I visited Darrel (my friend and former University of Denver Bookstore colleague) and his wife Linda after work last night to see their new apartment and hear all about their trip to Europe. Darrel and Linda are now retired, and decided to sell their home and move into an apartment overlooking the Denver Botanic Gardens. The place is great, with a corner balcony overlooking the gardens, which this month are lite up for the holidays. Darrel and Linda very graciously allowed me to take their photograph out there, and didn't even let on that they were freezing to death. And their trip to Spain and Portugal sounded wonderful. The only downside was that they stayed 4 nights in a run down hotel in Lisbon's old town (recommended by Rick Steves, no less), that seemed to be a little questionable, not to mention surrounded by derelict buildings. The place smelled everywhere of bleach, so at least they knew the place was clean. Looking at their photographs, I personally thought the place looked kind of quaint, and that they learned about some great fixer uppers if they ever decide to move there. As for the bleach, I suspect that it must have been needed to clean up after some sort of horrific killing. Nothing to worry about, guys. And thanks for the beer and the delicious soup!
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