A chance mural, taken from the car in a rapid succession of snaps last Sunday in Tepoztlán. A pretty little town South of Mexico city. Sun and heat. Lots of great art. Need to go back. (With proper masks and distance, naturally).
Merry Christmas, Feliz Natal, Joyeux Noël, Frölische Weihnachten, Feliz Navidad, Buon Natale, Hyvää Joulua, Krisamas kee badhaee, Shengdàn Jiè Kuàhilè, Craciun fericit, Geseënde Kersfees, and so forth… (An apology if your language doesn’t appear here. You can always respond in yours… We’ll learn something new. 😉 ) 🎄
And above all, a better 2021 to all. This dreary 2020 is almost over. If Democracy has won again in America, we can beat the virus. And a few other pending issues. Meanwhile… Stay safe, and until next year. 🙏🏻😷
Nedeleg Laouen ha Bloavezh Mat! Yes, hoping for a better 2021! Stay safe and well. 🙂
Trugarez! You too. 🙏🏻
Goede kerstdagen en een gelukkig nieuwjaar Brian! Blijf gezond en tot volgend jaar. Met hartelijke groet, Peter.
Dankje wel Peter. I think I understood most of what you said.
Merci tout plein, Brieuc, et un joyeux Noël suivi d’une bien sereine et très excitante nouvelle année, à toi également.
Merry Christmas to you Uncle! Nollaig Shona! Athbhliain faoi mhaise.
Trugarez my niece. I take it that was Gaellic?
Sounds very different form Breton:
Nedeleg Laouen ha Bloavezh Mat
(Courtesy Bon repos gites in Brittany)
🙏🏻
Google translate says Irish… 😉
Also referred to as Gaëlic. A Celtic language, cousin to Welsh and Breton…
I always understood there were different versions of the Gaelic like Irish and welsh and Scottish?
Yep. Though let me check. (My mother spoke some Breton, she would have been able to help) checking…
You were right. Gaelic only really applies to Irish and Scot. Manx is so small… Breton is another branch. Here’s a fascinating reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goidelic_languages
You and I should have studied linguistics.
True. Though there’s probably more money to be made in our lines of business… 💰 💴
Well that’s true…
Very interesting article. I can’t say that I’ve ever heard of the Gaelic from the Isle of Man referred to as Manx so I learned something today!
I’ve heard the Irish and Scottish languages spoken during my travels many a time. I only know a few words and started recognizing a lot because the signs everywhere are bilingual.
Manx? Just read it. Though I may have had a vague recollection. Bilingual signs are great because they help you relate words. Sort of tags a new word to the one you already know.
Perfecto!
Merry Christmas! Have a lovely and safe holiday period!
Thank you. You too.
Enfin une nouvelle année ! Nous espérons tous que l’année 2021 sera aussi vivante que l’année 2020 a été déprimante. 2021, je l’espère, nous permettra de tomber les masques.
Joyeux Noel Brieuc, reste en sécurité
“Tombons les masques” en effet. Votre vocabulaire m’enchante toujours, chère amie. Aurais-tu fait “Lettres” ou Kâghne?
Je ne suis malheureusement pas une “literaire” 😀
Pas grave. J’ai fait “prépa HEC” (fini à l’EM comme tu le sais) Qu’étudie-t-on pour RH? Je vois souvent une “Sup de RH” Rue Dombasle l’été. (En allant chercher le pain) 🥖
Il y a plusieurs voies.. J’ai fait un Master Gestion Interculturelle des Ressources Humaines.
Super intéressant. C’est là que tu as fait un stage ou un séjour en Russie?
C’est dans le cadre du travail que je me suis expatriée.
Okay. Ça reste une expérience fabuleuse de toutes manières. J’ai un certaine curiosité de visiter la Russie. Trop lu d’auteurs Russes, j’imagine. Bonne nuit Mélie… 😴
Une belle expérience, en effet. Un pays avec des coutumes tellement différentes… Je ne regrette absolument pas, mais je ne suis pas sûre que je repartirais aujourd’hui 🙂
Bonne fin de journée Brieuc
Il y a un moment pour tout. Biz.
Vibrant mural, thank you for the cheer, and blessings, felicitations for your celebrations and gatherings.
