Culinary Creations - Food From Around The World At The World Travel Market in London

FOOD

(Coconut) milk rice, national dish of Sri Lanka. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

RICE

Sri Lankan Coconut Rice

Coconut milk rice from the Sri Lanka stand. It is the national dish and eaten every day, for three meals a day, starting with breakfast. The only ingredients are rice and coconut milk. Cut a square of the solid rice into diagonal lines to make squares or diamond shapes.

SNACKS

DATES

Three types of dates. Hard. Medium Soft. Ultra soft.

From a Saudi stand.

DATE ICE CREAM - And coffee

Date Ice Cream and coffee, sold at Harrods in London.

PEANUTS

Nagaraya Brand Barbecue Cracker Nuts Coated Peanuts

WALNUTS

Argentinian sweet with a walnut on top.

Dulce de cayote, called angel hair in Spain. a sweet from Argentina.

Best biscuit - Kings soft cookie

From Elbisco Greece. On Facebook and Instagram.

Useful Websites For WTM snacks

https://www.hungrylankan.com/recipes/kiribath-sri-lankan-milk-rice/

Argentina wines at Vinexpo, Singapore

Some handy Spanish Words In Argentina and South America, Mexico and Spain , for banks, silver and plates

The name Argentina sounds Spanish but actually comes from the Italian for silver or silver coloured. The Italian masculine is argentino. But Spanish is the language of Argentina. Let's go!

Even if you have never been to Argentina, you may recall the emotive song, Don't cry for me, Argentina, about the Argentinian heroine, Eva Peron. Spanish isn't only useful in Argentina. Spanish a handy language if you are ever going to Spain in Europe, and to popular Spanish islands such as Mallorca or Tenerife. 

You also find Spanish handy in Mexico and all over South America and central America. The exception is Brazil where they speak Portuguese, but understand Spanish, and when I was on holiday in the Portuguese speaking island of Madeira I could recognize and understand a huge number of street signs, shop names, and leaflets.

Spanish is a very handy language to know. It is one of the easiest languages to pick up if English is your first or second language. Large numbers of English words are derived from Latin, or romance languages. The same roots lead to the Spanish words. Add an a or an o and you have many Spanish equivalents. For example. Bank is the English.

For example, add an o to the English word bank, and you get the Spanish word Banco. That is easy to recognize in a street, on a website, or when speaking. But what if you say banca? That means banking.

What about plato and plata? Plato is a plate. 

But Plata is silver.

Un plato. Imagine asking for a plate in a shop. 

The assistant replies, 'Oh, a plate'. 'Un plato.'

However, imagine that you are looking for something more expensive, silver. 

'Ah!' she replies. Silver! 'Plata!'

Accents

The accents are not a hindrance but a help. They tell you which syllable should be pronounced more heavily. 

The squiggly line above the n tell you to pronounce it like ny. You probably already know the word 'mananya' meaning tomorrow. it sounds like 'man - yarn - a'.

English - Spanish

bank - Banco

banking - banca

beautiful - hermosa

capital - capital

capital city - ciudad capital (note that the adjective is after the noun in Spanish)

city - ciudad

a plate - un plato

plates - platos

silver - plata

silver jewellery - joyeria de plata

silver mine - mina de plata

silver plated - platado

a silver plate - un plato de plata

tennis - tenis

white - blanco (feminine blanca) (like blank)

Spanish - English

Banco - bank

banca - banking

blanca - white

capital - capital

ciudad - city

ciudad capital - capital city

hermosa - beautiful

joyeria de plata - silver jewellery

mina de plata - silver mine

plata - silver

platado - silver-plated

platos - plates

un plato - a plate

un plato de plato - a silver plate

tenis - tennis

Useful Websites

duolingo.com

translate.google.com

Bronze statue of Anne Frank in Buenos Aires, Argentina

 I knew about the statue of Anne Frank in the Netherlands. But I didn't know about the one in Buenos Aires. Until too late, I thought, after it had gone. The news reported that the statue had been stolen. Now I have just learned that the statue was recovered and restored to its rightful place. 

Apparently it was not taken by anti-Semites but by the 'bronze mafia' who stole statues to obtain the metal. Luckily it was found in time.

Buenos Aires, meaning beautiful air, in Spanish, is the capital of Argentina. In South America.

