Development. Building. Population expansion. New demography. Dog shit. One way. Traffic jam. Car society. Out of town retail. Main Street changes. Polish language and groceries. Youth. Sports clothes shops. Giant Tesco store. Cracked uneven pavement. Road works. Sunshine. Quay extension. SUV. Diesel fumes. Luminous yellow singlets. Buskers. Beggars. Smiles. Frowns. Familiar faces. Funerals. Gardaí. Protective vests. No smoking. Pints. Pub. Double parking. Double Standards. Over too fast…….next time will be longer…….
Thysdrus is the latin name for El Djem, whose amphitheater was built in the 2nd century AD, 800 years later some guy called “J.Montl” among others while on a visit there decided to carve his name into the stone. In 1914, the same year the “Great War” broke out and 2 years before the Easter Rising. I thought that the Gladiator film was filmed here but apparently not.
J.Montl from somewhere on earth semi-immortalized in the stone of El Djem.
Best Roman ruins in Africa say the tourist blurb, and better preserved than the Coliseum, never been there so I couldn’t tell you.
The same year the Panama Canal was opened and the first ship to sail through was the SS Ancon seen below puffing out a load of black smoke.
When I was a youngster the da had a 404, in fact he had 2, one was a ‘72 or ‘73 the other a ‘76 or there abouts, one was driveable the other was just gathering dust and being slowing eaten by rust and cannabalised for parts. Last year in Sousse I saw them all over the pace as taxis and camionettes and of course ordinary cars, it was like a blast from the past or being an extra in a ’70s film. The picture below though shows the old Peugeot and the new side by side.
The merc I just thought was too cool, a real arab gangsta mobile, all that was missing was the plo scarves marlboros and AK47’s.
Gran Canaria, waiting for a ship to join, and I walk pass this place….”Café” it says, I think maybe they are aiming at the wrong segment of the market here. Gran Canaria is hardly the place where Irish tourist youngsters go to drink coffee at least not on purpose. They probably sold more beer than coffee anyway. Café Irlandés you can’t really go anywhere these days…….
Seen at the airport in Barcelona
Duty free allowance to UK 3200 per person……….to the rest of the EU 800?
So much for the healthy option! Cigarettes come in the 1000 pack variation. A whole suitcase just for the duty free!
3 litres of “Rare” J&B cost €41 in Tenerife the same sum of money would get you one litre in Sweden.
Or how about a special offer on the Johnny Red Label? with Coke branding for success
and why not get a few tins of corned beef to make a meal of it.
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