Tunes on Tuesday ~ Vacation
I need to cure what’s deep inside ~ this helps
If the Gods are smiling on me then I should be on a beach in Cancun, maybe with a good-looking woman for company. It’s tough, but nobody said that getting to Mexico in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic was going to be easy.
Well, what do you want? It’s a vacation track and video.
I’ve driven those roads, in a Mustang.
And my name is Jack.
(obviously this is a scheduled post)
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jack collier
jackcollier@talktalk.net
that’s more like it
Tunes on Tuesday ~ Chris Rea
home isn’t always where the heart is
Back at home after a sunshine vacation. All of which was good, except for the sick flight home. I thought I was looking for the summer ~ seems the truth is, I was trying to fill an empty place in my heart.
Today, here in England it’s cold, wet, grey. My friends are acting strangely. I’ve been as sick as a dog for a week.
I’m beginning to wonder if coming home was such a good idea.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
time I found a way to fly away
Scenes on Sunday ~ Oludeniz
the paragliders are out in force today, squadrons of them
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Jack Collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Orville and Wilbur might approve, but you will never get me up in one of those things
Vacation Mornings
it’s so quiet you can hear the sunrise
Saturday morning after the Friday night partying here, and only me and a few determined German joggers and powerwalkers are out and about. They never look as though they are having fun. Mayhap ‘fun’ is verboten.
The bread delivery man and street-sweepers are out and about too. Only a Mediterranean people would think it a good idea to have a couple of guys with a dustpan and brush each set off to clean up a whole street.
And now it’s coffee time.
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Jack Collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
a few short hours ago this street was jumping
Christmas is Cancelled
Scrooge had the right idea ~ Christmas Bah! Humbug!
For the second year in succession my Christmas vacation plans have been cancelled ~ without so much as a ‘bye your leave’.
The thing is, when other people totally fuck up mess up your Christmas holiday plans, they feed you a bunch of guilt assuaging crap in the mistaken belief that you can’t telling the whole truth.
The other thing is, when Christmas vacation plans get suddenly cancelled, it’s pretty difficult to unwind arrangements, and almost impossible to make alternative plans with only 6 weeks or so until it’s time to fly off to somewhere warm and sunny. At Christmas Time everywhere is booked up months in advance, the airlines are overbooked, and it’s utterly impossible to find a cute travelling companion.
So, come Christmas Eve, I’ll have a box full of gifts for a woman, a suitcase full of great clothes, a wallet full of US$, and no place to go. Last year I stayed in the garret on my own, except for Marmaduke, and got good and drunk ~ well miserably drunk. And it looks as though it might be the same this year. Which is a shame.
The other sad thing is that, along with my holiday plans being cancelled, comes some problems in a treasured relationship.
l, they always said that when things seem to be going well you’ll get a load of shit dumped on your head.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
don’t think Santa is coming this way
Turkey – The Strip
Sometimes unexpected Magic happens.
Taking a vacation with no expectations, other than reading a book by the pool, has lead me down a surreal rabbit-hole of fun.
This sleepy little seaside town of Oludeniz has a street that comes alive at night time, when it’s called The Strip.
Last night, our organised excursion was to visit some bars and clubs, so come ten o’clock, 18 of us hit The Strip.
Starting at Oh Yes cocktail bar, via Reef Bar, we all ended up in Bitter’s Cocktail Karaoke Bar.
Turns out I can’t sing, but I can dance. 😈
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Jack Collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Scenes on Sunday ~ California
Southern California is the Land of Crazy Colourful Dreams
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
I like California,
and I very much like my friend in California
Marmaduke home alone
Marmaduke has seen me looking at the internet ~ making plans for this year’s Christmas and New Year Holidays.
As I’m not taking him to Barcelona next week he’s worried that I won’t be taking him along this Christmas, so he’s been making his own Christmas plans.
Where ever Marmaduke is thinking of going for his Christmas Dinner, I’m thinking of a Christmas Caribbean cruise~ providing I can find the right girl to take along.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Barcelona
The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona.
Despite just having returned from a four-week vacation in the USA, I’ve now booked flights to Barcelona, to see a very close friend. I fly out there On September 26th, and come back to England on September 29th
The journey from Newcastle upon Tyne, to Amsterdam, to Barcelona, is about 11 hours each way, and the flights are costing me about $400. Add in hotels, taxis, meals, and the like, and this will easily be an $800 / $1,000 short break.
Barcelona is a fabulous city, which I’m only visiting for two days on this trip. I ‘m going a long way for only 2 days, but what price on friendship?
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Jet-lag
With air travel there is no distance, there is only time.
Air travel, especially long haul flights, can be very exhausting. Getting to the airport 3 hours before the flight, endless queuing, cramped seating back in coach / economy, noise, dry air, and airports are just horrible places to spend much time… But it’s only recently that I’ve become prey to terrible jet-lag, which mostly affects me when I’m flying from west to east
There are some things that will reduce the effects of jet-lag, paying for a better seat, not drinking on the aircraft, and sleeping as much as possible on the journey. Melatonin helps too.
However, following my last trip to the USA, I have been wrecked for a week with jet-lag. But it’s all worth it when one has a great time on vacation. (And, I don’t do business travel any more.)
The best thing of all is seeing wonderful sights and creating great memories.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
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