Comments on: Questions of Travel http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/ "it must give pleasure" -- Wallace Stevens Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:38:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jana Bouc http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12886 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:55:45 +0000 http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12886 Great post! I’m glad you’re you and not Dickens too. I loved your photos and found it so interesting they were your favorites, especially about the sausages for swords. That would make an interesting bumper sticker “Sausages not Swords” — it would give bored commuters something to think about for a while.

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]]> By: bloglily http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12794 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:14:01 +0000 http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12794 Dear litlove, We’ve been at it for almost the exact same amount of time, and I think after a year and a half, you slow down a little sometimes — I am glad to see that you’re feeling up to visiting, which is a good sign that you’re feeling better! xoxo

Hey thanks LK — Dickens was such a proper Victorian gentleman, a busy guy, full of energy and confidence. We all need a little of that, and a wife too.

HMH — those are cows? They’re not HORSES? I was so busy ducking, I didn’t get a good look at them.

Dear Emily, That is such a nice thing to say. I did have quite a few umbrella drinks, which is why it takes (took, I mean) me so long to post anything.

I think splitting the difference is a very fine idea, Ms. OP. Thank you for suggesting it!

Hello TIV — it is sort of exotic, and it has been so wonderful having some time off to lie around dreaming about stuff, and letting other people actually DO it.

Hello Smithereens, I liked that sausage thing a lot, and think a movement might be about to form around it. If only I was not so so so so lazy.

Yogamum, I’m with her. I would also sleep well (a) on a greek island in the fall when the tourists are gone; (b) in London on a rainy day in a warm/cozy house with a lot of good books, a fire and a really fabulous leather chair (pot of tea provided by Dickens’s wife). In fact, I am going to give some serious thought to this entire question, while lying in bed.

]]> By: bloglily http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12788 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:55:18 +0000 http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12788 Dear litlove, We’ve been at it for almost the exact same amount of time, and I think after a year and a half, you slow down a little sometimes — I am glad to see that you’re feeling up to visiting, which is a good sign that you’re feeling better! xoxo

Hey thanks LK — Dickens was such a proper Victorian gentleman, a busy guy, full of energy and confidence. We all need a little of that, and a wife too.

HMH — those are cows? They’re not HORSES? I was so busy ducking, I didn’t get a good look at them.

Dear Emily, That is such a nice thing to say. I did have quite a few umbrella drinks, which is why it takes (took, I mean) me so long to post anything.

I think splitting the difference is a very fine idea, Ms. OP. Thank you for suggesting it!

Hello TIV — it is sort of exotic, and it has been so wonderful having some time off to lie around dreaming about stuff, and letting other people actually DO it.

Dear Smithereens, I liked that sausage thing a lot, and think a movement might be about to form around it. If only I was not so so so so lazy.

Yogamum, I’m with your daughter. I would also sleep well (a) on a greek island in the fall when the tourists are gone; (b) in London on a rainy day in a warm/cozy house with a lot of good books, a fire and a really fabulous leather chair (pot of tea provided by Dickens’s wife). In fact, I am going to give some serious thought to this entire question, while lying in bed.

]]> By: bloglily http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12787 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:52:24 +0000 http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12787 Dear litlove, We’ve been at it for almost the exact same amount of time, and I think after a year and a half, you slow down a little sometimes — I am glad to see that you’re feeling up to visiting, which is a good sign that you’re feeling better! xoxo

Hey thanks LK — Dickens was such a proper Victorian gentleman, a busy guy, full of energy and confidence. We all need a little of that, and a wife too.

HMH — those are cows? They’re not HORSES? I was so busy ducking, I didn’t get a good look at them.

Dear Emily, That is such a nice thing to say. I did have quite a few umbrella drinks, which is why it takes (took, I mean) me so long to post anything.

I think splitting the difference is a very fine idea, Ms. OP. Thank you for suggesting it!

Hello TIV — it is sort of exotic, and it has been so wonderful having some time off to lie around dreaming about stuff, and letting other people actually DO it.

Dear Smithereens, I liked that sausage thing a lot, and think a movement might be about to form around it. If only I was not so so so so lazy.

