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First time away from Europe
I'd harboured a desire to visit Costa Rica for years and when Julie and I worked out that we could make quite a lot of money playing pub quz machines in about September 2001 we started saving hard and by the middle of 2002 we reckoned that we had enough to get ourselves to Central America. So tonight we finished off our packing before heading to Heathrow and points west.
Wonderful Waxwings
... the corner of the street and they were behaving normally, which means that they were settling in a taller tree within sight of the berries and then flying down to guzzle a dozen or so before either returning to the look-out tree or flying off to rest somewhere nearby until they had room for another course. We watched them for about 30 minutes and they visited the lookout tree three times and the berry tree twice. Julie got a couple of nice photos and here's one of them.
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Final thoughts
... to acknowledge my presence whilst attending to all Phil's food & drink related needs! I finally had to speak up and insist on a glass - difficult to imagine I know! [Phil: And even then, she didn't drink it!!!] Don't like being ignored! We were then introduced to the equally delightful [but less partisan] chef who was pleased we had enjoyed his food and told us his life story! And the Maitre De came for a chat.
To add to his conquests Phil then exchanged ...
Outtakes
The search for a decent profile picture began on home soil. As you can see, I was unsuccessful.
One can only hope that an idyllic sunset/ bit of intense nature / some poignant culture over the next few months ...
Just a map pin
Gracia, Sant Roc, Sants, Santa Tecla, La Merce – apparently 5 Catalan festivals weren't enough for us this year. We usually go away for my birthday for a few days and this year Julie found a Festa Major in the small town of Altafulla, on the coast just north east of Tarragona with castellers on my birth date. A chance to see a new part of Catalunya and do some birding too. Read ...
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