Question What is making you happy today?

[RobM]

Hey, it's all about the moules et frite. And the beer, always the beer.

Lots of brasseries (bars that brew their own beers). Lille FC as well (4th in League Un!). The Eurostar station is right in the middle if the city so easy to get to. Avoid the hotel called the (honestly!) Coq Hardi. If a hostel is your thang, the Gastama is one of the best, so is the bar attached and the Jackhammer beer.

 

[Ricey]

This nearly ended up in hacking me off. I was sat waiting until 10am for tickets to go on sale for Ricky Gervais Humanity tour. Got on at about 1003 and all of them had gone. I was gutted as it is in Oxford and on my birthday.

Got home from town saw a status about the ticket sales in Oxford. Clicked on the link got on and got tickets! Well pleased last tour of his I saw was his Politics tour. Fame is also one of my favourite stand up shows to watch! I always put it on when I'm doing the ironing as back ground noise and it has me in stitches.

 

[Napster]

Getting retweeted by Mark Kermode and subtweeted by Simon Mayo today. :thumbsup:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Getting retweeted by Mark Kermode and subtweeted by Simon Mayo today. :thumbsup:

I understand retweeted but subtweeted? :unsure:

 

[MK Shrimper]

The Oscars debacle. They obviously wanted to give it to LLL, but baulked - oh to be a fly on the wall backstage. :hilarious:

 

[MK Shrimper]

Managed to finally get a villa in a decent area of Spain that's a good price, near the sea and with a pool for MK Jnr. The only downside is having TUIB as my next door neighbour :winking:

 

[Napster]

pu-erh tea.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Managed to finally get a villa in a decent area of Spain that's a good price, near the sea and with a pool for MK Jnr. The only downside is having TUIB as my next door neighbour :winking:

Ha! What's a "decent area of Spain" for you? (pm me if you like).:smiles:

 

[MK Shrimper]

Ha! What's a "decent area of Spain" for you? (pm me if you like).:smiles:

Near Malaga. Looked at Galicia and Asturias but couldn't find any decent seaside villas, but it looks like we'll be away from the "Brits abroad".

 

[OldBlueLady]

9 hours sleep!!! :smile:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Near Malaga. Looked at Galicia and Asturias but couldn't find any decent seaside villas, but it looks like we'll be away from the "Brits abroad".

Ha! Malaga's nowhere near me.Not that sure you'll be "away from the Brits.abroad" either, since that's where most Brits. live/go on holiday. Nice part of the world though and much more sunshine than in Galicia and Asturias.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Ha! Malaga's nowhere near me.Not that sure you'll be "away from the Brits.abroad" either, since that's where most Brits. live/go on holiday. Nice part of the world though and much more sunshine than in Galicia and Asturias.

Just like to avoid the bars & clubs culture and high rise hotels in places like Benidorm or Alicante. Been there, done that. No thanks.

Malaga itself looks nice - has a Picasso museum which I shall be popping over to. Bit of culture. :thumbsup:

 

[Benfleet A1]

Just found glasses. After 4 looong weeks I can see again.

 

[RobM]

Just found glasses. After 4 looong weeks I can see again.

I trust you didn't find them by looking!

 

[Benfleet A1]

I trust you didn't find them by looking!

Would you believe me if I said I found them while looking for a light bulb?

 

[RobM]

Would you believe me if I said I found them while looking for a light bulb?

Sounds a bit like Albert Steptoe finding his teeth in that bucket of paint.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Just like to avoid the bars & clubs culture and high rise hotels in places like Benidorm or Alicante. Been there, done that. No thanks.

Malaga itself looks nice - has a Picasso museum which I shall be popping over to. Bit of culture. :thumbsup:

Indeed.The Picasso museum is the new kid on the block since we were last down that way to visit friends there in the 90's.(They've since moved to Britanny).3 or 4 new museums now down in Malaga ,which has attempted to re-invent itself as a regional cultural capital.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Just like to avoid the bars & clubs culture and high rise hotels in places like Benidorm or Alicante. Been there, done that. No thanks.

Malaga itself looks nice - has a Picasso museum which I shall be popping over to. Bit of culture. :thumbsup:

Dunno,if you're into serious walking? If you are check out Charles Davis's Walk! Andalucia.

(If you haven't done so already) do yourself a favour and read Chris Stewart's excellent Driving Over Lemons.Great poolside read and gives a real taste of rural Andalucia.

 

[Benfleet A1]

Dunno,if you're into serious walking? If you are check out Charles Davis's Walk! Andalucia.

(If you haven't done so already) do yourself a favour and read Chris Stewart's excellent Driving Over Lemons.Great poolside read and gives a real taste of rural Andalucia.

I read that. Quite funny in parts.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Dunno,if you're into serious walking? If you are check out Charles Davis's Walk! Andalucia.

(If you haven't done so already) do yourself a favour and read Chris Stewart's excellent Driving Over Lemons.Great poolside read and gives a real taste of rural Andalucia.

I have read that, but some 16/17 years ago (while I was travelling) and hence I've forgotten it!