[slideshow] Blonde and Brunette were on our favorite sort of trip the "Severance Package Celebration Getaway". Blonde had suspected for months that the company she was working for was headed for The Big Bang. However, having been previously employed by the same group of companies she watched The Clock of Doom tick down to blast-off secure in the knowledge that she would get a … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2012
Can’t Switzerland just issue parking tickets like everyone else?
Blonde and Brunette arrived at Malpensa airport in Milan after the usual enjoyable air travel experience of unidentifiable food, screeching babies, germ and fart infested cabin air, and seats created by a dollhouse dominatrix furniture designer. Never all that bright in our own time zones, it isn't entirely a stretch to assume that we should be forbidden from getting off a … [Read more...]
Yes please
When Blonde and Brunette traveled to Turkey in 2002 it was their first joint venture abroad. Originally it was going to be a bicycle trip in the Dordogne region of France. Then a Turkish friend of Blonde's mentioned she was going to Turkey for the summer and said the sister duo should visit. One call to Brunette and the bicycle trip was ditched faster than a Kardashian's … [Read more...]
How “accidental” sex tapes get made – Aussie style
In April of 2011 Blonde, in observation of her ongoing unemployment, wisely went to Australia for three weeks with Brunette. The ostensible "reason" was that we "needed" to swim with whale sharks. April is the time of year when the whale sharks pimp themselves out to tourists at Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia. We carefully planned our itinerary to be unaffected by Easter … [Read more...]
Galapagos Islands on a Hyundai and a Prayer
[slideshow] Several years ago Blonde and Brunette's parents passed away within 15 months of each other. It had been a sad and very stressful time for the entire family and, as the only offspring, especially so for B&B. It made a strong impression on B&B that both parents, in their last months, spoke of their fond memories of travel. We inherited a few things we didn't … [Read more...]
Turkey without the towels
[slideshow]News reports of an earthquake in Turkey mentioned a panic had ensued in Fethiye and people ran from the village. Blonde’s thoughts were not “luckily it was a false alarm for Fethiye and no one was harmed”. Her thoughts were more along the decidedly less humanitarian lines of “I’m so glad I wasn’t there and killed in an earthquake in that damned Turkish bath. The … [Read more...]
“Brunetty wholesomeness”? The Bontebonk might not agree.
Brunette is currently reading a book Blonde sent her. It is an absolutely hilarious "truish" memoir by Jenny Lawson "The Bloggess" and the title is "Let's Pretend This Never Happened". (That's what Blonde does about the men she slept with in the 70s. Well, 80s and 90s too.) In the book Brunette seized upon a description of a person who had a "brunetty wholesomeness" . Brunette … [Read more...]
The dangers in Greece may not be the ones you expect
Blonde and Brunette were on the first full day of a weeklong sailing vacation with Beyond Yachting out of Lefkada, Greece with two friends; Deb and Husband-of-Deb (HOD) . Thanks to some reckless Italians who had destroyed the 43' boat we'd reserved, we were upgraded to a 50' Beneteau. Our multi-talented skipper, Pavo, was hilarious, smart, an excellent musician and the all … [Read more...]
How not to impress people with your love of Ireland
Brunette and I were staying at a lovely property outside of Hermanus in South Africa. (At the time it was the Westin Arabella but is, tragically, no longer a Westin property.) We decided to walk around the grounds as it was too cold for the dip in the pool we had hoped to have. We encountered a friendly couple from Ireland who had won their trip to South Africa. Brunette … [Read more...]
Koala testicles in trees and explaining family trees
Blonde's chronic unemployment has its downside, what with the whole no income thing. The upside of unemployment is how it frees up time for travel. Only recently has it become clear(ish) that spending money traveling has not been a financially advantageous way to have coped with the whole lack of an income thing. However, being Blonde, it took two years and a lifetime of … [Read more...]