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Regenbogen:
--- Quote from: Dina on August 10, 2025, 08:16:25 PM ---
The expedition I talked you about ended a few minutes ago, and it was super fun and awesome. The ship and sub will be on Uruguay in a few weeks.
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Very cool and interesting. I just watched some.
We are back home now. And even though being somewhere else is fun, I am always glad to come home. I missed the cats. ❤️
On our second to last day we were on the Isle on Wight and there we visited some beautiful landscapes and also the Dinosaur Coast, though I wasn't sure we were at the right one, lol. It was a warm day and there were people bathing. But we didn't have our bathing clothes with us. But we still went into the water up to our knees. The kids collected many stones and shells and had a lot of fun. It is said that one could maybe find some dinosaur footprints there, but either you can only find them during low tide or we were on the wrong beach or we would have to dig deep in the sand. I wouldn't think those would still be intact given the erosion due to the water. So there must be a place with hard rock which is not flooded.
I found something which looks like a fragment of a bone in stone, but I am no expert.
For the kids, just collecting stones was the most fun part. To be honest, I also still love collecting stones and shells, lol.
I also do that when I am at home at our river.
Dina:
--- Quote from: Regenbogen on August 15, 2025, 06:59:44 AM ---Very cool and interesting. I just watched some.
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I am glad you liked them :)
I am glad you are safe home and that you and your family had a good time. What you told us about the beach sounds so fun in a relaxing, cool way. I am sure there was a very pretty landscape too. Thanks for sharing that, I had not heard about the Dinosaur Coast.
Regenbogen:
--- Quote from: Dina on August 16, 2025, 10:51:35 AM ---I am glad you liked them :)
I am glad you are safe home and that you and your family had a good time. What you told us about the beach sounds so fun in a relaxing, cool way. I am sure there was a very pretty landscape too. Thanks for sharing that, I had not heard about the Dinosaur Coast.
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I didn't know before, too. I found it on Google Maps , when I was looking for a place to visit on our way back from the Needles at the west coast. We had one day on the island. To be honest, I just knew that the island was supposed to be beautiful and that there were those cool rocks that look like needles in the west. I didn't know before that apparently there are a lot of fossils to be found. It seemed like every second village has some sort of dinosaur themed something. I guess it is because of the rock formations and what kind of rocks there are. One can see all the different layers. I really like places like that. It is similar at the Atlantic coast of France, though the rocks were a bit different there. Less chalky.
There would have been so much to visit, one can't put everything in one day. One can put a lot in one day, but this wouldn't be fun any more then. So, for both Cornwall and the Isle of Wight I just planned for one location to visit. And then let's see what else is on the way and if we still have energy for something new. I left out a lot of things I wanted to see. But there were some must see locations and we did all of those.
And as we did not manage to get tickets in time for the Harry Potter studios, we will do that maybe this year in autumn or next year in spring.
But we managed to get into Madame Tussaud's. I've been there at the age of 15 with a friend and a group of fellow teenagers. And I knew, it would be fun for my kids, too. Also there is a bunch of new stuff I wanted to see. And LOL, I think the Terminator is still the same as it was 30 years ago.
Dina:
I was in Mme Tussaud in 2017. It was great and I loved it. I have so many pictures, with Patrick Stewart for example. Brad Pitt. Helen Mirren. I also loved the photographer that looked real. I just checked and I have a picture with the Terminator but mostly in the background. I did not care so much for him. I do have a wonderful picture with Spielberg. I wonder if there is still a queen Elizabeth sculpture. That day we also went to Ripley and it was so fun :)
I think your family did the right choice. It is impossible to see everything but it is important to tak the time to enjoy what we see.
Apparently the Natural Sciences Museum at my city is already selling merchandising of the sea expedition I mentioned before. Specially the literal "star" of the show. An orange star that they said was similar to Patrick from Spongebob. It was nicknamed "la estrellita culona" which means the little big-butted starfish ;D
You can see why here
Regenbogen:
So, hello!
How is everyone?
Here, we can feel autumn is getting nearer and nearer. The first leaves have been falling, the apples are ripe and the nights are beginning to get colder. And the sun goes down earlier.
The summer holidays will still last until mid September.
Next week, I'm going to have to buy some school supplies.
I am very excited about the new book in January. And there will be a new novella in may.
And I've read on Reddit that JB said that he is already writing Mirror Mirror. I didn't expect that. I thought he wanted to take turns with Cinder Spires. But actually, I am glad. I like Cinder Spires and I would enjoy another book in that universe, but honestly, I could also live without it. There is nothing that can compare to the DF in my opinion. If there will be another CS book, I will definitely read it, because I do like them. But I am not as hooked as I am with DF. Maybe because there are still only two books so far, maybe because of the change in point of view, maybe because it's all third person narration, maybe because of all of the above.
I am thinking about a reread of just all the short stories and microfictions. I am currently reading Butcher junior's new book and then there is a new Rivers of London book. And iirc there will be a new Mercy Thompson book out in November or so.
I am also listening to the last Dungeon Crawler Carl audio book. I like those a lot. At first I thought it was kind of funny on the surface but too gloomy and apocalyptic when you dig deeper, but I started to like the characters. He is adding more depth to them the further the books go.
@Dina: the big butted starfish! 🤣
Hilarious!
In November I will start learning something new at work. I am very excited. It will be an additional skill to what I am currently doing.
Also, I've been polishing up my French. The language! 😉
I was quite good at it in school but haven't used it for years. Most of it is still there. And I can understand about ¾ of what is written and about ½ of what is spoken depending on how fast they speak. But I mostly can't express myself except some basics.
As a child I've been in France a lot. It is not far away. We always knew some basics to get by there.
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