THE WALKING CITY

DEAR PEOPLE AT WOODSIDE:
HERE I AM IN THE "WALKING CITY", LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN GUESS WHAT CITY THIS IS.......
























THIS BAR WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR THE TV SERIES "CHEERS"


THE TOWN GETS A NICKNAME FROM THIS POPULAR DISH



























DOESNT THIS DINING HALL LOOK LIKE THE ONE IN THE HARRY POTTER MOVIE?? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M QUACKING ABOUT?... I WAS KICKED OUT IMMEDIATELY. NO DUCKS, THEY SAID, AND NO PICTURES...



I TRIED TO QUACK WITH SOME OF THE EDUCATED BIRDS, BUT THEY LIVE VERY HIGH UP..



THIS IS THE HARVARD LIBRARY....... IT'S UNDER HIGH SECURITY. I GOT TO GO IN BECAUSE I HAD TO USE THE LITTLE DUCK'S ROOM BADLY AND THEY TOOK PITY ON A CUTE LITTLE RUBBER DUCKIE LIKE ME...









UNTIL NEXT TIME, QUACK!!!!!!! LOVE, RUBBER DUCKIE

Barca Duck

DEAR PEOPLE AT WOODSIDE:

I AM DELIGHTED TO BE IN BARCELONA, CATELONIA




THE PORT IS RECOGNIZABLE BY ITS STATUE OF OLD CHRIS COLOMBUS, FOREVER LOOKING OUT TO SEA...



AND THE CITY IS FAMOUS FOR ITS WALKING STREETS, LAS RAMBLAS, WHICH IS FILLED WITH STREET ARTISTS, CAFES, LIVE ANIMALS FOR SALE, AND PICK POCKETS. EVEN I WAS AFRAID OF BEING STOLEN OUT OF THAT GIRLS PURSE....



COLOMBUS MARKS THE BOTTOM OF LAS RAMBLAS, AS THE TOP OF THE STREET IS MARKED BY A FOUNTAIN, AND THE FAMOUS SPANISH DEPARTMENT STORE... WHICH HAS A GROCERY STORE IN THE BASEMENT. I LOVE LOOKING AT WHAT THERE IS TO OFFER AT FOREIGN GROCERY STORES.

FROZEN PAELLA!








LOTS OF MEAT, AND A WHOLE ISLE OF OLIVE OIL.



AND THE AFOREMENTIONED FOUNTAIN..




I ASKED THE OTHER BIRDS WHAT I COULD SEE HERE. THEY RECOMMENDED, FOR A GOOD FEED, STAY HERE, BUT FOR ADVENTURE, SEEK OUT THE GOTHIC QUARTER, WHERE GAUDI AND PICASSO HUNG OUT TOGETHER.









WHAT COULD THIS BE FOR? FOOT WASHING??
IT WAS HERE BY THE GOTHIC SECTION WE SAW AND TOURED THE PICASSO MUSEUM, WHICH IS NOT PHOTOGRAPHED, BECAUSE SOMEONE FORGOT...




IT BECAME LATE, AROUND 5 OR 6 PM, AND I SAW A WORK OF ART THAT ALSO HOUSES A FLAME FOR ALL CATALONIANS WHO DIED DEFENDING THEIR REGIONAL IDENTITY.
THEN I STOPPED AT A TAPAS BAR. THE DEAL IS, YOU GET A GLASS OF RED OR WHITE, THEN YOU GET A PLATE AND PICK FROM THE VARIOUS TAPAS THEY OFFER AROUND. THEN AT THE END, THEY COUNT HOW MANY TOOTHPICKS ARE ON YOUR PLATE, AND CHARGE YOU A EURO EACH. LUCKY THAT GIRL ONLY HAD 3. I HAD TO FINISH HER WINE. I NO LONGER WONDERED HOW THE NATIVES WAIT TO EAT SUPPER SO LATE, BECAUSE I WAS FULL ALREADY!



THEN WE HOPPED ON A BIKE, A WEE BIT TIPSY, IN SEARCH OF GAUDI BUILDINGS..






HERE IS ONE OF GAUDI'S APARTMENT BUILDINGS. IF WE ARE LUCKY, NEXT TIME WE WILL SEE THE FAMOUS SAGRADA FAMILIA CHURCH.

