Vegan food..........
I like Vegans, i like vegan food BUT please for the love of God stop naming vegan food items after meat items.
Vegan Beef free burger - "A Vegan Burger"
Vegan Chicken free Nuggets - "Vegan Nuggets"
Vegan free from cod fish fingers - "Vegan fingers"
It really is that simple, you don't need to mention what they aren't, vegans aren't that dull or are they? Look at a sloth, they only eat leaves.
Also KFC Vegan Burger.......if you are a real vegan you wouldn't set a toe inside a KFC with the amount of chickens they get through in a day.
Coffee shop creches........
Now then, coffee shops are for anyone, not a problem with families with kids in them but its when they just let the little ankle biter run lose and free around the place while they chat to their friends or swipe their phone furiously to see what Kak Kardashian is wearing today without keeping an out on their pride and joy. This i saw in a Costas i was in today.
If I'm walking back to my seat with a tray of hot boiling water in a tea pot and i bump in to a little ray of sunshine (being sarcastic there) running riot and that teapot spills all over the child who do you think that careless parent will blame? Yep, me.
Luckily i didn't have that happen today as i just had a cup of cappuccino but a child of about 2 did run in to my legs.
Coffee shops are most probably the worst place to let a kid run around in, almost every person has a hot drink.
THINK PARENTS, THINK!
Boarding a bus..........
Now anywhere i want to go i can get to on public transport mainly hassle free during the journey BUT why is it that people can't have the money, ticket or mobile phone ready to get on the bus?
We all stand there maybe 5 or 10 Min's before the bus arrives. We know we're getting on the bus, we known we need a ticket to get on it, so why the HELL, GOD DAMN, STUPID, IDIOTIC, BRAINLESS, ASSHOLES NEVER HAVE THINGS READY?
They always wait until they are at the drivers window then its looking through pockets and piles of crap in their bag to find a ticket, rummaging around in a wallet or purse dropping coins everywhere looking for change to pay or swiping page after page just to get their downloaded ticket , ARE YOU ALL MORONS? AAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!
Phew, that's better!
And on we go with my holiday snaps.
Firstly here is the picture from the Cardiff Devils game programme at the beginning of December with my fav player Masi Marjamaki that Sian sorted for me to sponsor as a surprise gift. Yes he is bending down as he is 6'6" with his skates on and I'm a short ass.
"Christmas time, Switzerland's mulled wine,
i hate singing christian rhyme,
logs on the fire with beers running free,
It's time to rejoice as i don't need a wee"
Yes people "IT'S CHRISTMASSSSSSSSS!" and out to Switzerland we go.
This is me auditioning for the next Dr. Who. We've had a English Dr. , we've had a Scottish Dr. , now it's time for a short ass, balding Welsh Dr.
This was actually a long light tunnel leading to a Christmas village with log cabin bars.
Sian looks like a beautiful red peacock lol.
Oh yes, beer and a log fire in a log cabin. Is that a safe combination? Alcohol, fire and lots of wood all around.
Switzerland is just such a great place to go no matter what time of the year, it's our spiritual home.
"Holidays are coming, Holidays are coming" pity, i can't stand Coca Cola. Now if it was a Jim Beam Red Stag truck I'd be doing laps of the queue.
Lots and lots to do and see at the Christmas market and thousands of people, it was a bit crazy at one point but all good fun.
Every time we have gone to Switzerland (3 times now) it has been sunny, clear and a majority of the time dry so we've seen some spectacular views across Lake Geneva.
2018 it was a Christmas tree on the seating platform, last year it was a Stag, looked amazing in the day and at night.
"Should auld balding short asses be forgot,
you will always have his blog,
reminding you what a tit he is,
and the read is such a slog"
"HAPPY NEW YEAR!" off to St. Malo in France we go to see the new year in.
We flew from Stanstead on the 30th Dec and what a great airport that is, shame it's a bit far away as we would use it more but it's the only airport that has flights to Dinard and when we landed we could see why.
The airport is smaller than Zakynthos old airport. It is more of a light aircraft airport.
It has the smallest luggage belt in the world. After 4 suitcases they just started to fall off and pile up, lucky we travel light with just hand luggage as we now only book apartments wherever we go so we have all the luxury of a holiday home.
St. Malo, i visited here when i was 15 on a French course with my high school and it is still just as amazing as the first time i visited 36 years ago.
The Christmas fair was still there, oh joy!
All around St. Malo there are fortresses out at see which you can walk to when the tide is out.
Awwww pretty.
In the centre of the walled town there is cathedral that was bombed during the war which has been restored to it's former glory.
All the streets within the town are cobbled and paved and vehicles are only allowed inside the towns rampart walls at certain times of the day so people can just walk around safely.
Wherever you go in the world you can usually find a Irish pub and St. Malo is no different.
They've saved on decorating by letting people draw and write all over the walls, great idea.
This round seating section is actually hanging through the ceiling in to the bar area below. I did stand on it and it was very safe.
A little lunchtime drink and the beer on the left is a fruit beer, not a cider, a beer and very nice it was too. One thing we did notice was Rum was the drink of choice in St. Malo, all different makes and flavours, not a gin bar in sight or shelf after shelf of gins, thank god.
We always try to find a zoo or a aquarium wherever we go and St. Malo had a great aquarium with so much to do and see.
The view of St. Malo from the fortress.
Here's a little fact for you.
Inside the walls on St.Malo during the 17th century there used to be a 10pm curfew and bells would ring at that time to announce the curfew had started which they still ring to this day but during the 17th century after 10pm they used to release 24 English Mastiffs who were not fed all day out in to the streets to patrol the town. If anyone was out after 10pm they would be attacked and sometimes killed by the dogs who were then put back in their kennels the next morning.
What a great idea. Can we do that with some of our city centres.
Like the news........and finally.....
In St. Malo there a car parking spaces for dog owners, how good is that. IN YOUR FACE CATS!
So that is part one of our travels done and on to part two.
Next up for Valentines Day is Dublin for the weekend followed by 8 nights in March staying at Downtown Calgary, Canada with 2 Calgary Flames ice hockey games, a meal at the top of the Calgary tower and a visit to the zoo already booked and ready to go with the other 4 days sight seeing and before heading back to the island its the ice hockey playoff final weekend held in Nottingham mid April.
Not much more to tell you just looking forward to our trips.
So until the next update.......
Serve All, Love All, Peace All, Kevlar Out!
