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@h20skibum Mark + 3 💐 🥂 @helen haywood Marian, glad you've enjoyed your evening "out" and that your faithful nurses, Minnie & Diana, are good at their "day job" 😉 We had M&S in Israel for only a short period. I like their product. Being on the short size, I really appreciate that I can find trousers exactly for my height, without bothering to pay for corrections... And thank you for the history lesson. Hopefully, we'll have the opportunity to visit. We both like England!!

Couldn't agree more. That's one expense I've found the "gray" way it's worth every dollar 😉

So sorry. Hopefully, Shellagh will recover quickly and without any damage 🌺

+ 2 💐 Bethany @TravelGirlinDallas *************************************************************************************** @sgmn Sue, I don't want to "interfere" with @twangster 's thread, so here's our day in Cobh (Cork) -- The train station to Cork is right at the pier. We took the train into Cork, walked to the English Market, had time to browse at Marks & Spencer (which you still have in UK 😉), coffee break, and then took the bus to Kinsale. Wandered about this small and quaint place for less than an hour, took the bus back to Cork, and the train to the pier. Had still time to walk to the Cathedral there and took our sweet time to re-board the ship.

John, you're huge inspiration for me 🌺

I've just finished posting here when the air raid alarm was sound.... again. I couldn't believe my ears and had a hard time convincing DH that it is a "real" one and we should rush to the shelter. It doesn't end. So many casualties on both sides and, after almost 8 months of war, we're back to square one 😢 Just yesterday I was thinking about you, Mimi, and you had me worried that you didn't post anywhere for more than a month. So very sorry about your unfortunate fall. Sincerely hope you'll be back real soon to your usual self. Glad you've at least got to enjoy your granddaughter wedding. Heartfelt congratulations and Mazal Tov 💐

+ 1 Mark @SteelCityCruiser10 + 1 Deb @Momof3gurlz + 2 John @Ozark_Kid ******************************************************************************************** DH, in the perpetual quest to "diversify" his "repertoire", please welcome .... "lahmajun" Lahmacun, Lahmajun, or Lahmadjo, is a Middle Eastern flatbread topped with minced meat, minced vegetables, and herbs including onions, garlic, tomatoes, red peppers, and parsley, flavored with spices such as chili pepper and paprika, then baked. Very tasty.

Thank you so much for this information. Much appreciated ! If I may another question -- did you book the transfer before or during the cruise?

Thank you for a riveting review. Like your sense of humor, and glad you remained employed 👍

+ 2 @Luckynana BTW, aussie @aussielozzie18 , we missed your posts and pictures lately. Glad to see you "back" 🌺 @h20skibum Mark, we found ourselves mortified when hearing words from our young kids, words never uttered in our house...they pick so much from kindergarten and primary school, and not for the best...

You seemed so much younger when we met, Sue 😉

As far as I remember, Dave, "my" thread was never moved to the Float Away Lounge, though its original name was changed when Covid seemed no longer an issue.

I'm also interested in the shuttle to Bologna train station, may be we can find a private transfer together if not?

@NHProud Good luck to Steve on his cataract surgery, and to Maryann ( @Luckynana) on her laser surgery 🌺

Glad you're "after" and on the mend. Wishing you a quick and full recovery 🌺

@jmh2006 + 1 J & D 🌺

@helen haywood May be not actually his muse, Marian, but his "sous-chef" in charge of keeping up with the mess he's producing, along with excellent meals.... Half of our "good" cutlery is missing....😢 Speaking of excellent meals, DS1 and I were just "gossiping" among ourselves on our flight back from Bucharest -- we went to 3 recommended restaurants on the 3 evenings we were there, aiming for Romanian specialties, and were thoroughly disappointed. Only the last evening the meal was OK. We are "spoiled rotten" by his cooking.... Interesting that suicide is "forbidden" in both faiths.... If a Jew is taking his own life, he's buried "outside" the cemetery's fence.... That's exactly what I was talking with my cousin (living in Germany). The moment he's selling his parent's apartment (my uncle and aunt), he'll stop coming to Bucharest. At least, Sue, your son(s) live in the same country, not like us, half in Israel and half in Germany.

