tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post2868800738103471515..comments2024-03-27T06:22:50.868+01:00Comments on From My Mental Library: One Rainy DayLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-82480536134766902492017-06-09T07:52:49.121+02:002017-06-09T07:52:49.121+02:00I still don't understand the whole incident my...I still don't understand the whole incident myself and can only guess it was a combination of the sweets I'd had shortly before leaving and the relentless curves and up-and-down of the roads. O.K. drove carefully, since very often we had no way of knowing whether another car was coming our way or not.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-61876638385087770752017-06-07T10:05:47.837+02:002017-06-07T10:05:47.837+02:00Oh dear Meike I have only ever been ill as a passe...Oh dear Meike I have only ever been ill as a passenger once in a car about 35 years ago (the driver was a maniac and the roads were both windy and rough). I can remember it to this day (it was that bad and that unusual) and I can truly sympathise with you even though O.K. obviously wouldn't have been driving like that.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-10102187567139140322017-05-26T05:43:50.040+02:002017-05-26T05:43:50.040+02:00Thank you for reading my old Sicily posts, Mary! G...Thank you for reading my old Sicily posts, Mary! Granita is indeed very refreshing, but I haven't had one in a long time. The Granita man used to drive round the village where I spent every summer, calling out at the top of his voice, and people (mostly kids, but not exclusively) would come running to buy some.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-27927288717937991192017-05-25T14:11:42.865+02:002017-05-25T14:11:42.865+02:00Sorry your wet day was also spoiled by those rich ...Sorry your wet day was also spoiled by those rich delicacies from the pasticerria! I stayed mostly with lemon granite and gelato for refreshing snacks ashore as it was so hot. Yes, not a drop of rain our entire trip, however a couple of nights at sea were a little rough - fortunately I never suffer with seasickness!<br />Meike - I spent a long time yesterday reading your old posts of your Sicily adventure long ago, and must say thoroughly enjoyed it all. You saw many of the same places we visited - I loved how you and Brigitte really made the trip an adventure and was glad those handsome Italian males behaved themselves, haha! <br /><br />Mary -Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915239653283205065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-79709021775107785362017-05-25T08:24:02.727+02:002017-05-25T08:24:02.727+02:00Well, I had no trouble at all on the ship the day ...Well, I had no trouble at all on the ship the day before, and that one was certainly moving around, too! Also, I am really OK on planes and buses and in cars generally; it was just an extremely curvy, narrow, steep road and probably in combination with the butter cream didn't agree with me!<br />Richard has the drive as if he has his most precious treasure in the car - and he has - you!!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-12989194270575432772017-05-25T03:34:41.699+02:002017-05-25T03:34:41.699+02:00Ah, motion sickness, I know all about it!
Driving,...Ah, motion sickness, I know all about it!<br />Driving, I am okay but if I am a passenger, I have to be very careful. I can only look straight ahead and if on a curvy road, the driver must go very slowly! Richard says he has to drive as if he has eggs in the car!Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-80682679969551030882017-05-24T07:27:57.701+02:002017-05-24T07:27:57.701+02:00That was the funny thing, I did not feel queasy in...That was the funny thing, I did not feel queasy in the way I would before having to throw up. It was more as if I was going to faint if I was not concentrating very hard.<br />But I felt completely fine again immediately afterwards.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-39125468334223792572017-05-24T07:26:14.506+02:002017-05-24T07:26:14.506+02:00They did, Jenny, and I still found that trip into ...They did, Jenny, and I still found that trip into the valley interesting. To imagine how people used to live there until only a few decades ago, especially in winter, when even the mule paths would have become impassable with snow.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-24638057051026731092017-05-24T06:57:39.573+02:002017-05-24T06:57:39.573+02:00So sorry for all the rain and your upset stomach -...So sorry for all the rain and your upset stomach - though it sounds like more than just that....Hoping that the next day was glorious again.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-20693762122502313432017-05-23T23:00:41.772+02:002017-05-23T23:00:41.772+02:00I'm sorry it was such a bad day- I wouldn'...I'm sorry it was such a bad day- I wouldn't have thought Italy would have had such bad weather but I think sometimes one can be on the wrong side of mountains and get a lot of bad weather. Yes, mountain roads can be surprisingly hard to deal with if you have even a tendency to motion sickness. (I felt thoroughly ill after driving in Corsica for a couple of hours, in case you ever felt like going there). I hope that things cheered up the next day for you. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.com