Thank you Paul. Likewise. I hope the situation Down under will allow you to celebrate in family.
Our state has freedom of movement internally and we are all in the state – so yes we can. Hope you can too.
Well, Daughter #2 has gone sailing with a cre of selected friends of hers. Yesterday we had our last family dinner for a while. Daughter #1, MD, has imposed quarantine inside the family for 2-3 months. Risks are too high she says. And she knows.
Enjoy your get-together Paul.
Thank you Brian, enjoy your festivities too.
Merry Christmas and Happy NewYear dear Brian. 🥂
Let’s pop the champagne 🍾 open.
Definitely! Cheers 🥂🎉🎊⭐️💫🥳
What a beauty! Merry Christmas in advance and a very happy birthday [one day later but I am sure you have got the mail on time]! Hope you had a great day and will have a blessed Christmas and 2021!
Dhanyavaad. You too. 🙏🏻
Feliz Navidad, Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday … all the same, isn’t it? Keep safe and enjoy the holiday, my friend.
Thank you Jill. You too. We had our last dinner with daughter #2 and family last night. She says the risks are going up. Quarantine from the family and grandkids for 2-3 months… Sigh… 😔
2-3 months! That seems like forever, but then … it’s been nearly 10 months since I’ve been anywhere other than to pick up my weekly grocery order. I’ve forgotten how to get anywhere else. Let us hope for a better year in 2021 for everyone around the globe.
My point exactly. 2-3 months as compared to the past 10? I’ll take it. And indeed we haven’t gone (buy all groceries on-line) out except twice renting a house outside Mexico.
Let’s see how 2021 goes. But I have higher hopes…
Stay safe.
Exactly. Though it seems these days as if I may never visit a restaurant or bookstore again in this life, it’s really irrelevant. I, too, order all my groceries online, but pick them up at the store’s drive-thru once a week. I am hoping for brighter days in 2021, but realistically I can’t be sure. You too, dear Brian!
I sincerely believe we will go back to restaurants, bookstores, theatres and the like… Just a matter of time. It will be good to start a clean new year…
Cheers.
Buon Natale a Felice Anno Nuovo!
Grazie mille Luisa. Lo stesso. I hope you can manage a careful Christmas with your loved ones. We just had our last family dinner last night. Doctor daughter has imposed a quarantine for a few months. She says the risks here are exploding. No more grandkids for a while… Well, we enjoyed them for 6 months. It’s all right.
🙏🏻😷
Also in Italy for the Christmas holidays there are many restrictions. so I will spend Christmas with only one of my sons, the one who still lives with me 🌟🎄🌟🎄🌟
C’est plus sûr. Joyeux Noël Luisa. There will always time to get back together again… Buona notte.
🙏💖🙏💖🙏
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Feliz año nuevo! and bonne année Poor 2021 – a lot of pressure riding on it 🙂
LOL. You have a deadly sense of humour. Merry Christmas.
Season’s greetings and best wishes to you and your family. And if I’m not mistaken, someday soon – today maybe? I forgot, my apologies! 😳 – it’s gonna be your birthday so Happy Birthday too. 🙂
Multumesc Dragos. You’re right. yesterday. I bow to your memory. My best wishes to you for 2021…
My friends are most important in my life. And you are definitely one of them. Glad I could be on time. Thank you kindly for your wishes, and may all of your good wishes come true as soon as possible!
Toi aussi mon ami… A bientôt.
Feliz Navidad, Joyeux Noël, Craciun Fericit….and may 2021 find us in a much better place.
I will second that motion… Stay safe until vaccines are available to the lay people. Cuídate mucho. 💕
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Peep, peep, chirp and CHIRP…in chicklet language it means Merry Chickmas and hugs. 🙂
Chirp back at you and the chicklets…
Beautiful mural, Brian. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Thank you Mia. You too. My very best wishes for 2021. Hoping it will get us closer to “normalcy”… Stay safe.
Thank you, Brian! Merry Christmas to you and yours. Here’s to a much better 2021.
I second the motion… 😉
Veselé Vianoce…Veselé Vánoce…Wesołych Świąt…et…Boldog Karácsonyt, mon ami! Je te souhaite bcp de joie et bonheur. Bises. ✨🎄✨
(Yes I remember these from the countries I lived in…missing Eastern Europe right now.)
