Articles from November 2019

Five Days in Mauritius, 16-21 October

Rhotacism: can you say your r’s properly?; Yo ho ho – get thee to a rummery, go;  The Residence Mauritius

Chamerel Rhumerie, an excellent day out

A rhumerie is of course a place where rum is made. And the reason I wanted to start this post with Chamerel Rhumerie is that it was probably the highlight of our visit to the Indian Ocean island state of Mauritius.

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Arles Interlude, 4-7 October

Romantic Roy retrospective; Le Café La Nuit; Roy does 10,000 Roman steps; the Camargue – white horses, black bulls, grey salt and brass bands

Arles street, October 2019

Retrospective

Way back in the mid-nineties, long before the digital era, Roy and I spent a week in Provence. We flew to Nice, overnighted there in a room above a betting shop, then drove our hired car to Arles.

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