There are 16 types of people in the world. That’s according to believers in the Myers Briggs Personality Types theory, at least – and I’m one of those. I won’t use up this post by explaining all the details, and instead suggest that if you’re interested in learning more, you take a look at this [...]
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On Saturday, I went to meet up with some friends in Schönried, which is a mountainous beauty spot serving as a ski resort in winter and simply a peaceful holiday spot for the rest of the year. It was suggested that we take a cable car up to the top of a mountain and walk [...]
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For the three weeks before I went back to NI, I did a huge amount of driving around and exploring in Switzerland with Riho. So much so, that I had time to write up only maybe about one in three of our excursions, which means that there are lots of places and incidents that I [...]
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I arrived back in Switzerland this afternoon, and stumbled into the first carriage I came to on the train for Lausanne. It had been a long day. For a start, I’d gone to bed really late and then had to get up stupidly early to catch my lift with The Sister to Belfast, where I [...]
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There is an agonised howl from the toilet cubicle next to the one from which I have just emerged. I pause in my handwashing activities. Agonised howls in toilet cubicles are not good, not that I’ve ever heard one until now. Due to an unfortunate series of events involving a broken shower at The Parents’ [...]
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I’ve always been an avid reader of the Ballymena Guardian. I wouldn’t exactly call it the cutting edge of journalism, but they do the best they can with what they’ve got, I suppose. Anyway, I always spent many enjoyable hours going through it every week, idly circling all the spelling and grammar atrocities with a [...]
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I think I’m too old for all this. One week of frantic running around in an attempt to visit and spend time with friends and family, and I’m in need of a holiday. It’s all good fun, and great to see familiar faces again after a year, but I’m asleep on my feet now. The [...]
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“Is there any particular reason,” asks The Sister, coming into The Parents’ living room with a puzzled expression on her face, “why there were two packets of ham sitting at the front door?” The Parents look completely unperturbed as she sets the two mysterious packets of sliced ham on the coffee table. It is almost [...]
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You Say Goodbye, I Say… Historical Snapshots It Just Makes Me Happy
