I’ll be away for a few days, in Ljubjl Ljblb Lbjlbj … somewhere in Slovenia.
See you when I return!
Leave a light in the window for me.
And this is what happened. Only I don’t look as good as that. And, there are more used tissues.
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This is closer to the real me.
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I’m so sad. Not only will I miss the trip to Ljbljb … wherever, and seeing Tanja, her dad and her fellow, but I won’t get to see the crazy Dutch folks in the Adriatic on the Lido on New Year’s day.
But, there you go, you win some, you lose some! I hope it’s not too cold for those mad ibernisti! The forecast isn’t promising.
Hello World 
Oh no, how did this happen. Get well soon Yvonne.
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Thank you, et.
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Commiserations, Yvonne, I know exactly how you feel, snff, cough. 😦 Though I didn’t even have a wonderful trip lined up …
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Oh, no! Are you feeling poorly, calm one?
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Slowly recovering from lurgy (aka ‘man flu’?) that on and off has knocked me out over Christmas and New Year — even missed the chimes! Tail end now, where feeling sorry for myself is close to malingering …
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Feeling sorry for self is a good pastime!
(I had missed your original comment until today, my apologies.
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Hope you feel better soon and have a happy and healthy 2016.
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Despite the odds, I think I might survive, Anneli! 🙂
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It’s a tragedy. Ill health at new year should be banned. Sniffle. Get well soon ma’am. Ljubljana can wait
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There, a proper display of empathy that recognises the enormity of the tragedy. You’re in my will, Andrew.
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As a beneficiary? Just checking. Don’t want to spend the enormous legacy too soon.
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Go crazy. Buy another moth trap, Andrew.
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I may just do that 😜
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Have a great time and have a great New Year. 🙂
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I hope 2016 is a great year for you, Bun.
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Much sympathy. I absolutely love Ljubljana and the rest of Slovenia, and the reason it slips off my tongue so easily is that I set my last novel there. I am the world’s feeblest promoter of my books, but you might just enjoy Border Line – Hilary Custance Green (available as an eBook on iTunes or Amazon). You’d get to visit a lot of the country (though not the coast) in one book…
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I can say it, but I have to take great pains to spell it. I’m am so cheesed off about missing this opportunity, but as my sainted sister would have said “Things happen for a reason.”
Good! I’m glad your book is on Amazon, I’ll get out the well-worn credit card and do some shopping, Hilary. ❤
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There, the book is mine! Thank you for telling me about it, Hilary.
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You are so kind. I do hope you enjoy it. At least you can chalk up your first New’s Year’s Good Deed.
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Are you listening, Karma??? I just finished re-reading The Lady and the Unicorn, now I wish I could see those tapestries, they must be really something.
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Well, that blows…. A bad cold is nothing to be sneezed at…. Hope you’re thinking with a clear head soon.
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How did you know about my foggy thinking? And, I hope it’s due to the cold, not something chronic. 🙂
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¡Feliz año nuevo! Get well soon. 😉
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Thank you!
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Do you have a special key that makes that upside down (!) And, why do you use it, please?
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Spanish language uses upside down question marks and upside down exclamation points at the beginning of a sentence, then the regular at the end. On a Mac, for a ¡ hold down Option and 1 at same time. For a ¿ hold down Option, Shift, and ? at the same time. I don’t know about a PC.
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Funnily enough ( or not), several years ago, travelling back from Venice on New Years Eve, we felt fine at Marco Polo airport, but our plane was delayed, and when we got to Amsterdam Airport we’d missed the plane we were booked on, and were both starting to come down with a germ or twenty.
By that time we didn’t want to do anything else in the HOURS we had to wait for the last plane of the night to England, but sit in a heap quietly, as near to the departure point as we could… New Year’s Eve sitting propping each other up, in what felt like a totally empty area of the Airport, a little mouse scurrying around our only company until some Airport staff decided to play a sort of game of football with scrap paper…!!
We were poured onto the ‘plane, in lousy weather. Nearing our landing, the pilot thought he’d have to divert because of high winds, to another Airport – we’d have groaned if we’d had more energy, because our car was waiting for us to collect it …. but at the last moment the pilot went for it (we thought he wanted to get home in time for midnight himself) and dived in! Bumpy landing, but … at least we were back in England before midnight.
Think that was the least festive new year ever. Hope you’re soon feeling better.
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What an experience. Those hours must have seemed endless.
