Not all the recipients of our Christmas news know about Eric, but it’s probably time for them to find out. (Flat) Eric is nearly 7 now. He is yellow, and has a fluffy body with long arms and legs. His chief features are his smile (very wide) and his (rather small) quiff. Eric is related …
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Visiting the murals
Ok, so I’ve nearly done on my comments about travels this year, but here’s one from a work trip that was back in January. Part of the way these particular meetings are done is to give the participants a chance to learn about each other’s cultures first-hand. Â And this time, it was Belfast’s turn to …
The life of a professional cat in Rome
There is plenty to say about Rome, our next destination after Ischia, as part of our Italy trip in October. One thing we hadn’t expected, however, was all the cats… You can buy calendars of cats on famous monuments – and certainly if you go past any of the Roman sites at night, it doesn’t …
Fango!
That’s mud to you…Ischia (see post re noise of the surf) is renowned for its hot springs and volcanic mud. As a treat, Dan and I decided to have one of the treatments each, and I went for the mud treatment plus shower (very necessary afterwards). The room where they did the treatment had a …
The roar of the surf – on a five second loop
It sounds like something you create on a synthesiser, but this was actually the sea around the island of Ischia, in the bay of Naples, where we started our main holiday of the year in October. As the water is less affected by tides than it is around the UK coast, the swell was pretty …
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