Comment on A Question of Identity by Perpetua
I concur with Fergus back in the first comment that your experience was probably due to the tightening of border controls because of the refugee crisis. I can remember us only having to wave our...
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Comment on When I’m Sixty-Four by Perpetua
I love the photo of your four-year-old self in your shorts with braces. Interestingly I and my next two sisters were all born at home in the late 40s and early 50s. Only my youngest sister was born in...
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I’m sure both you & Fergus are right regarding the reason for the very thorough inspection of passports on my return journey from Dresden to Prague. Having said that, I went to Dresden & back...
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Comment on When I’m Sixty-Four by Ricky
Glad you liked the photo, Perpetua. It was the earliest one of me that I can currently find. My father kept a photo album called ‘The Children’ in which there is photo of me, 12-13 days old, being held...
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Comment on When I’m Sixty-Four by Em
Happy belated birthday, Ricky!! That photo of you made me smile; what a joyful little lumberjack Congratulations on being a year closer to retirement, too. My own parents retired within a year of each...
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How odd; I can’t recall ever being checked on that particular route. That is quite disconcerting, as is the cost of your new passport! Mine is up in July and I’ve had a tricky time finding a slot to...
View ArticleComment on A walk in Ceské Švýcarsko – Bohemian Switzerland by Em
The photos you did manage to get are stunning! That’s such a lovely walking area, and you captured it well. I remember hearing mostly German whilst visiting there, too. That’s a nice, long hike; well...
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Thank you for the photo compliments, Em. As I said in reply to Perpetua, next time I’ll make sure my camera batteries are fully charged & take some spare ones too! Regarding language, it isn’t the...
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I agree – it was odd, Em. I’ve seen the German police on the train before now but never been troubled by them. Then when I went last Wednesday, just for the day for a planning meeting, there were no...
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Comment on When I’m Sixty-Four by Ricky
Thank you for the birthday greetings, Em. Glad you enjoyed the photograph of four-year-old me There are a couple of places we’re thinking about for retirement. The problem is that Sybille fancies one...
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