Very exciting. This afternoon we pick up Mike & Leanne Barton who will be arriving on the fast TGV from Paris. They will be staying with us for about 2 weeks. Fingers crossed for good snow and/or bright sunshine.
Nothing much to report today, other than Graeme and I found ourselves in a mad rush to get the flat in some semblance of order after arriving back from Slovakia and then having to head straight out to meet Mirielle and her family at Megeve yesterday.
So instead of too many words, I thought I would reminisce on our recent travels with some funny photos that I haven't been able to include in the blog so far...!
1/ Visit the Bad Hole...I don't think so!!
Slovakia: This is a serious advertising sign that we found in the car park when we visited one of Slovakia's old castles. Hmmm! I'm not partial to spelunking (look that one up!!) at the best of times. But nothing, and I mean nothing would make me go into a cave called a "Bad Hole!" What were those Slovakian marketers thinking? Well I suppose, if General Motors can name a car "Chevy Nova" which means "No Go" in spanish [which, by the way, was one of the worst sellers ever in South America ], it figures that the Slovakian owners of this venture may not immediately think what their name means in English. Good luck getting any english speaking tourists to this attraction!!
Slovakia: Telephone reception at the Hromadka household is a little dodgy. This is Dana talking to her friend on the mobile. With the increase in use of mobile phones, Tibor and Dana haven't installed a landline. Their internet is wireless and they use their mobile phones and the major form of communication. But mobile reception is not that reliable! Sometimes to use her phone, Dana has to lean way out the window and risk serious frostbite to her extremeties (it is -12C!!). But the hilarious thing about this particular photo is that she is talking to a friend who lives two houses down. Graeme and I joked that if she rigged up 2 tin cans and connected them with a taut piece of string, she'd be able to hear her friend just as clearly. Don't think the joke translated...! Dana & Tibor were obviously never a girl guide or scout!!
Vienna Austria: When you spend a whole day wandering around a city's streets, you're bound to come upon some good stuff. There's no stories to these photos. We had great fun making up our own theories over a cup of coffee !!
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