Comments on: what I did on my holiday

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:29:33 +0000

Lacey, the airline worker said that they bid for the confiscated crackers and give the money to charity. I pictured a big party at the airport!

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:28:51 +0000

Anne, I think the cat liked being chased! My parents have two formerly feral cats who they rescued, and over the past three years they’ve become more sociable with my parents, though wary of other people. One of them always hides when anyone else is in the house, and we barely saw her in ten days.

The other is more curious, and though she won’t let strangers touch her, she’ll sit and look at you. She played a game with Fecklet—he’d be playing on the floor and the cat would sit about a metre away, watching intently. Then he’d notice her, shout joyously, “Cat!” and jump up. She’d hide, and then he’d go back to playing, and five minutes later, she’d be back watching him. She’d find him all over the house to do this. Same routine every time.

So I think it was fun for both of them.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:58:49 +0000

Happy new year Carol! You would have really liked the train. Fecklet could lie right down on his seat and go to sleep. And there was a dining car, with a couple of guys drinking beer and playing cards at one of the tables.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:08:46 +0000

Kim, I refuse to believe that anything sticks to those thighs of yours.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:08:08 +0000

Happy new year Kate! You would love the science museum in Boston, as would your kids. A big chunk of it is interactive with mini-experiments to do. Fecklet also liked the part where you could create your own digital fish to swim around on the giant aquarium screens mounted on the wall, basically to see how long it could survive before it got eaten.

My favourite was a whole exhibition about optical illusions in art.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:05:35 +0000

K8, I’m glad you’re better. You know, they don’t have Lemsip in the US. They have Dayquil, which is a liquid you take in a little cup. It works, but it doesn’t have the comfort qualities of a hot drink. That is something that is purely British I think.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:04:02 +0000

Happy new year to you too, Jan! I missed you before, sorry.

By: Lacey Devlin

Lacey Devlin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:35:57 +0000

You’ve got to watch those Christmas crackers… I’ll admit the idea of a confiscated Christmas crackers pile at the airport just tickles me

By: Anne McAllister

Anne McAllister — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:22:36 +0000

Sorry you got sick, Julie. But it sounds, otherwise, like a great time was had by all. And I’m sure Fecklet enjoyed every bit of it — and no doubt Grandma and Grandpa did, too. (Though the cat might have reservations about him coming again anytime soon!) Happy New Year!

By: carolc

carolc — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:00:38 +0000

Happy New Year Julie! Really pleased you had such a great holiday (minus the illness).

I love the sound of your train journey, very romantic and downright efficient. I’m already worried school might be shut as soon it starts next week due to forecasted snow.