From the Wikipedia description I have picked up some handy Spanish words, or reminders. I am learning Spanish, slowly, a little every day, whenever I can.

Spanish - English

Ana - Anne

Argentina (the country)

Argentino - Argentinian (person from the country of Argentina)

de - of

en - in

Español - Spanish (language)

estatua - statue

la - the

madero - log/timber/board

puerto - port

réplica - replica

Roberto - Robert

English - Spanish

Anne - Ana

of - de

in - en

port - puerto

replica - réplica

Robert - Roberto

Spanish (language) - Español

statue - estatua

the - la

...

Description	Español: Réplica de la estatua Anne Frank (Ana Frank) de Jet Schepp. En Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires Argentina. English: A replica of the statue of Anne Frank (Anne Frank), Jet Schepp. In Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires Argentina.
Date	1 May 2015, 15:39:36
Source	Own work
Author	Roberto Fiadone

Planning A Club Meeting or party in October and want a theme? Biro, Black History and national and international days and other ideas

  October 

October is the start of autumn in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern hemisphere. In Ocober you can celebrate black history month, space week, 

Black History Month. Black history month is celebrated by the museum of inventions in the USA by the story of the man who invented the breadcrumb machine. As you eat you can write a poem using a Biro, thinking of Virgil or older persons or teachers. Let's go, with our list.

1 International Day of Older Persons.

Birthday of Henry Clay Work who wrote My Grandfather's Clock.

2 International day of non violence. Birthday of Gandhi. World Statistics Day.

3 World Temperance Day.

Death of Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone with the Wind: quotation Tomorrow is another Day.

4 Animal Day. Habitat Day. Space week (4th to 10th).

5 Unesco World Teachers' Day.

6 UK National poetry day. National noodle day.

7 World Cotton Day. (World Space Week from 4th to 10th.)

8 International Podiatry (foot health) day

9 World Post Day.

10 World mental health day.

11 Birthday of Eleanor Roosevelt who said, Nobody can ever make you feel inferior without your permission.

12 Columbus Day. Spanish national holiday.

13 UN Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.

14 World Standards Day.

15 Birthday of Poet Virgil who was epic poet Laureate under Augustus.

Global UN World handwashing day.

16 World Food Day

17 International day for eradication of Poverty.

18 (2021 - depending on the equinox, Bahai feast of knowledge.)

19 Mother Teresa's Day, Albania.

20 World statistics day

21 UK Apple Day.

22 Australia: Unofficial wombat day.

22 National nut day. International Stuttering awareness day.

23 Hungarian republic day.

The name of László Bíró (‘Leslie Judge’) is known worldwise because the Budapest-born newspaper editor invented the eponymous (named after a person) biro. Seeing fountain pen ink ran and smudged paper, Bíró with the help of his brother, György, a chemist, create a pen with a revolving tip - a ballpoint.

Bíró patented his pioneering everyday object in 1938, abut being a Hungarian Jew, he was forced to flee Nazi-occupied Europe. He settled in Argentina, where his biro was produced and his pens helped RAF aircrew during bombing missions over Germany. Bíró died in 1985 – but lives in our memory every 29 September, when Argentines celebrate his birthday on the nation’s annual Día del Inventor.

24 United Nations Day.

25 Start of World Diasarmaent Week

26 Birthday of Napoleon Hill, author of think and grow rich.

27 UNESCO Audiovisual heritage - words and music from the past (national anthems) 

28 UK National Chocolate Day.

29 Disarmament week (Oct 25 to 30th)

30 Death of Emma Wheeler Wilcox. Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone. World Thrift Day.

31 Birthday of Keats: A thing of beauty is a joy forever. I never was afraid of failure, for I would sooner fail than not be among of the best. World Cities Day.

Useful Websites

https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-days-and-weeks

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/october-international-days/

Who Said What When by Angela Lansbury, a paperback book, printed on demand by www.lulu.com, ID 14952577, has a quotation for the birth, death or other event of famous people every day of the year.

Quick Quotations by Angela Lansbury, also from lulu.com, has a section at the end listing national and international holidays for each month.

Argentina and More Latin Words And Numbers And A Mistake I Made

I was telling a member of my family that the country name Argentina comes from the Latin for silver. They pointed out that the place name Costa Dorada comes from the Latin for gold, which is aurum. The Au is then written in many languages as O.

D comes from de meaning of.

