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Ever since he had left Germany in 1966 we had kept in touch with our friend Bob. He had stayed with us in Luxembourg with his wife, the beautiful, gentle, Lois, when they came over to Europe In the ‘90s and we had exchanged news of family happenings over the years. When we moved to Spain I wrote...

I had a wholemeal bread sandwich of ham and Branston pickle, finished off with a crust from the loaf with butter. Just taken my BGs and it came out at 5.2. :D

A couple of years after our runaround with the Spanish tax authorities, we found the prospect of retirement looming in front of us. For years now we had been saying that we intended to retire to Spain but we realised our little town house wasn’t big enough for a permanent home so we had to...

Val, that sounds like a nice variation on the recipe. I'll give it a try - who knows, I might end up eating a lot of broccoli. :D

Throughout the ‘80s we continued to spend time on our boat on the Upper Thames. Our sons continued to grow and continued to come on holiday with us so we ended up turning in our 27 foot aft-cabin cruiser in part exchange for a 33 foot Freeman sport, with aft cabin, two toilets and a shower. She...

Although we did a big trip on average once a year, we also fitted in some shorter trips, usually within Europe, if the prices were attractive. We found an offer from Page and Moye at one point and at just under £300 a week in a hotel in Sorrento sounded just up our street. We flew out of Gatwick...

I don’t know what I did to upset them, Suzi, I’d never been there before. I don’t think England had won the Ashes that year, so it couldn’t have been that. Anyway, the sequel was that when we got back Jackie was still fuming at the service we had received from an allegedly 5-star hotel that she...

To answer the original question: are women nuts? Only if they're named Hazel. :roll:

I ate my first pizza over 40 years ago on my first visit to Italy and I've been eating them ever since so now I've become very picky about my pizzas. Pizza Hut should be sued under the Trades Description Act - those disgusting things they sell bear about as resemblance to a real pizza as horse...

Our plane landed at Sidney airport in late morning. We took a taxi to the hotel booked for us. “The Copthorne Millenium,” I told the driver. “A really good hotel,” he remarked as he pulled away. When we had reserved our round the world trip we had specified 5-star hotels all the way. Little did...

Re: Recipes. Here's a nice variation on a salad which can also be used as a light starter.It'll serve 4. Lettuce 1 ripe pear, peeled, cored and cut into 1 cm dice or smaller 4 tbs crumbled Gorgonzola or Stilton 3 tbs plain yoghurt 1 tbs red wine a pinch or two of Splenda or sweetener of your...

Quick, Suzi, rush him to a psychiatrist. :lol: I must confess that to me eating broccoli is like sucking a wet sweater - except when it's prepared in the following manner, a recipe which I picked up in a delightful little farmhouse hotel near Avignon. Drop the broccoli into salted, boiling...

As our flight from Fiji to New Zealand came in on its approach to Auckland I was struck by the beauty of the city’s setting. It lies on one of the world’s great natural harbours and from the air it looked as if everybody in the city owned a yacht. The bay was dotted with spread sails, and all...

That's good news for you, Suzi. I'm sure you'll enjoy California in May - the weather will be gorgeous. Hope everything works out for Andrew's retirement; anybody who's spent that long in the police in your area deserves to enjoy his retirement. If there's any information I can help you with...

The flight to Nadi was enlivened by a group of Fijian servicemen who proceeded to get very, very drunk. And believe it or not the seats in front of us were occupied by a couple of missionaries who talked loudly for most of the flight. Trying to sleep in that din was a forlorn hope, and if my...

Howie, try making your own hummous. There are plenty of recipes on the internet if you just Google. In Lebanon a couple of years ago I ate it every day. Lebanese cuisine is on a par with French cooking. Fresh and tasty. Wish we had a Lebanese restaurant in Luxembourg.

Actually, Spiral, and I'm ready to be corrected, Splenda is made from cane sugar, therefore cannot really be called an artificial sweetener. Saccharin, on the other hand, leaves a decidedly unpleasant aftertaste. I'm willing to bet my next month's salary that if you make your desert with Splenda...

I think Ken will tell you that at the present stage of knowledge, there is no cure for diabetes. Anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is a charlatan. On the other hand, there is some research being conducted on the possibilities being offered by stem cell implants. Read widely and inwardly...

Here's another one I guarantee you will enjoy. 2 tablespoons of fromage frais per person in individual dishes Pour a tablespoon or so of sugar-free maple syrup (also known as imitation maple syrup) over each dish. Serve

I know it's been a long time since I posted here, but after seeing our Californian friends off in Paris we've been catching up on our mail, Photoshopping all our pictures (hundreds of 'em), buying a laptop for me as Jackie put her foot down about my habit of monopolizing hers when we travel and...