Ma très chère Julie. Merci d’ajouter à cette collection de vouex. Les deux premiers sont très similaires. Vianoce et Vánoce sont clairement les mêmes mots. Noël? Et Wesolsych est une déformation de Veselé? Bon? joyeux?
We all miss travel. But it will find us back. Sooner or later.
Une très bonne année mon amie… Biz.
Schöne Feiertage und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!
Viel dank Freundin. De même. We all need a great new year.
I wish you a very restful and cheerful Christmas along with a healthy and uplifting new year🙏 😊x ☃️🥂🎆
Thank you Cherryl. You too. 🙏🏻
Frohe Weinachten! Gleðilegt Jól! 😉 🙂
Viel dank Mel. I take it the second sentence is Icelandic? 😉 Jól would be year?
A very happy Christmas wished for you too. In Welsh – Nadolig Llawen.
Thank you so much. I was moved by your Welsh. IN Breton it is “Nedeleg Laouenn” Almost excatly the same words… 🙏🏻
Happy new year.
Happy New Year to you too. Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!!
Thank you. You too: Bloavez mad. (Not very close to Welsh is it?)
Take care, and have a great 2021.
Hope you had a relaxing Xmas, Brian. Here’s to a good New Year and a much improved 2021 all around. Take care, Paul
Ps. lovely artwork
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Allow me to second the motion, Paul. Very best wishes for you and yours… Stay safe, Brian
This mural is almost surreal. Daughter of Dali. Have a very happy and healthy new year!
Igualmente Rebe. Feliz año. My very best wishes. 🤗
Feliz 2021!
圣诞节快乐贺新年快乐朋友！Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year my friend!
Great shot for this post as well, a bit of hope and beauty in the year ahead… I think we are all waiting for us. Stay safe and wish you and your family health and happiness.
And you speak mandarin? Wow.
Happy New year Dalo. My very best wishes for 2021. Let’s all hope for a bit of normalcy back into our lives…
Stay safe.
A fantastic mural! I hope your holidays were wonderful, I’m sending wishes for a happy and healthy New Year dear Brian! 🤗💛
Viel dank Coeur de Feu. Same to you. Are you scheduled for a vaccine already?)
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Soon Brian…💕🤗
Vesel božič in srečno novo leto (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, in Slovenian). Happy (mind) traveling!
Grazie mille. Slavic languages are really hard. I can only assume novo is new. And leto is year?
Buon anno nuovo amica.
You are correct, on all counts. If I weren’t born into one, I’d never dare to tackle them.
Indeed. But then it must go both ways: romance languages must be very hard to learn for Slavic people?
Hm… I don’t think so. Romanic languages are without the grammar cases. German is worse. 😀
German is all right. To me. I took a year at the Goethe Institüt. English helps for the vocabulary. And I took Latin at school. Helps for declinations.
What are grammar cases?
Hihi, declinations is what I meant. I think. German has four, right?
Yes. The hardest part of German. That and the verb at the end of the sentence…
Hi Brian, Wishing you good health and happiness and a much better year ahead. Hope you had a good holiday season.
Hi Jane. Thank you. You too. Let’s hope this new year will bring much needed solutions to many plaguing issues in many fields. I am confident it will. (How much lower can we get? 😉)
We took a short break away from mexico city. I.e. changed lockdown location. 🤣
What did you do?🥂
Glad you got away..nice to have a change of scenery. Dinner with my kids/grandkids is the biggest thrill we have these days. 😀Thank goodness for them or we would be losing it.
Take advantage of them. With all due precautions. We had access to our grandkinds since end of June because our daughter and son-in-law had tested positive. Saw them twice a week. Could take a week away here and there with the whole family, But in Decemeber daughter #1 (MD) decided it was too much of a risk as cases are exploding (as in the US) so we’re all “quarantined” again until the vaccines. Sigh.
Sorry you’ve had family infected. Glad they are ok. We are constantly assessing risk factors. It’s an exhausting situation. Take care, hang in there…we are almost over he finish line.
I agree. Both “infectees” are doctors. They were very keen on their self diagnostic. And Asymptomatic. 👍🏻
I agree. We’re almost there.