COLD DARK ROOM

Good evenooning all. We have arrived in the beautiful city of Reims in the heart of the champagne region of France. The weather is still glorious.

Our journey was very smooth and I still have these


We are relaxing with a beer. Maybe champagne later.

Kristoff said:

Well done, Mark! The story is an all-time Russian dream. A lazy guy goes fishing, catches a magic pike, and gets his every wish granted, which enables him to continue being lazy and marry a princess.

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In German exist a similiar tale but the tale ends tragically because a woman wants too much...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fisherman_and_His_Wife

Moozillion said:

Could be! Could be!
Ain't much better than fresh crab that was swimming in the bay 1/2 hour before they hit the table!

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Hello Bea ! Long time not seen. Good to read you and have you back here.

It was peaceful until this happened

It’s noisy! A French bride and groom being given a traditional send off with car horns blaring, motorbikes being revved and young men hanging out of car windows. There were many more cars after I stopped filming

EllieMay said:

Welllllp... I’m done folks
Night night..
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Looks like my bed too.

JoesMum said:

Good mornooning all. We are about to start heading north. We have our passports. Repeat. We have our passports!

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Do you really have your passports ? I would look twice... and more...

Good to see posts from the two missing Bea/Bee's!!!

EllieMay said:

Good morning all! Look what I woke up to this morning
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Daughter is taking a floral design class in school and it looks like I’m reaping the benefits

Happy Saturday friends!

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Wow, that is so heart warming. You can be a proud mom and she a proud daughter.

EllieMay said:

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Cute ! They have a good appetite.

JoesMum said:

It was peaceful until this happened

It’s noisy! A French bride and groom being given a traditional send off with car horns blaring, motorbikes being revved and young men hanging out of car windows. There were many more cars after I stopped filming

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Oh my gosh ! Too much noise.

Yvonne G said:

Good to see posts from the two missing Bea/Bee's!!!

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"B"`s always find their way back to the family. Sooner or later. @Yvonne G

Bee62 said:

Oh my gosh ! Too much noise.

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Gone now. They have undoubtedly started partying somewhere!

We have seen this in France, Spain and Italy when the bride and groom leave the ceremony. It obviously doesn’t happen in Germany. It doesn’t happen in the UK either.

JoesMum said:

It was peaceful until this happened

It’s noisy! A French bride and groom being given a traditional send off with car horns blaring, motorbikes being revved and young men hanging out of car windows. There were many more cars after I stopped filming

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Bee62 said:

Oh my gosh ! Too much noise.

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JoesMum said:

Gone now. They have undoubtedly started partying somewhere!

We have seen this in France, Spain and Italy when the bride and groom leave the ceremony. It obviously doesn’t happen in Germany. It doesn’t happen in the UK either.

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Meh. Just a small, quiet affair, strictly for the closest relatives (says someone with 10 years of living in Turkey) [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

Kristoff said:

Meh. Just a small, quiet affair, strictly for the closest relatives (says someone with 10 years of living in Turkey) [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

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JoesDad said much the same about India [emoji23]

Gonna be triple digit heat today and for the upcoming week, so I've finished outside and now am thinking of ways to avoid house cleaning.

Yvonne G said:

Gonna be triple digit heat today and for the upcoming week, so I've finished outside and now am thinking of ways to avoid house cleaning.

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I don’t blame you. That’s too hot!

A couple of photos of Reims by night including its lovely cathedral

Cathie G said:

Isn't it nice. I've never watched his videos either. I just like his songs but never really payed attention to the names of them. As it turns out I like a lot of them. If I'm not mistaken, I think he's from the UK.

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Yes he is British and he's very talented.
He didn't have a great time at school as he had a stammer and was bullied - I bet those bullies would love to be his mate now!!

EllieMay said:

Good morning all! Look what I woke up to this morning
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Daughter is taking a floral design class in school and it looks like I’m reaping the benefits

Happy Saturday friends!

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Aww - that's lovely!
She has quite a talent for it too

EllieMay said:

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Beautiful little things!