HODGEPODGE JUNE 26

 1. What does adventure mean to you? 

To travel through countries I don't know. I have already seen a lot but not enough to my taste ! 

Petra (Jordan) 

2.  What are your thoughts on tipping? What businesses or service providers do you regularly tip? Do you resent being asked if you'd like to add a tip? What about when a suggested amount is presented?

In most of the European countries the tip is included in the VAT (TVA). So you pay what is written on the invoice. If you give a tip that's your own decision. I only give a tip when I am in countries where the tip is not included in the price. 

3. I scream you scream we all scream for ice cream...do we? Is ice cream a favorite treat at your house? What's your favorite flavor? Regular, soft serve, gelato, sherbet, or some sort of non-dairy version of ice cream...what's your pleasure? 

The last weeks I was looking an ice cream but the places I knew were closed or didn't exist anymore. Probably all victims of the Corona lock down. But meanwhile I found what I wanted. I love Straciatella, Dame Blanche, but also a simple ice cream or a sorbet.  

4. What's your 'back in my day, we____________________ ' story or saying? 

That's impossible to answer because I am still living and my days are not over yet. The expression "back in my day" exists in all languages I know and it's wrong in my opinion, because it should say "when I was young". Then indeed I did other things then today. 

Back in our days, my grandma and myself when we were 20

5. Somehow this is our last Hodgepodge in the month of June. Next week's Hodgepodge lands in July. Wow. Sum up your June using three adjectives.

cold, hot, rainy, cold hot rainy, cold hot rainy etc 

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Since at least two months I didn't have serious troubles with my breathing problems and I thought maybe my illness is gone, but today I realized that it is still there so I was a bit depressed, fortunately we played ping pong in the park, not me, because too much physical efforts, but  I had fun and laughed a lot because no one could return a single ball. 

Mimi had been Belgium's table tennis queen and had won many prizes. Now she is angry with herself because the balls flew everywhere but over the net. Mimi is already in her late 80s and always makes us laugh.

 

 

Mimi once Belgian champion of table tennis ! 

 and two who had never played in their lives !