@dpostman Dennis, May be the pic is misleading, but it seems that those 2 remaining TH are very small portions??? @jmh2006 J & D + 1 @bobmacliberty I'm very impressed with your cooking skills 😎 When I've "left" DH for just 2 days, he was quite lost, and ended up buying .... falafel for lunch... 😉

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@bobmacliberty Since we're on the "subject" of adding new "dwellers" to the household.... In the end, it was decided to call my newest [step]kitty - NEKO (should mean "cat" in Japanese). She's "dealing" quite well with the aggressiveness of Lychee, the veteran 😉 Apparently, my friend didn't take any "adaptation" lessons, though. 28e2b504-d3c3-43be-837f-570a112ce2e8.MP4

@HBE4 H., so nicely said. Every word 👍 @DaniDanielle

@Luckynana Maryann, Literally "scratching my head", but couldn't find an equivalent for "naches" in English.... So glad Jack is bringing you and all the family so much "naches" 😘 naches -- the Yiddish dictionary says it's either a pleasure, or gaining satisfaction, the proud enjoyment of something or to derive pleasure from something. It can mean different things to different people. Naches is generally referred to as "love" or "joy"

@Momof3gurlz Thank you Deb (and Andy, of course). You're so right. I'm living with a constant heavy stone literally on my chest, not enabling me to breath.... I'm enjoying some "glimpse" of normal life, like the trip we took to my roots. But, otherwise, all is dark. This war could have been ended months ago, with the same results, but without so much loss of lives on both sides and useless damage. And the hostages are still there, and the Red Cross still didn't manage to visit/supply meds to any one of them. + 1 Pat @taznremmy @Sea Dog + 1 Greg 💐 🥂 😘 [had a good laugh, much needed, at the "sea fog"] @SteelCityCruiser10 Mark, may I join all the other posters in saying that I'm so sorry you've lost your regal Oliver 😢.

@jmh2006 Of course, Jennifer, it will be more than welcomed 😘 @helen haywood Thanks, Marian (was your grandfather Romanian? It is a popular male name there). It sure is a PITA, and quite has me worrying to be sick again so quickly... I assume I've got it on the flight back from Bucharest.... So, I've spent 2.15 days in Bucharest, "down the memory line". For many years I've wanted to go back, to fulfill my promise to my mom, to lay a flower on her parents' grave, since she was too old to travel. As frequent fliers with our national company, we get promos on our birthdays, reduced rates (but also very limited dates and cities). Amsterdam is never included... This time, the "stars aligned" and I bought 2 tickets. DH is not the "nostalgic" type, and DS1 was keen to see his mom's roots. It so happened that my other Romanian cousin [living in Germany] was busy emptying his late parents' apartment in order to put it on the market and I had a "ready made" guide to both cemeteries I've planed to visit in Day 2, and then, on Day 1 -- see my childhood home (demolished) and the one from where I've emigrated to Israel. Visiting my childhood homes, I've been surprised how much the distances were wayyyy shorter... From both houses I've also went to my kindergarten and elementary school, and then to high school. It took much less time that I've remembered. At my second home, the door was locked. We waited for someone to pass, no luck, and my cousin just knocked on the window of one of the neighbors.... To my amazement, a guy looked out, opened the window with a smile.... and my cousin said: "this lady here lived on the 1st floor 58 years ago, and she wants to take a look inside...". The guy readily came to the door and let us in.... Here I'm waiting at the entrance. So sad to see all the buildings were in a decrepit state --- Day 2, I went to the Sephardic and Ashkenazic cemeteries. My paternal aunt is buried in the Sephardic one, and it was in a dire state of neglect. We had to "battle" trees and branches, and only my son was able to stand in front of the grave, lay a rose and take a pic. The state of the other cemetery is a bit better, and my cousin is paying someone to tend to the graves of his parents, our grandparents (actually, only our grannie is buried there, since our grand perished in a camp and, probably, was buried in a mass grave) and our childless uncle. When my grannie died, the 5 brothers and sisters decided also on a bench in their parents' memory. With DS1 on the bench -- My grands' grave -- And lastly, but not least, my paternal grannie (grandad fought in WWI, his dying place is not known). Now, that my cousin (left) knows the place, he'll add this one to the "package deal" of tending the graves he has with the cemetery's administration.... I'm relieved that I had the opportunity to fulfill my mom's wish, and it also was a "first" traveling with my eldest son and seeing his interest in his "roots".

+ 1, so very happy for you @helen haywood