Believe me, there's noting glamorous about going on aeroplanes and
staying in hotels in other countries, Anna. The excitement of
getting up in time for the 0655 to Frankfurt on a February morning
lost its lustre long ago, if it ever had any.
The choices are window or aisle seat on the plane (or centre if
unlucky); trying to eat rather than wear what the airlines claim is
food and then whether the bathroom is on the left or right when
arriving at the hotel.

LOL OK you've convinced me! Funny how other peoples work always seems
much more glamourous than your own. I've just spent two days on hands
and knees crawling around in 20mm of accumulated dust in a church
roofspace inspecting the ceiling below. I am filthy dirty and
exhausted. Yet I get a steady trickle of people who email or phone me
up wanting to know how they can do what I do for a living.

Do you ever get to see any old buildings in your travels? If so, have
you seen any decorative plasterwork? I know Southern Germany / Austria
has sgraffito and someone told me that the Algarve has pargeting, but
I've hardly ever been to the European mainland in my life - always
gone for holidays somewhere more exotic and 3rd worldish

The water should be warm now, so thankfully off for a soak in a hot
bath

Anna

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