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Oh dear, here we go
The car comes after one this afternoon and the first major part of the move begins. The fact that I have most of the china, glass etc all up there already, all cleaned and nicely organised and put away, is encouraging. But let's face it, the BIG parts of the move this next week will still be a pain ( Read more... ) -
Moving and more
Sorry for the lack of photos recently, but although we did take some of the new building, Alex is in no mood to find them and download them right now. We seem to be up to our ears in all the stuff about switching phone lines, hassling people to connect the internet, finding out if I can finally (after seven years I want it!) get BBC Prime at the ( Read more... ) -
Funny how small things can make me happy
Three good things so far today:
1. I managed finally to get to the French Patisserie here and it's wonderful - had a nice chat with the chef/owner who is from Frejus. The kitchen is open to the cafe and watching him work is magical. I bought the MOST elaborate little cake to bring home - a supper treat (oh heavens, that means two cakes in one day as ( Read more... ) -
A sunnier post
though the weather is cold and grey again - what happened to the early summer?
I am a bit better, though just wiped out after a bad weekend. Seems the operation did not really work. Oh well, it was always a bit of a hope rather than anything certain. At least it was tried.
However, on the good side. We sold, er everything at Reader's Studio. Except ( Read more... ) -
Woken at five am by drunken British lout ringing our bell for 40 minutes and screaming to be let in
Okay, so yesterday I got back and went to bed quite early having been told to rest after the general anaesthetic. Only to be woken at five am by a British drunk. Who would not stop hammering every doorbell in the house for forty minutes.
PLEASE if you are coming to Prague, do not stay at The Castle Steps. Looks lovely doesn't it and yes, we actually ( Read more... ) -
New bags
Arrrgghhh! Off Skype after a conversation with a Chinese maker with whom we are discussing laptop sleeves. It is SO hard to explain why we don't want standard stuff. I think she thinks I am just being difficult. This is just early days and I am working up to talking to her about wild Baroque fabrics ( Read more... ) -
A very nice man
Unfortunately, there is a slightly strange thread (or three) raging over at AT that keep swinging back to the question of whether Stuart Kaplan, the only person who has ever made a fortune from tarot publishing, is or is not a "nice man".
But every time that phrase comes up I think of this advert from years ago and I just can't take the question ( Read more... ) -
Looks and sounds
This Susan Boyle thing is interesting isn't it? I hope it starts some discussion about why we are so obsessed with increasingly template looks these days. Okay, I know it's all been very manipulated and set up by the British tv programme, (which I'd never heard of before). But the sheer scale of the response does seem to indicate that something ( Read more... ) -
On an astonishingly hot April day
We walked up to the castle ourselves earlier. It seemed all very good natured and informal in the Czech manner. I'll post our photos later - I think the preparations are quite interesting. We will be living just ten metres off the corner of this square by the way.
And here is the convoy on the road into Prague - like many roads from airports it ( Read more... )
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