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Old 2 Nov 17, 04:02 PM  
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Firstly, what a fabulous day (despite the snow). Very impressed at the chaps fending for themselves and braving the elements for sustenance (well... croissants!)

How fun for Poot to play tour guide, and so nice that he got to spend some good quality sightseeing time with his Grandma. The photo of the two of them is adorable.

That pizza looks delicious and I would join you in that cheese pizza - can you ever have too much cheese?! I don't think so.

Shame you missed out on your evening meal plans though. I'm a sucker for that south American style cheese bread and would be sad at the thought of missing that.

I really enjoyed how Poot noted that you made his poor father leave his warm clothes at home... but crafty pater managed to smuggle a hat in his pocket, haha.

Please thank Poot for his input. I don't know much about the American revolution (apart from the bits in Hamilton), but his reporting has inspired me to learn more about it and hopefully visit Boston one day.

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As for R.C. and The Queen - he is ENTIRELY unbothered. She...not so much. I can remember when we were first married, DM came to me and said, "Sometimes I worry about what a strong personality R.C. has. I worry that he'll steamroller you."

And it was very hard to explain to her (because we're so different) that it was actually a massive relief for me to be married to someone who knew his own mind so well - because I never had to worry about being too much for him. You see a lot of men whose wives push them around - and I can't imagine finding a man that feeble appealing in any way.
This!
I am always worried that I am bossing the BF around. Even though he practically told me to for our recent WDW trip. Having someone unafraid to put their view across would save us a lot of...
"what would you like to do/eat/get?"
"I don't know, what would you like?"
"I don't mind, I'm happy if you're happy"
"But I want to get what you'd like, do you have a preference?"
... conversations!

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And - ah, goulash - I remember that well from school lunches, too. In America "goulash" in the 70s/early 80s was elbow macaroni mixed with tinned tomatoes and ground beef. You know I love my 70s recipes (Steak Diane, Chicken Kiev, Cherries Jubilee, FONDUE!) - but that is one I have NEVER made. "Real" Goulash is another story - so tasty. I've never been to Prague, though. I need to stop going to Florida so I can see more of Europe (said I for the 500th time, usually right before I book Florida again ).
Oh, I love Prague. If you decide to go I will try to give you some recommendations. We went for my 30th and also last year to see a concert.
I love the city, how friendly people are and how it is so walkable. We did the red bus tour while there and used it all weekend to get around (we had 48 hour passes). It is also very clean, which I like. It's very beautiful as it wasn't too badly hit by bombing in WW2 so a lot of the gorgeous old buildings are still standing.
I am surprised R.C. has no interest in going as their beer (not lar-ger) is delicious too.
If you go, be sure to stay in the Old Town (cobbled streets, cute little alleys) and not the New Town (Hooters and stag parties).

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Food on the bone's OK with me - but I do struggle with chicken wings and tiny birds like quail - it's the itty-bittyness that freaks me out.
I don't mind food on the bone, but I don't like fighting with my food - chicken wings just don't seem worth the effort... especially when the boneless variety are just as delicious

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She says there isn't a specific English-for-foreigners type class - but if he can't answer "What do you want to drink?" in English - how will he learn LONG DIVISION in it?
He'll be find with maths as numbers and symbols are the same (plus I'm 30-mumble and STILL can't do long division, and i'm fiiiiine), it's when they start doing English Lit that I worry for him. Chaucer and Shakespeare with barely any English will be a struggle!

Have you heard any more about TF? He must have started school now?

As said above, I'm now very tempted to visit Boston. Thank you for sharing your trip.
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Firstly, what a fabulous day (despite the snow). Very impressed at the chaps fending for themselves and braving the elements for sustenance (well... croissants!)

How fun for Poot to play tour guide, and so nice that he got to spend some good quality sightseeing time with his Grandma. The photo of the two of them is adorable.

That pizza looks delicious and I would join you in that cheese pizza - can you ever have too much cheese?! I don't think so.

Shame you missed out on your evening meal plans though. I'm a sucker for that south American style cheese bread and would be sad at the thought of missing that.

I really enjoyed how Poot noted that you made his poor father leave his warm clothes at home... but crafty pater managed to smuggle a hat in his pocket, haha.

Please thank Poot for his input. I don't know much about the American revolution (apart from the bits in Hamilton), but his reporting has inspired me to learn more about it and hopefully visit Boston one day.



This!
I am always worried that I am bossing the BF around. Even though he practically told me to for our recent WDW trip. Having someone unafraid to put their view across would save us a lot of...
"what would you like to do/eat/get?"
"I don't know, what would you like?"
"I don't mind, I'm happy if you're happy"
"But I want to get what you'd like, do you have a preference?"
... conversations!



Oh, I love Prague. If you decide to go I will try to give you some recommendations. We went for my 30th and also last year to see a concert.
I love the city, how friendly people are and how it is so walkable. We did the red bus tour while there and used it all weekend to get around (we had 48 hour passes). It is also very clean, which I like. It's very beautiful as it wasn't too badly hit by bombing in WW2 so a lot of the gorgeous old buildings are still standing.
I am surprised R.C. has no interest in going as their beer (not lar-ger) is delicious too.
If you go, be sure to stay in the Old Town (cobbled streets, cute little alleys) and not the New Town (Hooters and stag parties).



I don't mind food on the bone, but I don't like fighting with my food - chicken wings just don't seem worth the effort... especially when the boneless variety are just as delicious



He'll be find with maths as numbers and symbols are the same (plus I'm 30-mumble and STILL can't do long division, and i'm fiiiiine), it's when they start doing English Lit that I worry for him. Chaucer and Shakespeare with barely any English will be a struggle!

Have you heard any more about TF? He must have started school now?

As said above, I'm now very tempted to visit Boston. Thank you for sharing your trip.
I love that snap of DM and Poot, too. As he's getting older their relationship is changing, so I'm glad he has these memories (and the associated photos) to remember this time. Aww...

Lol, PATER! Before Poot was born, R.C. suggested that we might have him call us Mater and Pater. I'm afraid I wasn't quite as charitable in reply as I could have been...

"Do you WANT this child to get beaten up every day? Absolutely not!"

Master of the ol' self-control, me.

And you better believe that was the LAST TIME I told R.C. what to pack or not pack. I really was trying to be helpful (and spare him lugging around ten pounds of winter kit), though.

Poot is here with me now, he says "Thank you" - and suggests if you want to learn more about the Revolution in Boston you read "Johnny Tremain". If you like YA novels, I also suggest "The Fifth of March", by Ann Rinaldi. I actually have a strong preference for novels when I am first studying a period in history.

Oh, and there's a FILM (a Disney film, no less) version of "Johnny Tremain"!


LOl...I LOATHE "whatever you want to do" conversations. But the truth is that the older I've gotten, the fewer of those I have!


Prague sounds lovely, though I must confess that I tend to think of it FIRST now as a stag party destination. Isn't that dreadful? And as I *think* I have written, I have rather enormous fears of travelling places where I don't speak the language - which is both juvenile and embarrassing, sigh.


OK...just this summer I found out that my 80 year old auntie can't do long division. And now you, too?! How did they pass you through school without long division? (Don't feel obligated to answer that, obviously.)

I think it will be the EXPLANATIONS of mathematics what will challenge poor TF. When I taught long division to Poot, that required MANY, MANY words.

Chaucer was NEVER my favourite, but the prologue to "The Canterbury Tales" is one of the few bits of poetry I can still recite. It's funny what sticks in our heads, isn't it? I love that R.C. can still recite big chunks of Caesar's "Gallic Wars" - in Latin.
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