As I now type this entry, I'm sipping on a nice bottle of Chocolate Block on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. It's a stunning wine from South Africa I had been saving at home, forgot to drink before we moved, and have been toting around the UK until tonight. At the start of the trip, you would have also found a 1995 Jade Mountain and something French and expensive in the trunk of my rented Vauxhall. There is still one bottle to go, a Saronsberg wine not sold outside of South Africa. It is lovely and I can't bring myself to drink it because I CAN NOT REPLACE IT. But given that this time next week I will be in France where they grow this stuff en masse (for those of you that don't parlez vous Francais, that means in mass), it might be time.
I'm particularly pleased to be drinking this wine in Scotland tonight because for awhile this week I thought our 6 month trip might be wrapping up in week 1. You see, last week I found some blood in my urine and became...umm...alarmed. Going to the doctor did not help. He wasn't exactly thrilled with my condition either, so blood and urine tests began. And then we waited 2 days for the results. In the end, it looks like I will live to see another day. A follow up test in Italy next month will give me the final all clear, but I like my chances.
Between my panic attacks, we've actually managed to cover a lot of ground. We spent 2 nights in the lovely village of Lacock (pronounced Lay-Cock for those of you with gutter minds -- actually, maybe that makes it worse), then 3 nights out in Cornwall (gorgeous), then a night with my former boss in the West Midlands, then a night in the Lake District, and now 3 nights here on the Isle of Arran. Tomorrow we head to see our friend Lisa, just north of Edinburgh.
There are some initial pictures here < www.picasaweb.google.com/lobalboUK >
Lesson of the week -- drink your good wine. Tonight. Because life is unpredictable.
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Very good lessons indeed, B. Congratulations on starting your blog. I think I am one of those 2 requests that were made, and I'm very happy to see that my wish has been granted. Happy travels!
ReplyDeleteAnd I was the other requester. So now you know you have two readers. Keep it up. Looking forward to following along with your escapades. ~asm
ReplyDeleteThis is so freaking exciting! I'm thrilled that you're feeling better. If you ever need inspiration for a post, let me know -- I'm good at inspiration.
ReplyDeleteBrian, thrilled to hear you escaped death once again! This was a promising illness for the hypochondriac, however fruitless it ended up. I have had an exciting mouth abscess and am in need of a root canal - I'm sure it's due to weakening of the enamel due to the bubonic plague, I'll keep you informed. Miss Winnie had a lovely ass abscess that was lanced by the vet, she is on the bandwagon as well.
ReplyDeleteWe are enjoying your blog, and longing for our next adventure as well. Love to you and Andrea!