Coco’s automobile turned aside for coffee on the way to Hidcote and found itself in some very strange company:
Car
Humour
Travel?
If you are a train enthusiast, this is not for you.
Canada
If you enjoy good dining and a quiet holiday read on….
Continue readingChickens in a coop
Why is offence so easily taken?
What should the chickens do?
Did you hear the one about the chickens in the çoup?
Continue readingDiversity
Wenn außerhalb Paris?
If you know nothing of chocolate, this is not for you.
Amboise
Wenn man in Frankreich aber außerhalb Paris sei….
Continue readingDon’t eat chocolate!
Norway’s secret
The northern passage
It is well known that an important ingredient in Norwegian culinary preparations is chocolate, but what are the origins of this practice?
We have to delve deeply into the oral traditions of the Lapp and Inuit peoples for the answer.
A typical traditional recipe (Finnbiff – Reinsdyrgryte – Reindeer Stew) prepared for the Norwegian palette may be as follows:
Continue readingWhen ruled by a banker
I posit an island, in which three people live: a farmer, a merchant and a banker.
I had been introduced to Take five some time ago.
On that former occassion the gentleman concerned wished to know the sum of two digits of two. During his enquiries he called upon a banker but was left somewhat perplexed by the banker’s response.
Take six shows us the consequences of what the banker tried to explain.
Continue readingWales – the curious incident
The curious incident of which you have probably never heard
Ils disent que vous savez quand vous êtes arrivé dans la civilisation pour l’eau, puis on vous donne avec votre café. A Vienne, ils servent un verre d’eau avec votre café.
That of course is nothing to do with the following narrative, but it makes an interesting, if not arresting opening. The incident described in the the following notes arose on a bright sunny day in the early summer of 1982°. It is not an original invention.
Continue reading危险
危险 (Wéixiǎn/In peril)
首被平原的管家
杨方 虽小,(它是)凶猛 Yáng fāng suī xiǎo,(tā shì) xiōngměng
la farouche