Easy to see the origin of the word gold in several languages, Spanish, French, Catalan, Romanian, Albanian, Malay.

Chocolates called d'or mean of gold.

Costa Duarada
Spanish gold coast, comes from the Latin aurum.

Easier to remember than words are the numbers.

Numbers
Look at the Latin inscriptions on Roman ruins and learn the numbers so you can read the birth  and death dates, or ages, of the deceased. Check the date of the inscription.

Even a modern building often has the date written in Roman numerals. That is handy. It saves muddling dates with house numbers which are written in Arabic numerals.

Once I looked at a house in the USA. I said to the family, "That house was built in 1804."
My family replied, "And the next one was built in 1806, the one after that in 1808."

Wiki answers everything, sometimes in too much detail.

Cardinal numerals[edit]

The cardinal numerals are the ordinary numbers used for counting ordinary nouns ('one', 'two', 'three' and so on):

1	I	ūnus, ūna, ūnum	11	XI	ūndecim	21	XXI	vīgintī et ūnus	101	CI	centum et ūnus
2	II	duo, duae, duo	12	XII	duodecim	22	XXII	vīgintī et duo	200	CC	ducentī, ducentae, ducenta
3	III	trēs, tria	13	XIII	trēdecim	30	XXX	trīgintā	300	CCC	trecentī, trecentae, trecenta
4	IV	quattuor	14	XIV	quattuordecim	40	XL	quadrāgintā	400	CD	quadringentī, quadringentae, quadringenta
5	V	quīnque	15	XV	quīndecim	50	L	quīnquāgintā	500	D	quīngentī, quīngentae, quīngenta
6	VI	sex	16	XVI	sēdecim	60	LX	sexāgintā	600	DC	sescentī, sescentae, sescenta
7	VII	septem	17	XVII	septendecim	70	LXX	septuāgintā	700	DCC	septingentī, septingentae, septingenta
8	VIII	octō	18	XVIII	duodēvīgintī	80	LXXX	octōgintā	800	DCCC	octingentī, octingentae, octingenta
9	IX	novem	19	XIX	ūndēvīgintī	90	XC	nōnāgintā	900	CM	nōngentī, nōngentae, nōngenta
10	X	decem	20	XX	vīgintī	100	C	centum	1000	M	mīlle

I often refer to simple wiki.

https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the/latin-word-for

About The Author
Angela Lansbury B A Hons
I am a teacher of English and other languages. I teach business English, bilingual meet and greet, telephone courtesy, and more to colleges and businesses.
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Handy Latin words for travellers

When I was a teenager in school I used to muddle up the words agriculture and horticulture and aquaduct and viaduct. As soon as I learned the Latin roots of the word, I knew immediately what they meant. I could then work out that a marking on a map or a signpost on a route through France and the Alps and Italy was a Roman aquaduct was not likely to be a road.

Roman Numbers



The Roman numbers are the third row down. You can imagine how for years people just wrote a slash down for one, another for three. Then somebody carelessly wrote the two slashes converging like a a V and decided to use that for five. Next was the idea to put one on the left of five for subtracting one for four. Then an x for ten. Then a one on the left to subtract one for nine.

Interestingly, the Chinese numbers one, two and three are like the Roman numerals turned sideways. The Roman ten is an X and the Chinese ten is like a plus sign.

LATIN WORDS - English (derivatives)
ager - field (as in agriculture)
aqua - water -as in aqueduct, aquarium
arbor - tree
argentum - silver (Argentina)
casa - small house, casino
centum - hundred - cent, centenary, centurion (Roman army leader in charge of 100 soldiers)
circus - circle (as in Oxford Circus in London, England)
color- colour (as in Colorado)
equus - horse (name of a play; equestrian statue - statue of man on horseback)
domus - house (domestic, domicile)
fortis - strong (fortification)
France - from the Latin francia
glacies - ice (glacier)
gradus - step (gradient, centigrade meaning a hundred steps)
homo - man (homicide - killing a man,
hortus - garden (as in horticulture)
januar - door (January, janitor)
mare -sea (submarine goes under water)
mater - mother (see signs to the maternity ward in the hospital)
miles - soldier (military or militia)
mille -a thousand (Millennium - a thousand years; millionaire has a thousand pounds, mille feuille flaky pastry with a thousand leaves)
monte - mountain
Montenegro - black mountain
mortuus - dead (immortal, mortuary)
negro - black
pater - father
porta - gate (porthole)
prunus - plum
via - way or street (as in viaduct)
villa - house (as in village)

English words - LATIN
field - ager
garden - hortus
plum - prunus
street - via
water - aqua

Notes On Grammar
us is the singular; i is the plural.
I am an alumnus. We are alumni (graduates or former pupils)

Useful Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals
http://www.enhancemyvocabulary.com/word-roots_latin.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_words_with_English_derivatives

About the author
Angela Lansbury is a teacher of English and other languages and home tutor.

