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M crawls into bed with a hot water bottle and I go out in the car

to get closer to the castle. No dice. Then I realize that I don’t

have my purse, my ID, or my driver’s license so I head back

because I figured if I can forget all that I am dangerously tired.

I sit in the lounge and catch up on my notes and chat with a

Dutch couple. First they read while I write and when Ann (yes,

another Ann) brings tea and cookies. We talk about the U.S.

and Holland. They leave for dinner and M wanders in and

turns on the TV. That is the first time I’ve watched TV on the

trip. Chisty McNickle’s show is on and when it is over I decide

to brave the windy wilds of Cong and search for some dinner.

I find the restaurant

Ann recommended with

a lovely rose garden

beside it but can’t’ resist

the Cong Abbey around
the corner. It is an

interesting looking old
ruin and I wander

around snapping hand

held polarized pix of the

crumbling stone walls,

windows and arches.

Then I go up what was

left of a staircase and

decided I want to take a

picture of myself sitting

in one of the windows.

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