Yogamum, I’m with her. I would also sleep well (a) on a greek island in the fall when the tourists are gone; (b) in London on a rainy day in a warm/cozy house with a lot of good books, a fire and a really fabulous leather chair (pot of tea provided by Dickens’s wife). In fact, I am going to give some serious thought to this entire question, while lying in bed.

]]> By: bloglily http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12786 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:50:41 +0000 http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12786 We’ve been at it for almost the exact same amount of time, and I think after a year and a half, you slow down a little sometimes — I am glad to see that you’re feeling up to visiting, which is a good sign that you’re feeling better! xoxo

Hey thanks LK — Dickens was such a proper Victorian gentleman, a busy guy, full of energy and confidence. We all need a little of that, and a wife too.

HMH — those cows? They’re HORSES? I was so busy ducking, I didn’t get a good look at them.

Dear Emily, That is such a nice thing to say. I did have quite a few umbrella drinks, which is why it takes (took, I mean) me so long to post anything.

I think splitting the difference is a very fine idea, Ms. OP. Thank you for suggesting it!

Hello TIV — it is sort of exotic, and it has been so wonderful having some time off to lie around dreaming about stuff, and letting other people actually DO it.

Dear Smithereens, I liked that sausage thing a lot, and think a movement might be about to form around it. If only I was not so so so so lazy.

Yogamum, I’m with her. I would also sleep well (a) on a greek island in the fall when the tourists are gone; (b) in London on a rainy day in a warm/cozy house with a lot of good books, a fire and a really fabulous leather chair (pot of tea provided by Dickens’s wife). In fact, I am going to give some serious thought to this entire question, while lying in bed.

]]> By: litlove http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12783 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:28:03 +0000 http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12783 It’s lovely to have you back posting – and the irony was not lost on me that you returned just as I had to bow out with ill health! Still, we will finally make it into proper correspondance, I’m sure! I loved your traveller’s tales and can only admire your verve and your powers of observation. Dickens has nothing on you.

]]> By: LK http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12765 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:49:39 +0000 http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12765 Beautiful photos, BL.

Dickens must have had incredible energy, to do all the travel and writing he did. Along with the fact that his wife took care of the drudgery work for him!

]]> By: healingmagichands http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12744 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:07:02 +0000 http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12744 Italy AND Hawaii! How fortunate you are. I’m sure that you deserved a break and some restful vacation; I seem to recall you having had a rather hard time healthwise not that long ago.

I was in the wrong line when they were handing out friends like that. Darn.

I don’t want to be a quibbler, BL, but you need to get out to the farm more. Those are horses that are upside down. Cows don’t generally have manes and long haired tails. It doesn’t make them any less menacing or distracting however.

]]> By: Emily http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12737 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:33:32 +0000 http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12737 Now THERE’S an experience I must try: reading a travel book while travelling to a locale other than the one described in the book. I’d say you’ve got quite a bit of Dickens’s energy. I would have thought for a while about writing a piece like this, then become exhausted, and ordered another one of those umbrella drinks instead.

]]> By: openpalm http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12734 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:08:46 +0000 http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12734 BL: who but you would mix italy and hawaii and you and dickens and construction and free lunches so very very well. DO send your next freebee invitation 1/2 my way and we can split the diff, ok? Thanks, too, as always, for getting to laugh out loud, which I often do at your posts, this one happened immediately after reading this:
” Dickens lived in two different places in Genoa, both grand and both full of the sort of art that must have made him want to lie down with a wet washcloth on his forehead.”

blessings to have you back, posting

]]> By: the individual voice (Tiv) http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12730 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:38:35 +0000 http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12730 Dreaming of Italy in Hawaii. Double exotic.

]]> By: Smithereens http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12728 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:25:44 +0000 http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12728 Welcome back from holidays! I love the sausage exchange, makes me want to grab a hotdog to celebrate peace… Italy, Hawaii, London, whow! I hold you responsible for a lot of daydreaming about holidays on my side!

]]> By: yogamum http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12713 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:22:49 +0000 http://bloglily.com/2007/09/25/questions-of-travel-2/#comment-12713 It must have been exhausting, being Dickens.

You reminded me of something my eight-year-old daughter said the other day, when talking about her occasional insomnia:
Her: You know where I would sleep really well?
Me: No, where?
Her: In *Hawaii*.

I could sleep really well there, too… In my opinion, every good vacation involves a large amount of sleeping.

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