The Rear of The Rhea Was Here - where can you see it now?

Photo of Rhea by Michael Palmer in Wikipedia.


The Rear Of The Rhea Is Here
by Angela Lansbury

What is a rhea?
First I must say
It's oddly spelled
R H E A

The rhea, like its name, is absurd
Because it's a large, but flightless bird
Some people won't hear one bad word,
Ok, let's say, delightful bird

At first, when that big bird was found
They called it rhea, that's Greek for ground
South America's rhea is taller
Thank God, our Darwin rhea, here, is smaller

Most people here have no idea
About the truth, about the rhea
Except of course, for me and you
Like emus, we've no work to do

We look up facts, so we are clear
In case we ever must confront
Bravely, without a tear, nor fear
That dear, but very dangerous rhea

Thousands write to support its cause
It doesn't have big teeth, lion's jaws
But don't shake hands, evade its paws!
It catches, clasps, kills - with long claws!

On good days it just eats long grass
So if you're bothered by too much grass
No time at down to mow the lawn
Just let your rhea march, munching, past

One lady thought it would be fun
To own a rhea, just start with one
It's lonely, so then you get two
But what d'you think two rheas do!

A year goes past, while drinking tea,
You look up, gasp, "Hey - I see three!"
They breed and breed, you've soon got four
Let's split them up. please shut that door

'We've not got room, what shall we do?
I'm sure they'd like some at the zoo
So take a picture. Shut that gate!'
'Sorry, one's gone - I was too late!'

Cute in National Geographic
Not fun, running round in traffic!
It's run, done something in the field
I hope that helps the farmer's yield

It's not good news, not a good day
It's dangerous - on a motorway!
They're lost, they're breeding, two, four, five
The good news is that they'll survive

It's like an ostrich, and will eat
All kinds of plants, but sometimes meat
Rodent, reptile. It's friends with deer
Stands calm by cows, if herds are near

An 'emu' was glimpsed far from home
Caught on camera, then mobile phone
Escaped rheas at first sound fun
Delays, expense, police - with guns

Although, from far, a rhea's cute
Shyly running, in its feather suit
Now it's escaped, they'll prosecute
Stop car crashes. Game keepers shoot

We should know more, we all agree
To talk this over, over tea
I'll go off to scan the media
Please read more in Wikipedia

Because there's lots more I could say
But we've not enough time today
Let's go out looking, all of us here
Before laws ban them and they disappear

Learn more about the backward rhea
See which facts we can muster
The prime use of its feathers
Is to make a feather duster

If you fly to Argentina
You'll find the rhea is no stranger
You see it on centavo coins
There they're not rare, nor endangered

Gouchos would trip up rheas with ropes
Eat eggs and meat, make leather cloaks.
Farmers are angry, rheas eat crops
Not bad, they're good! Here shooting's stopped!

If soon, the world's rheas disappear
Don't drown sorrow in tea or beer
Come to England, amigos, Hertfordshire
You'll see two rhea rears running here!
-ends-

copyright Angela Lansbury.
Inspired by controversy caused by escaped rheas by the English motorway, pursued by gunmen, eventually recaptured, or returned for lunch, instead of ending up as dinner.
Please share links to this post.
For the story about the escaped rheas causing trouble to motorway traffic, see
UK Escapes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/27050298
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/what-s-going-on-rhea-yorkshire-police-find-an-emu-on-patrol-1-9014419
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/police-warning-over-aggressive-escaped-rhea-bird-on-the-loose-in-nottinghamshire-10345553.html

Escapes in Germany
http://www.10000birds.com/greater-rheas-germanys-new-big-bird.htm

For info on rheas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhea_(bird)_

