Cloudy but warm. Can calculate the breeze by looking at the palm tree in front of our balcony. The fronds start at our level and provide an indicator.
Walk over to Lidl. Like everything it has changed - more fruit and veg, though they were never its strong point. Good prices on whole grain (one of the first terms I learn in a language) pasta and chocolate. Not bad on South African and Chilean wines. Excellent on their own gin which, happily, has done extremely well in blind taste tests. Putting away the shopping, contrive to drop - and break - bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon. Oddly, 750 ml bottle leads to several gallons of red wine and associated glass on tiled kitchen floor. Down to reception to request assistance. Fortunately the single word vino and explanatory gestures suffice, and Venera shortly appears with mop, pail and cheerful dismissal of our apologies. Christmas tip assured.
TV evening. Canada’s World Cup defeat by Croatia followed by not previously seen episode of Great Canal Journeys, this one featuring a (mostly non canal) trip to Vietnam. Lots of memories for us, as we honeymooned in Vietnam, although long before Timothy and Pru’s expedition.
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