Lost in Lower Silesia, I discover the nectar of Amber

Original YT playout date: 26 April 2009
Duration: 41:12

First the road doesn’t go the way the GPS says. It tries to get me to drive my car right into the Oder river in flood, then I drive along having a bit of a singsong to myself and reciting the world’s longest place name, or whatever that thing is, and then I find a lovely place to eat – Hotel Amber in Olesnica. “”We’ll make sure you come back”” they claim as you go in. They got that right, despite my initial scepticism. I’m going back as soon as I can.

If the pianist was at all disturbed my my singing along to his pieces, he didn’t show it. He simply got on with the show like a professional. It was over too soon though. The soundtrack doesn’t do justice to the quality of play – although I got my better camera out at the end when the Vado ran out and possibly you can hear the quality better in the last third of the film.
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Uncle Davey’s Cyprus #5/6 – Karatello

Original YT playout date: 20 May 2008
Duration: 11:24

The Karatello in Limassol. What a night we had, of great Cyprus food and live music. This is the fifth part of the Cyprus series. The Karatello restaurant is in an old carob mill near the former port and is a large eating venue capable of handling sizeable conferences competently.
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