Scottish accent
There has been almost no reading of books this week, after my obsession with reading many books a week lately. Dear Diary, I was distracted. Distracted in the form of escaping cats, that ever-present pesky work, travel plans, wedding gifts, a complete inability to do laundry despite an alarmingly empty underwear drawer. But over all this clutter, the King Of Distraction is Ewan MacGregor.
Perhaps you saw the BBC documentary called Long Way Round from a few years ago, in which the charming Ewan and his goofy bumbling best friend Charlie spend three months driving their motorcycles from the UK to New York "the long way 'round" - through Asia, China, Mongolia, Russia (not necessarily in that order). Bikes break, border crossing are treacherous, they eat dubious food with natives that do not speak a shared language. Man and best friend get fed up with each other and their stinky socks and have spats. Ewan has a doofy Everyman best friend - awwww. That was my kind of documentary!
I have just discovered that they did a second trip! Long Way Down is the second documentary, this time of their trip from the top of Scotland to the tip of South Africa, through Europe, over the Mediterranean, through Egypt, Libya, the desert, Ethiopia (surprisingly green), and several other African countries. They visit Unicef landmine-removal projects, Bikes For Health, a charity Ewan contributes to which provides dirtbikes to use in getting healthcare and vaccines to remote locations, and are in danger which requires armed guards to travel with them in Sudan. Bikes break, sandstorms wreak havoc, we get to see inside Roman ruins and pyramids, baboons frolic. It is all, as Ewan would say - Fantastic, in that cute Scottish accent.
There are six episodes, each an hour long. Last night I watched three of them while giving myself a home pedicure. What a way to spend an (entire) evening.
I am about to embark on another episode or two, while Oregon Trail downloads. Today was our friend Chad's wedding, and Liam was able to call my cell and speak to the happy couple from Cuba. I even had wedding cake. Perfection on the first day of summer. :)
Perhaps you saw the BBC documentary called Long Way Round from a few years ago, in which the charming Ewan and his goofy bumbling best friend Charlie spend three months driving their motorcycles from the UK to New York "the long way 'round" - through Asia, China, Mongolia, Russia (not necessarily in that order). Bikes break, border crossing are treacherous, they eat dubious food with natives that do not speak a shared language. Man and best friend get fed up with each other and their stinky socks and have spats. Ewan has a doofy Everyman best friend - awwww. That was my kind of documentary!
I have just discovered that they did a second trip! Long Way Down is the second documentary, this time of their trip from the top of Scotland to the tip of South Africa, through Europe, over the Mediterranean, through Egypt, Libya, the desert, Ethiopia (surprisingly green), and several other African countries. They visit Unicef landmine-removal projects, Bikes For Health, a charity Ewan contributes to which provides dirtbikes to use in getting healthcare and vaccines to remote locations, and are in danger which requires armed guards to travel with them in Sudan. Bikes break, sandstorms wreak havoc, we get to see inside Roman ruins and pyramids, baboons frolic. It is all, as Ewan would say - Fantastic, in that cute Scottish accent.
There are six episodes, each an hour long. Last night I watched three of them while giving myself a home pedicure. What a way to spend an (entire) evening.
I am about to embark on another episode or two, while Oregon Trail downloads. Today was our friend Chad's wedding, and Liam was able to call my cell and speak to the happy couple from Cuba. I even had wedding cake. Perfection on the first day of summer. :)