no
rooms anywhere, so Kilkenny for two days and back to Dublin for our
flight back to TO
People friendly, grub, well British cuisine with a bit of attitude, but we lived, cheaper than UK
Back
in Dublin, boring stuff (again!), Marks & Sparks underwear, a pub
dinner and its farewell Europe, hello doctors and surgeons.....
and so, it ends,
Or more likely, degrades to regular life
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