ENGLAND, UK
To see rheas go to Woburn Safari Park, England.
woburnsafari.co.uk
http://www.woburnsafari.co.uk/discover/meet-the-animals/birds/greater-rhea/

SCOTLAND
http://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/animals-and-attractions/animals/darwins-rhea/

https://www.visitscotland.com

NORTHERN IRELAND
http://www.belfastzoo.co.uk/animals/darwins-rhea.aspx

vistibritainshop.com

CHILE, SOUTH AMERICA
Or Parc Nacional Pali Aike, Chile
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g2615237-d2461967-r346309803-Parque_Nacional_Pali_Aike-Magallanes_Region.html
https://www.cloudbirders.com/tripreport
http://www.visitchile.com/en/

ARGENTINA, SOUTH AMERICA
https://www.audleytravel.com/argentina
https://wikitravel.org/en/Argentina

See Natural Wonders From America to Ireland on the wonderful Science Nature Page

Photo by Patrick-Emil Zörner, "Paddy". Details of copyright and attribution and other details on the Wikipedia website.

Problem
Many videos on Facebook and elsewhere showing unusually dramatic or cute and quirky places leave you with hours of research and appealing for help to track down the place shown.

The videos on the science nature page are in a new league, top of the ladders when it comes to clarity.  I started watching a video on science, on dolphins being intelligent. A friend on Facebook who comes from Toastmasters International had sent it to me. Then I spotted in a column on the right, the mention of the words travel and places.

After watching the video, I tried to find it again. It had vanished. So I scrolled down the Science Nature page until I found it.

What is so good about this video? The clarity of the captions and the factual information. You know which continent, which country, the name of the place. The information is given large on easy to read subtitles. I love subtitles.  Then, even if you turn off the sound, you can see the name of the place, long enough to copy it down to look up later.

All that it missing is the practical travel information. That is where I come in. I have to research how near is each destination to the country's main airport. I would also like to know the best local hotel.

I bet there are more costs. Is there a charge to enter the area such as a national park, if you are driving, or if you are on a tour which does not include entrance fees? Alternatively, what is the cost of a local all-inclusive a day trip to see the place, or an inclusive holiday including that destination?

This video on travel shows some of the world's best places to visit, not the usual man-made landmarks, quaint villages, ancient archaeological sites and underwater discoveries of lost cities, but all natural wonders.

They are:
1 BOLIVIA.

2 The Dark Hedges, NORTHERN IRELAND.

3 Long Sheng Rice Terraces, Guangxi, CHINA.

4 Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Oblast, RUSSIA.

5 Caño Cristales, Meta, COLOMBIA. (That sounds and looks like Canyon of Crystals.)

6 Grand Prismatic Spring, Wyoming, USA.

7 Pamukkale, Denizli, TURKEY.

8 Iguazu Falls, Misiones, ARGENTINA.

I had heard of Iguazu Falls in Argentina and Pamukkale in Denizli, Turkey. I had seen pictures of The Dark Hedges in Northern Ireland and the rice terraces in Guanxi, China.

Other places which are already well-known waterfalls such as Niagara on the border of Canada and the USA, and Victoria Falls on the African continent. My other wishlist item is Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, which could be added to a trip to see The Dark Hedges.

Useful Websites
https://www.facebook.com/officialsciencenaturepage/videos/187180335228143/
https://wikitravel.org/en/Kuril_Islands

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

Learning languages: Tips. I am now learning not four but six: German, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish

Studying Languages
I've been studying Spanish, Italian, German and Russian daily on D u o l i n g o . (Spaces inserted to prevent changes by Predictive text.) I am keenly waiting for the website to add Greek. 

I have registered an interest in Greek and a couple of other languages and they will notify me when the course is completed. Today I checked all the available languages, just in case a new one was available. I found that Hebrew had been added. So I started that. 

I looked at several other languages. Dutch is similar to German - and Afrikaans. Dutch is spoken in half of Belgium. 

But Swedish links with Norwegian and Danish, countries nearer to the UK, so I have started Swedish. Besides, I like the sound of Swedish. 

When I went to France as a schoolgirl to learn French in my holidays to improve my A levels, I met a handsome Swedish boy. (Harry Sandberg.) I applied to do Swedish at university. I ended up choosing philosophy instead. I now regret not doing Swedish, which would have been more useful as a career choice, as a translator or interpreter or English teacher, and on holiday.

