Did your shrink tell you that?

we had 4 days in Paris in March. Jeez its got expensive

Then 10 days in Orlando in October

Paris was expensive when I first went in 1981. You want to try Stockholm, Rekjavik and Helsinki, it will make your cry if you have to buy a round.

Unlike you I don't need to avail myself of such services - I am surprised you would reveal this to this particular audience

Is that the best you could do after sleeping on it?

BOO!



Anyway, I'm al tanned up and ready for it.
Won't be long now.

You don't!

£6.50 was the cheapest beer I found when I went there to watch England in November!

Actually, I am gobsmacked at that price, we paid £3 a pint in 1979 on a navy visit, ironically England also played Sweden during that visit and we got free tickets, it was a 0-o draw, but we had beers with the players and gave them an invite to the ship. Dave Watson (Man City not Everton ), Ray Clemence and a couple of other turned up.

We're off to Collioure again in August. I'm setting myself a crazy agenda: blogging in the morning before going out (I'm always up first), Thomas Mann's [iMagic Mountain[/i on the beach and then a serious onslaught on writing a book in the evenings, over a glass of wine, on the terrace overlooking the sea.

Can hardly wait.

Sounds romantically Hemingwayesque.

What, no Dragon games !

I didn't say that.

Anymore than I didn't say no trips on the Tregeurn or no snorkelling or no canoeing.

Has anyone been to the "old town" of Faro, Portugal ?

I have to say on Google Earth I'm not over-impressed, is it worth a morning or an all day visit ?

I'm particularly interested in architecture and authentic "oldness".