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Ljubliana - Day 1

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Whee, today, I travelled with London Museums A-Z (LoMAZ) again! This one is a trip to Ljubljana - which they've taken to abbreviating to LJ in the associated WhatsApp group. I booked an Expedia package - flying out with British Airways from Heathrow , direct to Ljubljana, and I checked in yesterday - many in the group actually flew elsewhere and took the train, which worked out cheaper. And a lot went out already, to travel around the area - and wow, was I jealous, looking at the pictures and videos that were already posted. I'm in an AirBnB , which is a first for me - it's in the pedestrianised part of the old town, in Tromostovje Apartments . And would you believe, it was only last week that I got around to replying to their message, requesting my arrival time so they could be there to meet me, a request they made when I booked this, months ago! Sadly, the airport shuttle was booked out by the time I got to it, so I took an Uber - they suggest to take any taxis to ...
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Film: Everybody Digs Bill Evans

This evening, I'm heading to the cinema - what was coming up was GroBe Freiheit (Great Freedom), a post- WW2 German prison drama, focussing on a man who's repeatedly jailed for homosexual acts. Showing in the Close-up Cinema . But, with more comprehensive film listings out, instead I went to Everybody Digs Bill Evans , a jazz biopic with Anders Danielsen Lie as the titular pianist and Bill Pullman as his dad. Seemed very mellow, which suited my mood. Showing in the Barbican . And I booked to eat in Cote Barbican beforehand. All nice and late, so I could attempt to catch up with myself. I did get a few things accomplished as a result, before taking buses to the restaurant, arriving a little early, despite diversions for roadworks. I was in time for three courses - and lo, even though I'd forgotten to scan my app the last time I was in a Cote, because I'd booked, I was credited anyway! Delighted to see that claiming my free dessert still didn't reduce my points...
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Cruden Bay Departure, Play: The Children, & Musical: Kimberly Akimbo

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On Sunday morning, the breakfast room (aka restaurant) displayed traces of the previous night 's 40th birthday party: My full Scottish came with white toast this time, as requested.. and I didn't have the appetite for it! (Forgot to mention, hallelujah, they serve proper sausages here - I cannot abide English ones. Anyway.) I didn't seem to have much of an appetite for it all on this morning. Ah well. The large table was fuller of Liverpudlians than the night before, and again the banter was good.. With the hotel so full the night before, and most people having had breakfast already, they were almost out of cold drinks.. I had a glass of milk. When we'd both checked out, we headed out on a mission of JW 's.. he had family history in the area, and wanted to check the Parish Church kirkyard for the grave of a couple of ancestors. It was far enough to take the car - plus, was on the way to the airport. We parked across the road. You enter via the section that houses...
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Trip to Cruden Bay - Friday & Saturday

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On Friday, flew to Aberdeen for another London Museums A-Z (LoMAZ) Dracula event, yay! The UK air traffic control crash  caused us some angst.. thank goodness it happened early enough that the chaos had ended by then. Mostly. An early flight from Heathrow is an unpleasant thing to be doing, and I hardly got any sleep. Was out of the house just after 5.. took the Tube to intersect with the Elizabeth Line . Mind you, it wasn't until  JW  pointed it out that I realised it was the 25th anniversary of 9/11 ! No seats on the Lizzie Line, even at 6am, until I was nearly there. He'd slept in the airport .. and when he eventually found me, we moseyed down to the gate.. where the plane was delayed. But not by much. I got some sleep on the plane - until the guy beside me kicked me as he was getting back into his seat. Lotsa wind turbines just off the coast of Aberdeen.. well, as it was an internal UK flight, there was no passport control, and as we had only hand luggage, we wer...
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