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Published: October 11th 2022
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Die Lozenges
These tasty - if you like aniseed- little lozenges work a treat. I had reservations at first de cause due to my poor language skills, the term ‘Die Pastille ‘ didn’t inspire much confidence. Fortunately, a young staff member in the supermarket, fluent in German, explained that it translated to ‘ the pastilles.’ They work too. This is our last full day in Luxembourg. I am feeling better - thanks for asking - and was up during the night keeping the medication routine unbroken. It may have worked.
Natalia drove down to the P.O today to pick up a light fitting she ordered a month ago , which was fortunate for me. I was relaxing, lost in a book, when the door alarm from downstairs announced her arrival. It was similar to the knights trumpeting in the arrival of royalty, but louder.
Luckily my son in Oz is an electrician, so I remember the advice he gave me a week ago on how to hardwire a light fitting. I’ve done it before but who knows what’s what over here. Did you know that in England you could, maybe still can, earn an electrical wiring badge in the scouts? It’s like a mini mini apprenticeship. My daughter in law had one, and if she’s to be believed, she performed a few minor wiring jobs in her bedroom. She is married to the electrician, and I’m pretty confident that he has never called on her for advice.
When he learnt his trade, he declared our house a
Natalia’s Light Fitting.
She loves it enough to ask me to post a photo. death trap, and stripped out, or rewired, all my home improvements. Hardware stores have a lot to answer for, selling goods that only a qualified tradesman is authorised to fit.
Back to the Luxembourg light. This light is one of the type that has 2 metres of cable that it hangs from, and you cut it to tour desired height. Sue and Natalia stood at a distance, I raised and lowered, then lowered and raised the fitting, until it was perfect. I cut and stripped the lead, salvaged joiners from the old fitting to reuse, rejigger the ceiling bracket to suit the existing holes because I had nothing to drill into concrete with, and just as I screwed the ceiling mounting plate in place - job done - Tim came in from work, walked under it, and hit his head. I hadn’t seen the height properly, as I was the guy up the ladder, but when I had a look, well, what can I say politely; it did look low.
So I redid the whole job and now the Procrastinators are very happy.
Then there was a couple of IKEA retractable coat hook sets to fit,
A Neighbour’s Autumn Display.
This won’t last long but the deep red leaves are stunning to see. and it was time to pop some more pills.
The construction of concrete/ solid walled residential buildings is common in Europe, and life gets a little complicated without the tools to drill into concrete; believe me, I know.
I know all this has little to do with a trip to Europe, but that was the day, so it does.
We did go for coffee. It is a bright autumn day , and as the sun sets over the houses across the street, silhouetting the stubby, terracotta chimney stacks sitting in rows on the roofs, my mind is turning to Paris tomorrow.
Our plan is to have a trouble free train ride to Gare d’Est, transfer to Gare de Nord by Uber, and catch a train to Luxembourg Metro Station which is about 100 metres from our hotel. We know the lay of the land here, having stayed a few times before, and if the weather is fine, Luxembourg Gardens in the afternoon would be hard to beat.
That’s if we start packing.
Not many pics today, but they sum it up ; pretty ordinary.
I’ll catch up then.
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Donna Smith
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Homeward
Thanks for all the fantastic reads, enjoy your last few days, safe travels 💗💙🙏🏼