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Blogging Anniversary - 10 years

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A while ago I checked when I did my first blog post, in order to celebrate with an anniversary post. Well, that day came and went without any reaction from me. Better late than never, so here a reminder of my very first blog post from 24 October 2012.  The book was New Finnish Grammar  by Diego Marani. Marani is an Italian novelist, translator and newspaper columnist. While working as a translator for the European Union he invented a language ‘Europanto’ which is a mixture of languages and based on the common practice of word-borrowing usage of many EU languages. It was a suitable book to start with, being a book about letters, languages and memories. With a beautiful prose, the novel went directly to my heart.  "One night at Trieste in September 1943 a seriously wounded soldier is found on the quay. The doctor, of a newly arrived German hospital ship, Pietri Friari gives the unconscious soldier medical assistance. His new patient has no documents or anything that can ide...
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Weird requests in hotels!

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Skyscanner  is a travel booking site. They have recently made a survey with hotels around the world on the weirdest requests made by guests in hotels. Here are the most unusual requests: 1. One glass of water on the hour every hour, throughout the night 
2. 15 cucumbers a day 15 cucumbers a day! 3. Toilet to be filled with mineral water 
4. Bath of honey 
5. Sound of goats bells to aid sleep 
6. Only the right legs of a chicken 
7. A dead mouse 
8. Bath of chocolate milk 
9. 16 pillows (for single guest) 
10. Crocodile soup The survey also includes the most unusual complaints and they are: The blue sea! 1. The sheets are too white 2. The sea was too blue 3. Ice cream too cold 4. Bath was too big 5. Girlfriend’s snoring kept guest awake (discount requested) 6. Guest’s dog didn’t enjoy his stay (refund requested) 7. Hotel had no ocean view (in Mayfair, London and Italy, 80km from coast) 8. There was no steak on vegetarian menu 9. Waiter was too hands...
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