And So To Bed.

[gness]

...says Janet.....an early night, I think...

See John grin........a big grin.........Janet finds a bit of John's cheek that isn't hidden by the big grin, kisses it and closes the door of her bedroom......

See John's grin fade.....

Janet is soon asleep.....until midnight......when every man, woman and child in the town gather in the nearby church to ring bells to greet Easter Sunday.....they've had no bell ringing training......they just madly pull the ropes as their ancestors must have done when war broke out.........
Janet reaches for her book.....a passing dog sits beneath Janet's window and joins in with the bells.....a loud and mournful howling......this wakes the parrot living in a cage on the balcony above......the parrot has been trained to wolf whistle and to imitate a car with faulty brakes carrying out an emergency stop.......a long, slow emergency stop......

Janet hopes John hasn't been roused by the noise.........John is roused and hopes Janet has got over her tiredness......

See John grin......see Janet reach for her earplugs and eyemask...... :-)

[aelmpvw]

the bells probably had nothing to do with easter, more that the locals were celebrating the arrival of the infamous janet and john ...

[sunny-dave]

John is awake and chortling gently into his espresso.

The apartment has a new and hideously complicated TV system - which now allows UK TV to be watched - if you know how.

Only John was paying attention when the nice lady from the letting agency explained how to access the UK channels.

In return for enabling the female members of the group to watch "Upstairs Pointless Casualty" the men are to be allowed to watch the Bahrain Grand Prix this teatime - with any comments about 'watching paint dry' to be followed by instant amnesia on John's part regarding future TV tuning ....

... see John and P grin :)

[gness]

John was quite touched by your concern, Ael...... Janet can't think what you mean..... :-)

Janet has games planned for this afternoon.......one is called.....find the hidden TV remote.......

Janet will find it just in time for Line of Duty.......

See Janet grin....... :-)

[DTCwordfan]

well it has to be Leicestershire and wendilla's parrots squawking away.

[gness]

Unusually for Janet....she was befuddled.....

Wandering around a Portuguese town waiters will stop you and ask you where you're from...

When this happens Janet answers....Ireland...and the response today was a huge smile and cries of .......Howsyertaytoes! .........Howsyertaytoes!.......
Janet is perplexed.......

See John smirk.......John knows that some joker has been along and told all the waiters that Hello in Irish is.....

Howsyertaytoes!.......

See Janet unamused...... :-(

[anneasquith]

Anne. Smiles :-)

[tonyav]

So does Tony.

[gness]

Janet doesn't smile......... :-(

[Mamyalynne]

Be some bemusement next St Patrick's Day in that part of Portugal :-)

[gness]

There'll be a lot of folk looking as puzzled as I was, Mamya.......I thought it was something on the menu...x

[Mamyalynne]

A bit like those Hasselhoff tatoes.