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Davina · May 31, 2012 1:01 pm

Oh, and Demark has banned Marmite!

hepzibah · May 31, 2012 1:15 pm

Oh, Davina, quoting the line from Downunder makes me sad. Greg Ham, the flute player from Men At Work, died recently.

Davina · May 31, 2012 2:16 pm

but it is a great song! Some friends of mine are in Oz at the moment on a year's working visa and my nephew is working his way over there via South America and New Zealand.

hepzibah · May 31, 2012 2:35 pm

Do you know whereabouts they are? I'm not going to stalk them, just curious! Unemployment is so low here that so many industries are crying out for workers. All the men (well, not all) have gone to Western Australia to work in the mines because we are selling anything we can drag out of the ground to China, so they can make crap that they can sell back to us!
Hospitality apparently can't get enough chefs and wait staff, so if you know anyone, send 'em over. Seriously, I can't believe how bad it appears to be in Europe. Most of Greece and Ireland seem to be heading our way. Did you know that Melbourne is the city with the second highest Greek population after Athens! True.

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Davina · May 31, 2012 2:55 pm

The couple I know who are going for the year (at least) both have degrees in Hotel management and hospitality plus experience, they worked a year of their degree in New Zealand in a hotel, and have worked in hotels and hospitality here since. It sounds as if they are going to be very, very sought after. My nephew is generally travelling around, not sure he even knows whereabouts and for how long yet. He's packed in his job here to travel for as long as the mood takes him, he's young, why not eh! Sort of on walkabout really! Oh an he's ginger like Benedict too! I think he's getting a ginger tan in Rio at the moment!

Molly Hooper · May 31, 2012 4:31 pm

Irene_Adler wrote:
Molly Hooper wrote:
Maybe I will, I might even get a tan!
Oh, yes... but it depends on which part of Spain you visit. The north is quite rainy, even in summer. In the south you can get a tan or more likely... you can get burnt (depending on your kind of skin).
Anyway, always worth to visit.
This is one of those beautiful things you can see here

Wow! I told myself I wouldn't say this but I just have to: It looks just like Disney-Land!!!!!

Irene Adler · May 31, 2012 4:44 pm

Molly Hooper wrote:
Wow! I told myself I wouldn't say this but I just have to: It looks just like Disney-Land!!!!!

I know, it's true. In fact, some people say Disney used part of this castle's silhouette to make his famous castle logo (though I think it's more similar to Ludwig II's castle in Germany). But it is gorgeous, isn't it?

The Catholic Kings lived there for a while and Christopher Columbus walked through its corridors to ask for money for his travel to India... yes, that one that ended up in America

Molly Hooper · May 31, 2012 5:09 pm

This is one of the best attractions in my town, Costa Coffee!

sherlockskitty · June 15, 2012 5:52 am

that castle is beautiful!! and it reminds me of one that I saw in Chitty Chitt Bang Bang. Am I right? I just ate some ritz crackers. YUM!!!

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SusiGo · June 15, 2012 6:03 am

I just had chocolate muesli and now I'm enjoying a Latte Macchiato.

And for eating out this is my favorite spot here in my hometown.

Davina · June 15, 2012 7:28 am

What kind of food? I can't read the menus. Lol

SusiGo · June 15, 2012 7:44 am

Delicious breakfasts, brunch, light cross-over kitchen with German, Turkish and Italian influences, mouth-watering desserts, cakes ... everything at very reasonable prices. Anybody hungry? Yesterday they had peppers filled with minced meat on a creamy tomato sauce with vegetable couscous and a puff pastry pie filled with fresh asparagus and crayfish tails on orange hollandaise with a side salad .

Davina · June 15, 2012 7:49 am

Oh Lordy! That sounds mouthwateringly delicious. A pity it is too far for me to go for lunch. I have just had a smoothie, Pain au Chocolat and coffee, at home after walking my dogs.

Irene Adler · June 15, 2012 8:25 am

sherlockskitty wrote:
that castle is beautiful!! and it reminds me of one that I saw in Chitty Chitt Bang Bang. Am I right? I just ate some ritz crackers. YUM!!!

I saw that film a very, very, very long time ago, so I can't remember... I'll look for it.

The castle is in Segovia, by the way, a beautiful small town near Madrid.

sherlockskitty · June 15, 2012 9:08 pm

hmmmm-- I know I've seen it somewhere. Sound of Music or Chitty chitty bang bang. thx!!

Irene Adler · June 15, 2012 10:05 pm

sherlockskitty wrote:
hmmmm-- I know I've seen it somewhere. Sound of Music or Chitty chitty bang bang. thx!!

I can't remember the title right now, but Ridley Scott filmed part of his movie about Christopher Columbus in that castle. Maybe you've seen that? In Sound of Music I can assure you it doesn't appear...

tobeornot221b · June 30, 2012 2:01 pm

May I invite you for an ice-cream in front of a tall building?

Molly Hooper · June 30, 2012 2:16 pm

Can't decide which is more beautiful!!

SusiGo · June 30, 2012 2:16 pm

I love that building. It's awesome. But the ice looks good, too.

Molly Hooper · June 30, 2012 2:36 pm

Is that Caramel sauce?!