THEN WE STOPPED FOR THE EVENING MEAL, AT 10:30 PM, IT WAS PRIME DINING TIME. 15 EUROS AFFORDED A 3-COURSE MEAL, AND A HALF LITRE OF WINE. ALL THE GIRLS FRIENDS WERE ALREADY AT WORK ON THE VIKIING SHIP, BUT SHE HAD AN EVENING OFF, AND WASNT GOING TO WASTE IT! SO JUST A GIRL AND A DUCK SAT DOWN TO GAZPACHO...

THEY GIVE YOU A PLATE OF CHOPPED VEGETABLES WITH YOUR GAZPACHO, SO YOU CAN ADD YOUR OWN, ACCORDING TO TASTE...


AND THEN CAME THE SEAFOOD PAELLA, WHICH WE HAD BEEN ANTICIPATING ALL
DAY.






AND TIPSY AGAIN, YET FULL WITH PAELLA, WE CYCLED HOME AT MIDNIGHT TO THE VIKING SHIP!!

CHEERS, LOVE AND QUACKS, FROM RUNAWAY RUBBER DUCKIE AND THAT GIRL!

Taj Mahal

DEAR PEOPLE,

I HAVEN'T QUACKED WITH YOU IN A WHILE.

HERE'S WHY:

DEAR PEOPLE

DEAR PEOPLE FRIENDS:
I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING MANY QUESTIONS FROM YOU LATELY.
FOR STARTERS, YOU ARE WONDERING HOW I TRAVEL AROUND. DO I WALK? DO I FLY?

AFTER FLYING AWAY FROM HOME, I STARTED MY WORLD TRAVELS ON MY MOTORBIKE. AFTER CRASHING MY BIKE, I HOPPED ON A TRAIN. IT WAS SOON DISCOVERED BY MY PEOPLE AT WOODSIDE THAT, IN ACTUAL FACT, I WAS TRAVELING BY SHIP.

YES, I DO FLY, AFTER ALL, I DID FLY AWAY FROM MY HOME AT WOODSIDE FARM. AND I LIKE TO FLY UP HILLS TO SEE THE VIEW. BUT I CAN'T SWIM VERY WELL.
THE PEOPLE AT WOODSIDE ALWAYS WONDER, WHO IS TAKING THE PICTURES? WELL, I DO WHAT EVERY TOURIST DOES: I HAND MY CAMERA TO A LOCAL, AND POSE!

I ALSO FIGHT FOR DUCKIE RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD.

I STILL TRAVEL BY TRAIN AND SHIP FREQUENTLY. I WILL SEE ASIA SOON, AMONG MANY OTHER EXOTIC DESTINATIONS.


THANK-YOU READERS, AND STAY TUNED FOR MORE ADVENTURES!
BIG QUACKS, RRD

mary

DEAR PEOPLE AT WOODSIDE:
QUACK!
ON MY JOURNEY UP THE ST LAURENCE SEAWAY INTO THE SAUGENAY RIVER, I SPOTTED SOME UNUSUAL SIGHTS:



THE FIRST, PERCHED HIGH UPON A ROCKY HILLTOP, IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WAS A GIANT VIRGIN MARY - LEGEND HAS IT THAT A MISTER ROBATAILLE , A TRAVELING SALESMAN, SLID OFF THE ICY ROAD ABOVE WITH HIS VEHICLE AND BOX OF SAMPLES INTO THE OCEAN. AS HE PLUNGED DOWN INTO THE ICY COLD WATER HE PRAYED TO THE VIRGIN MARY, AND INSTANTLY HIS CART AND HIM AND EVEN THE BOX OF SAMPLES WERE LIFTED BACK ONTO THE ROAD. MAYBE THATS WHY THERE DOESNT SEEM TO BE A ROAD THERE ANYMORE... ANYWAYS, I THINK HE HIED LATER IN THE HOSPITAL OF HYPOTHERMIA AND THE VIRGIN MARY WAS PUT THERE AS A TESTIMONY TO THE MIRACLE.



AND RIGHT UNDERNEATH MARY WERE SOME BABY BELUGAS....
(THE WHITE SPECKS IN THE RIGHT OF THE PICTURE):