After some days in the bleak, cold Scottish Highlands:
“There are, indeed, many things in England that make you glad to get home; bathrooms, armchairs, mint sauce, new potatoes properly cooked, brown bread, marmalade, beer made with veritable hops – they are all splendid.”
George Orwell – Down and Out in Paris and London
It’s good to be home.
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