Cate and I spent some time in Ljubljana discussing my underwear.

It has been in bad shape for some time but you know – with everything else that has been going on and me looking after Cate and Muffin I have just let my undergarments disintegrate into a very sad state indeed.

To say that they are a bit ragged would do that word an injustice.

Anyway – at some stage over Easter Cate took a long hard look at my underwear and gave me strict instructions to take immediate and effective remedial action.

This I attempted to do today – but you know – it is not always that easy to get things done in Wien and for me things rarely ever go to plan.

The outcome of this was that I attempted to creep into Don Gill in Landstrasser-Hauptstrasse to sort of check out what there was in the underwear department and – after a series of unfortunate events and misunderstandings – the shop assistant spoke no English at all – I became the proud owner of a pair of Hugo Boss underpants that cost €29,90

Now I don’t know about you people out there – but for me €29,90 for a pair of underpants is pretty serious. And it’s not as though they are stylish – they look like the underpants my grandfather would have worn.

Clearly I cannot wear them – for both style and cost reasons – so I am going to have them bronzed and will use them as a door stop.

Following this fiasco I then went to Eduscho and bought two pairs of underpants for €8,99. Being on a roll I then went into Hofer and bought two more pairs for €5,95.

I have tested them and the Eduscho ones seem to be the most satisfying so I will acquire some more of these and retire the sad remains that currently grace my underwear cupboard – which because I have no space at all for my clothes – is a shoe box under the sofa.

When we were in the hotel in Ljubljana we discovered something in the breakfast room called Eurocrem. It is in a small packet and we examined it carefully but were not courageous enough to eat any. We guess it is something the Commissioners invented when they were sitting around in Brussels unable to solve the problems of the European Community.

I am going to see if I can get them to bring Vegemite into Europe. We can call it Euromite.

My apologies to all Slovenians in advance – but your white wine is not very good. What’s more – in all the restaurants we tried – it is the only wine you can buy. This may explain the size of the wine glasses in our room. These were the smallest wine glasses we have ever seen and simply have to be seen to be believed. Hence the photo.

When you go to Bled you must see the Vintgar Gorge. We have some photos but they do not do it justice. It is Magic!

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