Tips on Alphabet and Grammar
At the start of a new language on Duolingo there is a slide-up set of notes on the first page.

On my screen sometimes the tips on page one disappear which makes the first lesson challenging. Once you know that the tips on the unfamiliar alphabet are always handy with a click for reading the letters, you make faster progress.

My first four languages are this year's basic task. The other two languages are a bonus. An extra, when I am tired of the other four.

Good Use Of Time
I am no longer wasting time waiting for transport. I am never bored.

I no longer get impatient when waiting for a train. I can fill in time waiting at an airport to board a plane. If I am awake on a plane I can make good use of my time.

When I put a text into Google translate I can tell at once what is wrong with the translation. I have the confidence to read on through the apparent gobbledygook because now only one or two words have a changed meaning.

Watching Films With Subtitles
When travelling, films in foreign languages will gradually become easier to follow, as well as providing the bonus of helping to reinforce and expand my vocabulary in foreign languages.

On Singapore Airlines I saw a film which I watched in Spanish with English subtitles. It is a film made in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. Subtitles were challenging.

I hunted for the title for weeks. Later, I found it on the page of the in-flight magazine which I found. In future I shall take a mobile phone photograph of the write-up of the films I watch.

El Espejo - Translated
The film I enjoyed was called El Espejo De Los Otros. Google translates by giving me the word mirror, nothing more. I translate the title as The Mirror of Other People. 

The implication is both that other people mirror us, as individuals. Also, or instead, other people are a mirror showing us another view of the whole world. 

Do others mirror us, as the Scottish poet Robert Burns (author of Auld Lang Syne) said: "Would that God the gift ee gee us, to see ourselves as other see us." In modern English I translate that as: I wish/if only/ God the gift would give us, to see ourselves as others see us. The original rhymes, which is why the old style language and Scottish dialect is usually preserved in the quotation.

Now let's go back to the Spanish film or movie title.
el - the
espejo - mirror (think of similar words from the same root: spectre, spectacle, expect, spy, espy)
de - of
los - the (plural, masculine or inclusive of male and female)
otros - others

Joys Of Translation
For example, further on in the brief summary of the plot. a wall is described in English as tasteless. That makes no sense. The Spanish word is i n s i p i d o . I would translate that in context as unremarkable or inconspicuous or even 'a wall which a passer-by might not notice'. A translator could add their own embellishment, the implication:

inspido

A plain wall. 
An undecorated wall. 
An unadorned wall. 
A wall with no sign indicating what is beyond.  
A wall which does not suggest what is beyond, leaving you to imagine and invent your own scenario.

Translating is a wonderful word game. A skill. A source of pride. Creative.

Angela Lansbury, author, travel writer, English teacher and speaker.

Wine Ice Cream from mercers dairy.com, including mulled wine

Here's something to take to a Xmas party. Wine ice cream. All over the USA. You can order online.

When will it come to Europe? I'll look for a recipe to make your own.A good way to use up leftover wine. Tip it over dry cake or ice cream.

Ice Cream T-Shirts
I also like the t-shirts. But you have to order ice cream to qualify for being able to buy a t-shirt. I can't order because I am not in the USA. Does anybody want to send me a tee-shirt!

Wishlists
Maybe they should start a wishlist for tee-shirts.  Every company which sells retail or through websites should have wish lists as well as wedding lists. That would help enormously when buying Xmas and birthday gifts. Have a monthly or annual giveaway to keep people coming back.

I watched an amusing video of people trying out various flavours. Chocolate. Merlot. Strawberry sparkle.

Wine Ice Cream Flavours from Mercer's (alphabetically):
Cherry Merlot
Chocolate Cabernet
Peach White Zinfandel
Port
Red Raspberry Chardonnay
Riesling
Spice (mulled wine)

The HQ seems to be in New York but they are all over north america with one spot in the north of south america.

I looked at the link wondering if I would find the tee shirts but could find only ordering ice cream.
http://www.mercersdairy.com/#!shop-online/c1prr

I wonder how wine ice cream would suit hot Singapore. In England in November it's so chilly that our thoughts are on mulled wine more than wine ice cream. Hot toddy and mulled wine.


If you are driving or working and don't want to go anywhere near alcohol or caffeine (my doctor told me not to drink coffee after lunch time, you can make a punch bowl with a non-alcoholic punch or one which looks like red sangria and keep diluting it.

