Darrell had to nip to Flat 61, at the top floor of The Towers with a parcel we’d signed for for the lovely Georgia who had been at work and while he was there it would have looked most rude not to pop in for five minutes for a little block gossip!
As none of us have ever been invited “properly” into said flat, it would have also been rude for Darrell not to avail himself of the view ………
That was a huge mistake …… as Darrell found himself totally consumed by a view envy so huge that he thought he might have to sit down as he looked down and over the whole of the marina, its boats and its basins. It was almost too impossibly romantic for him to take it all in.
I believe when he had composed himself suitably, he said that if Georgia should ever consider moving or contemplate a flat swap she must promise to offer us first refusal! What he like? However, I think he may have perhaps overlooked in his enthusiasm my occasional dodgy knee, going out to the bins, how we'd get our Tesco order etc. up three flights of stairs and the prospect of Nigel continually sliding down the banisters …… romantic though the vista might appear!
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It is a fine view but, assuming that there is no lift, it is a problem getting up and down the stairs.
Mrs. D and I live on the thirteenth floor, but with three lifts. We have lovely views of the volcanoes, Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl, weather permitting.
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There is a sad myth about the dormant Iztaccíhuatl and the active Popocatépetl.
The name Popocatépetl translates to ‘Smoking Mountain’ and Iztaccíhuatl ‘White Woman’ in Nahuatl, where ancient legend has it that the two were once star-crossed lovers.
In a story told long before Romeo & Juliet, the warrior Popocatépetl is sent out by the princess Iztaccíhuatl's father to bring back the head of an enemy, in return for her hand in marriage.
He succeeds, but before he returns, a rival relays to Iztaccíhuatl’s father that Popocatépetl had been killed. Upon hearing the news, Iztaccíhuatl dies of a broken heart.
When Popocatépetl returns, he hears the news and spends days in a stupor, until he decided to build her a huge mountain by piling ten hills on top of each other.
Popocatépetl then carries her to the top and builds a funeral pyre for them both, where he dies beside her, becoming his own, bigger mountain.
Oh I know that feeling...there's a LOT of things one has to consider when thinking of moving house. But that view is rather spectacular. I'm with Darrell there, I would get nothing done though. I would just sit at the window all day! JantheFan x
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