... had seemed a good spot to enjoy the sun and read on "Les Frères Karamazov", at least until a party of vociferating hikers hit the terrace one storey above and sat down with the declared intention of staying ...
A social game like that was probably not the best choice for the party. I wouldn't say it spoilt the atmosphere, but as our host announced what we would play after eating, I cringed with apprehension. ...
... a remark about that being a prehistoric butchery site. I initially thought it was a joke, but then the members of that party led by a very knowledgeable local guide set about sharpening their eyesight ...
... those I asked either quoted a preposterous amount of money or tried to cajole me to get in and I’d give whatever I wanted (but experience has taught me that “whatever one wants” never meets the other party’s ...
... the explanation lies rather in China being a Communist country in which party officials can turn towns and villages and even nature into attractions and charge a ticket. In democratic countries a town ...
... special – it was mostly a semi urban outskirts environment with occasional crossings of green patches – as the social experience with the other hikers. The atmosphere was that of a house party where you ...
... Chinese meal, and I felt like the dinner party protagonist surrounded by everybody’s curiosity, if not benevolence, just as it happens in China when you are the only foreigner in an alien environment – ...
On Monday 31 December I texted a friend to say I hadn’t been able to contact other people for a get-together, and she proposed I went to a dinner party with her. I didn’t know the host, or most of the ...
Sella refuge lies at an altitude of 2,700 m in the Gran Paradiso National Park. Every year, at the last weekend of September, they hold the end-of the-season party to mark the moment from which the establishment ...
... and slide down with your toboggan, ride a camel or do other activities in the sand. People are screaming like mad, all turned into rampaging schoolchildren let loose for an hour. The communist party emblem ...
... filled four heavy crates, and I’m not talking about the other members of the party. The fruits did not all end up in the baskets as some had to be sample-tested for “quality check”, especially when it ...
... glasses of drinks. Carlos, Linda and some French people were already partying under the guidance of Tosh who kept the spirits up inciting all to keep downing booze.
He is very cheerful and makes a very ...
... and official visits to the compound by party members, whereas they snubbed the two other floors displaying an informative story of the army and its unearthing. I was bewildered to see people in googy poses ...
Just as I was starting to pull the house together after Saturday night’s dinner party, I received a text from Claudia. The message was about the dance parade due to take place the next day at half past ...
... But since Saturday something changed.
No sooner had I come home from Elena’s birthday party, at half past midnight, than I turned on the computer for a moment’s distraction before going to bed. I ...
... I was invited to dinner. So far, so good.
However, as we were having starters a call arrived from my friend Claudia who I had given my word to about attending a welcome party in honour of her mother ...
These are the pictures of Wednesday’s dinner party at my place. When I showed them to a foreign friend, he was speechless to see us adults behave in what he defined an “abnormal” way. “Abnormal” it may ...
... get off. It doesn’t take them long to ferret out the pretty creature, which at first I thought they wanted to see from close and fondle. However it soon turns out to be a cruel hunting party, because, ...
... not an easy task to get hold of a vehicle to Baiyu, as all were already chartered and mostly headed to Ganzi. After an hour we found a party of four who were going our way and took us with them. They were ...
... comments are exchanged and I get an affirmative answer. But the waiting is slow, and I abandon the waiting party for a quicker Atm machine.
The horrendous crowds of Chinese nationals separately queuing ...