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Ireland. Same.

Some dreadful so-called restaurant in Normandy, a dingy deserted place serving a horrible travesty of fish and scallops. (All those dead insects sticking to the windowpane should have been warning enough, but we were HUNGRY.) Same.

With cream, usually. Do you sing?

Last month in London. Your favourite guilty pleasure food?

It's been such a long time that I don't even remember. Do you have a favourite board game?

The earth laughs in flowers. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Grown-up men behaving like fussy babies. Same.

'70s Alfa Spider convertible. Most hated part of your job?

Never even tried, not even in the back yard when I was a kid. What was the first album you bought?

Looks more like a beer can to me. What can you stand better, extreme heat or extreme cold?

Sofa or garden. Do you like gardening?

Yes, it was based on the book but they changed certain plot elements. I have finished watching it meanwhile and have to agree that it wasn't a particularly good adaptation in my view. Dominic Cooper as Henry and Rufus Sewell as evil Adam did a great job, and I also loved the actress who played...

My thoughts exactly, pontalba.

“The little cares that fretted me, I lost them yesterday Among the fields above the sea, Among the winds at play.” ― Elizabeth Barrett Browning

This is so sad, and so senseless. My heart goes out to all those affected by this cowardly act of violence.

Don't think so. Do you get regular medical check-ups?

Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles 4/5 I guess this is Hardy's best-known work, the tragic story of a young woman who always seems to be on the wrong side of luck. Rather depressing, but beautifully written, with Hardy's usual lovely descriptions of people and places. For some reason...

Cool!

A yogurt-chocolate bar. Same.

None at all. I'm a sissy when it comes to spicy food. Your favourite unhealthy snack?