----- Original Message ----- From: "Schuette.Fifty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Patricia Dowden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <lace@arachne.com> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Only the Lonely very, very looong
> To all Lonelies if you are interested. > > At the beginning of the month my neighbour Glenys and I went to Vamberk to > see the 1oth Lace Exhibition. She being younger, took charge. So I was put > into a wheelchair and pushed. There are special entrances on the plane which > I now had to use. Would you believe it. I was going up in a lift. The flight > was alright. > P R A G > Wheelchair was waiting and I had a new "Pusher" nice young man!!!!! > Luggage Bay and he wanted to know the colour of my suitcase. I said brown, > Glenys said green. Both wrong it was and still is blue. > God knows what the "Pusher" thought. > From the airport to the Florenc bus station Over an hour wait to go to > Vamberk which then took about 3 hours to get to the hotel > in Rychnov 6 miles from Vamberk. > Bus started on time 16.30 We had front seats alas the driver spoke hardly > English or German. Never mind, we will get there, no? > Glenys thought Rychnov was the end station, so after three hours, with a > break of lo minutes half way,driving through the countryside, lovely woods, > the Driver announced Rychnow. Some people left the bus other entered, so we > stayed put. > On with the journey, passing the sign to our hotel. Too late. we were again > on the road to ????? G lenys asked the driver for Rychnov, he pointed > back. In a broken language he told us that he would take us back. Silly us, > we thought it meant he would turn around. NOOOOO. On with the tour for > another hour, everybody left the bus, we were told to stay. We did as told. > When he came back with bucket and mop Glenys offered to clean the bus but > he refused. After that on with the journey which lasted another 1 hour. AT > LAST RYCHNOV. He would not take any payment and left us on a square, > mentioned a taxi. we waited. We stood behind a car for about 10 minutes and > decided to explore. You would not believe it. That car, without a taxi sign > where we usually see it, was one. So after well over 2 hours late, we > arrived at the hotel. > Let me know if you want more. > > Cheerio Dora > > Dora Northern > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/402 - Release Date: 27/07/2006 > > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
