One year later…

Early this morning I received a notification from our good AI friends at Find Penguins to let me know that it was one year ago today that saw the launch of a classic in the travel blog genre with ‘Its all Greek to me’ and its first instalment of ‘If you can’t be good be Corfu’. I can’t promise that this year’s edition will live up to the lofty standards of its predecessor, I have already been told on several occasions today that my jokes are not up to their usual rib tickling standard. And if this year’s title is anything to go by…
So what is the plan for this year, apart from a collection of puns on a downward spiral of humour, starting from a fairly low plateau? Well, since we enjoyed our Greek trip so much last year we thought that we should pretty much try and do the same thing again, although on a different collection of islands as there are so many to choose from. And with an added bonus this year, our fallen comrade is risen! Yes, Lily was overcome with jealousy that we were spending more of her inheritance on her sisters than on her so she has decided to join us for the full trip. But a little wrinkle has also been added. Jess and I obviously upset the universe in a past life and as punishment we were burdened with a K-Pop fan in the form of Olivia, who is otherwise quite an agreeable child. And one of her favourite bands, Stray Kids, is embarking on their European tour tomorrow night. There was much begging, pleading and tears when the tickets went on sale but eventually Jess and I had to get over it and stop that selfish behaviour and agree that she could go to the first concert, which is in Amsterdam. So our itinerary is: home to Paris for one night, Paris to Amsterdam for two nights, back to Paris for another night, then finally off to Greece after that.
Now that the explanation is out of the way, what has today entailed. Well a ridiculously early start for one thing in order to get the final packing and house organising done. And once Jess had taken care of that I was free to get up for a leisurely breakfast and coffee before it was time for us all to get on the road, only running 5 minutes late. I wasn’t too worried but Jess was a little concerned, and when a tractor pulled in front of us and very slowly drove literally all the way through town she got even more so. But all was good and we were on the platform with a couple of minutes to spare. The train ride was fairly uneventful, Jess and I just worked most of the way and it passed quickly enough. We got to Lily’s flat and had some tasty Paris flatbreads for lunch then had to make a quick trip to some shops to pick up a couple of things. We got back to the flat and everybody started to go downhill with tiredness kicking in. Luckily I didn’t suffer in this way and I got the challenge of whipping up a tasty Monday Night Pasta on a Thursday night. I wasn’t too happy working with a limited range of ingredients in an unfamiliar kitchen so the tasty element was slightly lacking but it certainly filled a hole. A beer washed it all down so right now all feels right with the world. A distinct lack of puns today I realise but I am already thinking of how to incorporate organs and tulips into tomorrow’s edition.Baca selengkapnya