#goodbyeeurope

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PLANNING 23/8/22 - ‘TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON’ - CHRIS PAVONE

FOR GOODBYE PORTUGAL QUOTE OF THE WEEK IN NOVEMBER

I am getting to the end of GOODBYE EUROPE QUOTE OF THE WEEK - only Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden to go!? I do them once a month so at this rate won’t be finishing until next April (I am not planning one in December).

One of my book group friends has just been on holiday to Portugal. When I heard that she was going I had just bought ‘Two Nights in Lisbon’ by Chris Pavone so I read it in preparation and then requested holiday snaps.

(Chris Pavone’s ‘‘The Expats’ was GOODBYE LUXEMBOURG).

My friend has spent 7 nights in Balaia on the Algarve.

https://www.tui.co.uk/destinations/europe/portugal/the-algarve/balaia/holidays-balaia.html I am probably going to use a ‘good morning’ quote so I requested some good morning photos. Reading Pavone and never having been to Portugal, I was interested to discover Portugal’s blue tiles. Therefore I requested blue tile photos too.

GOOD MORNING

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I won’t be doing GOODBYE PORTUGAL until November so these should cheer us up.

BLUE TILES

My friend tells me that she had all of her family looking for them and that her grandchildren loved it.

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Excellent ‘Portugal’.

This ‘B’ is for book club … which is impressive and intriguing. Why? How does she know?

Plus a contribution from one of her friends …

OPORTO (PORTO) - the best place of see blue tiles

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2017/dec/14/porto-azulejo-tile-facades-portugal-in-pictures

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BOOKMARKS

My friend’s family bought her this …

My sister gave me these a few years ago …

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK 31/7/22 - ‘THE MALTESE FALCON’ - DASHIELL HAMMETT

FOR MONDAY’S GOODBYE MALTA QUOTE OF THE WEEK

THE CARNIVAL FEATHER BIRD MASK

Not happy about the hairs on my chin.

PLUS

THE VENETIAN CARNIVAL BIRD MASK

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***** PLANNING 29/11/21 - VARIOUS AUTHORS

FOR GOODBYE EUROPE CHRISTMAS QUOTES OF THE WEEK

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29/11 - SO LONG FAREWELL GERMANY - ‘EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES’ - ERICH KASTNER

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6/12 - SO LONG FAREWELL GREECE - ‘THE DEMONS OF DECEMBER - A GREEK DETECTIVE CHRISTMAS STORY’ - ANNE ZOUROUDI

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13/12 - SO LONG FAREWELL HUNGARY - ‘THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL’ - BARONESS ORCZY

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ALSO PLANNING TO USE THE IRISH CENTRE FOR SO LONG FAREWELL IRELAND - ‘SNOW’ - JOHN BANVILLE

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FOR GOODBYE EUROPE CHRISTMAS QUOTES OF THE WEEK

A family of 9 swans at Black Dam Ponds Basingstoke with 7 cygnets.

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There are 93 days until Christmas 2021.

This years Christmas Quotes of the Week are going to be GOODBYE EUROPE ones plus crime.

29/11 - Greece

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Demons-December-Detective-Christmas-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B07KWZ5C1S

6/12 - Hungary

The TV Maigret is filmed in Budapest, standing in for Paris … and there is a Christmas special … but not set at Christmas. (Is this cheating?)

I also have

Or I could use

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/308/308257/the-scarlet-pimpernel/9780241341339.html Baroness Orczy is half Hungarian plus the BBC tv series from the 1950s had a Christmas episode called ‘The Christmas Present’.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0695555/  13/12 - Ireland

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Snow-John-Banville/dp/0571362672 20/12 - Italy

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Stone-Brunetti-Donna-Leon/dp/0099536544/?tag=prh14103-21

Trapp, M.A. (2002) ‘The story of the Trapp Family Singers’. Amazon.com [E-book]. Available at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Trapp-Family-Singers-ebook/dp/B004MMEIV4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=maria+trapp+the+story+of+the+trapp+family+singers&link_code=qs&qid=1614607225&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-1&tag=firefox-uk-21 (Accessed 1 March 2021).

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‘The Americans never seemed to ask, “Who are you?” but “How good are you? Let’s see.” They gave you a fair chance to give your best, and then they accepted you for that, whether you came from Poland, Russia, England, or Austria.’ (Trapp, 2002, p.180).

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SO LONG FAREWELL AUSTRIA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBMVy6tQQB8

VIDEO

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THIS IS WHAT I READ

IN FEBRUARY 

AND IN JANUARY

AND IN DECEMBER

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STAYING IN WEEK 9 LOCKDOWN 3

‘It turned out to be a beautiful six weeks.’   (Trapp, 2002, p.55).

GOING WELL IN LOCKDOWN LENT

DRY LENT

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TO MY FRIEND FOR THE CHINA FOR MY BIRTHDAY A LONG TIME AGO

TO MY SON FOR LEAVING HIS CAMOMILE TEA AFTER CHRISTMAS

AND TO MY SISTER FOR THIS ‘HAPPY SPRING X’ PHOTO FROM WONDERFUL TORQUAY THIS AFTERNOON (IF ONLY)

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TIER 4 LOCKDOWN 3 BEGUN ON 20 DECEMBER OR BOXING DAY OR NEW YEAR’S EVE OR 6 JANUARY DEPENDING ON LOCATION

LOCKDOWN 3

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LOCKDOWN

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