This apartment is very cold, I think the caldaio is long past its use-by date.
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Oh, do take care of yourself so you’re ready for 2016. 😀
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I’ll do that!
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Oh….and of course…Happy New Year from New Haven
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Same to you, Jane!
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Sorry you are under the weather! Maybe this will be it for 2016…. .
With regards to hanging glass….In Campo San Salvidor, on the corner of Via Due Aprile and Larga Mazzini Merceria, a black, iron dragon clinching a bouquet of three umbrellas in its mouth …this is one of my favorites. I always use it as a turn marker!
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If they ever remove that marker, you’ll be lost!
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What a time to catch something foreign in a foreign land by a foreigner in a foreign land. Get well soon Happy New Year card ! 😀 ❤
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Umm, thank you, I think, Ralph-o. 🙂 ❤
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You are welcome my friend ….. I think 😀 ❤
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Now I really don’t understand the net. You get a cold in the nose and just as I’m reading it I start sneezing and have to jump up and grab tissues. You do put up some powerful post.
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Uh-oh. I wonder if these are the computer viruses we always read about? Don’t get sick, John.
Hey, I’ve got more than “a cold in the nose”, let me tell you. It’s just as bad as a man-cold. Worse, in fact.
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Two bottles of Lambrusco Nero with a hot flannel. It wont cure you but it will make you feel better for a little while.
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Or, the headache from all that Lambrusco will make me forget the other minor ailment.
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Awww….you got a code in the dose? Stay warm. Get soused. Sleep.
Tomorrow’s another year!
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Another less than sympathetic response. Have you been conspiring with John (wfdec)???
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Aw, get well soon, Yvonne!
You can always ring in 2016 wrapped in a warm blanket, with a hot drink, and a wild novel! 😉
My grandmother on my Mom’s side is Dutch. That might explain why I am the way I am. 😉
Happy New Year HUGS,
Carolyn 🙂
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You’d probably be out there bobbing in the Adriatic with the other Dutch folks. They’ve been coming here for a number of years now … not you average tourist!
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Povera bambina! Guarisci presto.
I’m sure you will be able to hear the fireworks from San Marco even if you can’t see them but maybe you’ll be able to see those too.
So sorry you had to miss your trip but if you had gone we wouldn’t have gotten the upcoming report of the goings on in your campo. Your loss is our gain we hope.
Buon anno, cara!
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It was mighty noisy for ages, and the fireworks were clearly visible behind the campanile of Santo Stefano. Then many of the folks from San Marco came pouring out onto the campo to get to the Accademia Bridge. I had a good seat for the goings on!
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Happy New Year Yvonne, hope you feel better soon, so you’re not going that Ljubli place, just twigged, take care and keep warm xx
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I was getting worried about you, Julie!
This apartment is SO cold, I’m wearing many layers while indoors …
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That’s called a Dutch treat.!
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Hah! I’m pretty sure it’s your turn to pay, Gerard, none of this Dutch treat business.
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Snuff the sniffle. It’s your fault for visiting that rat.
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Ooh, maybe it’s the plague!
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There’s always hope… Get well.
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Wait, you hope it’s the plague?!
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All Dutchmen are nuts – I was married to one for 30+ years I know where of I speak. Happy New Year and keep on trucking in the new year. It looks like I may be downunder later in year hopefully we can meet.
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Wow, that would be rather cool, Joanne! Here’s hoping. Happy New Year.
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Feel better soon! At least those crazy Dutch folks aren’t doing that polar bear thing where they chip the ice off the lake and jump in. I think that’s Russia?
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Just imagine! It’s cold enough here. What’s wrong with feet up by the fireplace and a nice toddy in your hand?
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Get well soon, Yvonne
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Thanks! It’s almost as bad as a man cold, which I understand is really, really bad! 🙂
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I’ve never had one. 🙂
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I’ve had man flu. Trust me, it’s a step up from the Black Death.
Sorry to hear about this Yvonne, do let us know if there’s anything we can do. (We’re well stocked up with budget pharmaceuticals from the UK after our recent visit!)
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“It’s alright”, she said bravely, with the back of her hand to her forehead. I miss Mimi …
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Anyway, enjoy New Year’s Eve, there’s still time. A glass of good red, a new box of tissues, maybe a box of chocolates as well? New day tomorrow Happy New Year
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I’ve got me a wee dram of Bailey’s, some soft-ish tissues, and a ring side seat for the goings on in the campo. What more could I want!
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