When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and
clothes. -Desiderius Erasmus, philosopher, humanist, and theologian (28
Oct 1466-1536)
Next Monday Kilean and Ken will be leading us on a romp up the south-eastern side of Cartwright Mountain, at the edge of town in Summerland. So we will be leaving the IGA parking lot in Summerland at 9am, and Pentictonites can carpool from the Home Hardware parking lot at 8:40am. Afterwards we will converge upon Good Omens for coffee (however if there are 20+ of us not sure what to do if we can't sit outside.....) or whatever.
Hello Hikers! Have been following your hikes, courtesy of Pam's alerts and a number of terrific albums, posted by Karlos and Aarturo. Quite difficult to accept that I have already been replaced as Official Photographer! Looks like I've missed some wonderful outings, and more to come.
Arrived in Chennai just before midnight, local time, on Tuesday, October 28th, (Need to keep reminding myself of actual date as with two time changes it is hard to keep track of what day it is. If it's Tuesday, it must be Holland, isn't that so, Aarturo!), in pretty good shape.
[Christina Tassell Have a great trip, I loved Indialove your hair Corinne!]
Flight from Vancouver to Frankfurt was chock-a-block so we weathered it but it wasn't like following from there to Madras/Chennai where we had two seats apiece. I noticed one woman stretched out across all four so she was almost in First Class. I snoozed quite deeply for a goodly part of first few hours of trip, falling asleep before Bessie, (Blues singer Bessie Smith [Queen Latifah], rises to fame in the 1920s to become a musical legend.), was over. Woke up, reasonably refreshed, to then watch Far from the Madding Crowd. Liked it muchly, {Who isn't a sucker for a happy ending when boy gets headstrong, beautiful goil!}, but am not sure how true it is to Hardy's novel, given his propensity for dark resolutions, as I've not read it!), at our hotel, Radisson Blu.
It is situated in the neighbourhood near the airport, St. Thomas Mount, as first explained by our driver, an extremely friendly chap, who gave us a running tourist's commentary all the way from airport to hotel. Must say that we westerners could learn a great deal about the service industry, from the very truncated experiences we've had so far. Given the late hour, after midnight when we touched down, not a soul, (even Customs officials and other bureaucrats), has been anything but friendly and extremely helpful, ("No" doesn't appear to be part of the vocabulary, much like in Turkey, per esempio!), and certainly welcoming.
Our room is luxury, sheer luxury, (at least by Patrizzio's standards, [and most of you know my hiking dress code], although desk lamp doesn't work ), and we were plugged in without a moment's fuss or bother, having been given the hotel Internet access code at the airport, by the representative of Luxe India, our tour company, who met us, along with the hotel driver.
One of the first things I did, after unpacking a few things, was to open the Bruichladdich 2008 Bere Barley, 50%, one of their un-peated offerings, (Thank you YVR Duty-Free), and Lady Mary is knockin' it back like there is no tomorrow! Had a message, left at front desk, by our friends, Lynne and Peter Lighthall, from Naramata. They both arrived safely, (Peter was on a business trip to Madagascar and he arrived on Monday, Lynne earlier on Tuesday afternoon), and we will see them, at some point, probably for breakfast.
After we both take showers we'll probably hit the hay as we want to be up for complimentary breakfast, [Starts at 6:30 am but we won't be there until around 8:00 am, so that we can have more "complimentary" foot massages at 9:00 am. Our driver, Hanif, will collect us at 10:00 am and the aventura really begins! Fond regards to one and all. Cheers, Patrizzio!
Pics: Cora Lee waiting to board in Frankfurt while I stood guard over my computer at the only working plug I could find, across the way from where she was sitting; one of the many attractive sculptures, large wooden carvings and shrines to various gods/goddesses, found throughout the airport. was able to snap this shot while waiting for our checked baggage.
Hi Cathy, great to work with you and our wonderful shadows. I have some thoughts on organization. The blue tub and pails worked really well for ice and chilling the drinks. I think that it is the same each year so that drinks, incl. wine and beer should be set aside and labelled for Studio 1398. It's fine for us but would not want new volunteers scrambling around in the garage looking for appropriate beer and wine supplies. Also there was no table booked this year for the lobby at 1398 and no table cloth. Which is fine if you are into beg, borrowing and stealing. All of this is the same each year so should be on a spread sheet. The bar is easy so once set up easy to maintain. The instructions for the shadows were great and easily understood by them all. Hope these comments are helpful.Sorry to miss the wrap up party, Best from India, Corinne
Hi Rosemary Thanks for best wishes. Arrived around midnight. About to go down to breakfast. Look forward to seeing you in the spring, Hugs Corinne
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