Let's see if the slinky trick works for me :-)
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The room we got married in is in the central section of the house, immediately to the right of the 5 columns.
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@SecondUniverse I found the way to get round this (50 years ago now!) was to go private - the best £150 I have ever spent, absolutely no regrets, ever. I knew without a shadow of a doubt that for me it was the right thing to do. Thank goodness I didn't listen to those who thought they knew me better than myself.
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@LieschenrelleuM @SecondUniverse The Bank of England's calculator reckons today's equivalent would be approx £1200. Seen other values up to £1600, but that's just the inflation of the base value, doesn't take into account other inflationary factors.
I have discovered, to my cost, that it is actually possible to eat too much leckerli (small soft biscuits from Basel). They are dangerously more-ish, but I have learnt my lesson.
Wut?
That's one way of recycling old Christmas trees :-)
Today's achievement unlocked
Yesterday I had an email from the National Trust telling me that tickets for 'Christmas at Wimpole' were now available. Slightly boggled.
@jackwilliambell@rustedneuron.com @bellinghman@wandering.shop They are sensible enough to provide an electric kettle, but if they hadn't, I would have boiled water in a pan before resorting to the microwave - some things are Just Not Done:-)
Just before the lights went out for Morgenstraich at 04:00. Glad to see we're not on our own :-)
Alarm set for 02:30, will leave the hotel at just gone 03:00 to see the official start of Fasnacht at 04:00. The back to the hotel for a snooze, I think :-)
The Plague, painted by Böcklin in 1898. Looks like it should be an SFF cover.
Off to Stowe for a National Trust event. 1st time we've been back since we got married there 30 years ago -)
@cunobaros@mendeddrum.org I see you're a Hugo finalist again - many congratulations, and good luck!
Finally got round to seeing Project Hail Mary; thoroughly enjoyed it. Still have difficulty telling Ryans Gosling and Reynolds apart though.
@cunobaros@mendeddrum.org Just squeezing in under the wire - Happy Birthday!
On the sleeper train to Stuttgart. Getting into the upper bunk required a level of contortion that makes me glad I do yoga and pilates. Not looking forward to getting down again!
This apartment is perfect except for one small thing - the cups provided are fine for small coffees but no good for a proper cuppa, so had to go out & buy a mug :-)
Settlling in to our large, modern apartment in Zagreb. After over 9 hours on the train, don't think we'll be going out again this evening:-)
Now on a train from Munich to Zagreb. This time our friends are in the same carriage as us.
I suppose in Switzerland, Shetland and Welsh ponies would be exotic
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Didn't watch long enough to see if there was a beheaded nobleman, and just realised I didn't see a Kitty equivalent.
I'd forgotten how weird some German places can be about debit & credit cards - the restaurant we have just been to would only take Visa or Mastercard if they had been issued by a German bank. Good job it was not an expensive meal so we had enough cash.
And now into our 3rd country of the day (Slovenia)
Now on the train from Paris to Munich. Our friends are somewhat closer this time, in the next carriage along.