Despite my comment about England's "grey" reputation, the weather was quite nicer both time I visited. In fact, the week we spent in London in February was warmer and sunnier than the week we spent in Paris in April of the following year. I was amazed by the places that had flowers still in bloom in flower boxes that time of year.
Which reminds me of another of my favorite travel stories. We arrived in Paris the day before Easter. It rained almost every day. We attended Easter mass in Notre Dame, which was packed and a bit smelly with all the damp clothes. The next day, the rain stopped for a few hours and we were walking in the Tuileries Gardens. My wife was admiring the tall trees lining the path, and she commented on all the white blossoms on the trees. The asked me what kind of trees they were. I said I didn't know. She asked again. I repeated that I didn't know. when we stopped for tea, she asked a third time, and I got a little annoyed, probably because I was still a bit damp. "Look, " I said, I'm just a tourist here as well. How the hell should I know what trees bloom in Paris in April?" Then, of course we both started to laugh, and sing. "April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom." Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Donald Guthrie <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Chris,The play was "Absence of a Cello" I played a man much much > older than I was and I opened the play every night with the line " All right > Celia, what did I do with my glasses?" > > I am glad these photos are recognizable to Brits. I found the scenery lovely > and the people friendly. > > On 3/22/15 1:37 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Message: 11 >> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 18:28:15 +0000 >> From: Chris Mitchell<[email protected]> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Geso: my trip to England 1982 >> Message-ID: >> >> <CAPxfEA6+kuTw=gnawk3aomybkv+8zntxoivf-xj9yp8vuvz...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> Nice shots of our colourful land Don. I reckon that the majority are a >> decent rendition from the Kodachrome slides. >> >> What was the play and what was your part? >> >> Chris > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