I checked Wikipedia and was amazed to discover several entries on wine ice cream.

Wine ice cream, zabaglione, made with wine and egg yolks, is popular in Argentina.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabaione

Note that the Italian spelling is different, so that is not necessarily a typo, or I hope a not a spell checker fairy's change.


Angela Lansbury Travel writer and photographer.

Souvenir Songs on Cities: London, New York, USA, Europe, S America

Here is an update in my ongoing project on Happy travelling and Happy Souvenirs

I looked up souvenir songs to see if I can find something happy. Souvenirs to Souvenirs sung by Demis Roussos is a miserable song about seeing reminders of a lost love. Is it any coincidence that his surname ends SOS! That was how I remembered the spelling of his name. I'll look for some happier songs - to cheer me and you.

I went back to update my earlier post. Re-writing history. You can't do that so easily in Facebook. You can edit and comment. It is much easier to correct errors in a blog post.

However, I'll create a new post on songs, updating through today. You could print this off and add your own as you think of them. (If you work in music or PR and want to mention a song, please email or comment the title, or a youtube clip or even send me a copy).

SONGS ON SOUVENIRS

Years ago, we had holiday films without sound - which was so expensive that the public did not have it. So when showing a slide show or silent movie of holidays we would play a piece of music as accompaniment, turning down the sound for commentary.

These are the songs or snatches of songs which immediately spring to my mind

SONGS ON LONDON, UK, IRELAND, SCOTLAND
LONDON
Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner
Gilbert and Sullivan: A policeman's lot is not a happy one
DOVER
Blue skies over the white cliffs of Dover (Vera Lynn)

SCOTLAND
The Campbells are coming, hurrah, hurrah
I'll take the high road - I'll be in Scotland before ye
Auld Lang Syne
Over the sea to Skye

IRELAND
In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty ... Molly Malone
When Irish eyes are smiling

USA
New York, New York ....
If you're going to San Francisco - be sure to wear some flowers in your hair ...- (I was there in the Sixties)
All my exes live in Texas - that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee ...
Galveston Oh Galveston
Disneyland / Disney World- I thought I saw a puddy cat
Take me back to the Black Hills, the Black hills of Dakota ?

Historical Event songs
All the civil war songs:
Steven/Stephen Forster/Al Jolson songs:
Dixie
Mammy

FRANCE
Disney (near Paris) - see USA
The Marseillaise (national anthem)

GERMANY
Deutchland ... über alles

SPAIN
Que Viva Espana

ITALY
All over Italy
Operas:

MEXICO (Must be dozens)

SOUTH AMERICA
Don't cry for me Argentina

NATIVE AMERICAN
Must be several from old films

The Traveller's Song
by Angela Lansbury
copyright 2014

I'm a citizen of the world
FIown blue skies and cruised far and wide
I've souvenirs to excite friends -
Fear not, there's nothing I should hide!
I'm a citizen of he world, the world, the world, the world!

I rode round London on the train
Drove down to the port of Dover
Jet to Asia, safe home again
Marked the map over and over

I caught a ferry to Ostend
Bought chocolates, wine and pretty lace
Spent air miles and cash with old friends
Snapped fashions and smiles every place

Stared up the skyscrapers of New York
Drove peaceful Blue Ridge mountains south
I learned drawl y'all Southerners talk
Showing white teeth in my wide mouth

I flew down to Australia
Saw a crocodile's big teeth smile
Like dark Everglades, Florida -
Once - I didn't stay a long while!

In New Zealand we went skiing
l loved fresh air Lake Tahoe, too
We wear ski hats in London's Spring
We're the warmly-dressed, happy few

I made a 'bunch' of friends world wide
Good friends whose faces I can't forget
'cos every hour they wave to me
Aged photos on the internet!

Now life's jigsaw mystery cities
Tripadvisor soon unravels
We've been there, seen, clicked, ticked them all
The last piece is armchair travels.


Update

Books by Angela Lansbury
How to be the best man. (Ward Lock / Cassell.)
Wedding Speeches and Toasts.(Ward Lock / Cassell.)
Unforgettable British Weekends.
Poetry Workshop Workbook.
The Tailor and the Spy. (Lulu.)
Larry The Talking Labrador. (Lulu.)
Writing Poetry for fun.

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