still in Malta
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fajrdrakoEver been to a house that is just about perfect?
I have, several times. There was my aunt's big stone farmhouse in Paris, Ontario. There was a house I once visited in Boston. Another in Ottawa, that belonged to one of my yoga teachers. And
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rosiespark's place, in Malta.Perfect.
Yesterday we went to the Maritime Museum in Birgu and saw the special exhibit on Lord Nelson. We'd both seen it (briefly) before; we both wanted to go back. We gave ourselves an hour and a half and when that time was over we were still only halfway through and the guard had to make us leve, though he was kind about it.
It isn't that the exhibit is so big. It's that it's so interesting. I was at first fascinated by seeing the bed that Lord Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton had slept in, in Naples. (It did occur to me to wonder where Lord Hamilton had slept. I guess, when you live in a palace, a spare bed is easy to find.) Then we found some wonderful maps, and a book of orders written in Nelson's own handwriting - before he lost his hand. There was another item containing his signature, obviously written in his left hand, after he lost the right. All sorts of fascinating things. We plan to go back today.
Before the museum, we went to a wonderful restaurant called Chez Philippe (
rosiespark's treat for my birthday, even though my birthday is past, I was thrilled) where they had what just might be the best creme brulee I have ever tasted. The host was delightful, spoke European French (and noted my Canadien accent right off) and sat down at the table with us to describe the specials of the day. Very friendly. And then the food turned out to be superb. We had the daily special starters; then I had octopus salad, which I love and won't be able to get when I go back home... and that superb creme brulee.After the museum, fortified by our Age of Sail passions, we went back to Mlj user=rosiespark>'s place and watched the first two Horatio Hornblower movies, The Even Chance and The Examination for Lieutenant, which I have previously called The Duel and The Fire Ships, because I have the American edition of the DVDs. There were some technical glitches with the television, which seem to have been overcome.
I loved the Hornblower movies as much as I ever did. And the characters. I have even come to appreciate Archie more than I used to, though it's Pellew I continue to most adore. For some reason I was noticing the peripheral characters more - the nameless sailors in the background, and the wonderful secondary characters like Matthews and Styles and Foster.
rosiespark had been playing some wonderful CDs - Yo Yo Ma, the soundtracks of The Lord of the Rings and Master and Commander, and I said she probably didn't have any CDs I wouldn't like. She challenged me: "Nine Inch Nails?" But I love Nine Inch Nails! So we are listening happily.
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Date: 2005-11-06 11:58 am (UTC)Cute, though.