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Hello, my name is Harry. Welcome to Real

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English with Real Teachers. And today

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we're asking the people of London, what

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are your plans for today?

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Melvin. Hi, I'm Harry.

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Harry.

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Lovely to meet you. So, I'm here with

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Melvin. Um, and Melvin, what are your

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plans for today?

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Well, I'm about to see a new agent um to

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take on some modeling jobs. And then

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after that, I'm going to get the train

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back to Notting where Nottingham where I

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live.

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Wow. Okay. What What type of modeling

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jobs?

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Oh, well, who knows? I suspect it might

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be Woolly Cardies.

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Okay. Woolly. Okay. Yeah. Good for this

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type type of weather, right?

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Well, it is. Yes. Yes. But I but I

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thought I think it's probably knitwear

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for the older, more distinguished

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gentleman.

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Okay.

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Okay. Anything that would suit me?

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Um well, I I can see clearly that you

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are a distinguished gentleman, but

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perhaps not an older distinguished

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gentleman such as myself.

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Yeah, nice to meet you.

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Nice to meet you. And

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Adam.

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Adam. Pleasure. Nice to meet you.

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Okay, so Ryan, Adam, uh what are you

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doing here today?

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Uh today we're walking around London to

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find different spots to do a film.

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Filming.

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Doing some filming.

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Well, sort of we're finding different

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locationing.

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Okay. What kind of filming are you

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doing?

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Uh we're we're in the process of

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producing our own short film.

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So now we're just doing location

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scouting to shoot it next month.

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So I'm here with James and Casey and uh

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we're just next to Big Ben and I'm

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wondering what are you up to today? Uh

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probably go down to Camden, check out

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some of South Bank, you know, um and

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just B around London, I suppose, for a

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bit. Um no hard and fast plans yet, but

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we'll see. We'll see where it takes us.

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Nice uh nice phrase, hard and fast. I

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like that. Yeah. I'm here with Roger

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today outside Millennium Wheel. And uh I

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just want to know, Roger, what are you

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up to today?

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I'm going to have lunch with a friend.

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Okay. Anything else? And I'm uh in a

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play reading group afterwards. So quite

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a busy day.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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Tend to pop into the National Gallery to

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look at the Caravagios.

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So hardworking day.

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On the other hand, I I worked till I was

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70 and now I've retired.

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Ah.

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So you're able to enjoy your retirement

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now?

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Yes, indeed.

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Congratulations. And may I ask you, what

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are your plans for this evening?

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Oh, well, I've got to go home. I've got

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to pick up my two little dogs, Archie

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and Kipper. I've got two small miniature

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schnowzers, which strangely enough look

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exactly like me. But clearly they take

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after their father.

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What are your plans this evening?

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This evening? Um, go to the gym, I

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think, after the gym. Get something to

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eat, maybe a few drinks later on.

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Nice. And what about you?

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Same. I'll be joining it.

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Okay. And what are you doing this

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evening? We're actually going to IKEA

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because I've just moved up here with

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them and we're just going to go find

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some furniture so it's not very exciting

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but something to do so it's not so bad.

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Lovely. Very nice. Yeah. Okay. Uh what

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are you doing this evening?

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Uh tomorrow this evening is our play

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reading group. There'll be about a dozen

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of us and uh we take turns deciding what

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the play is. So the rest of us don't

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know till we turn up what sort of

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character you're going to be.

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Wow. Okay. And uh going back to last

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play reading, what was what was

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happening in that play reading? That was

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an Alan Abborn comedy. So it was uh a

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social comedy. It was good. But that we

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have a huge variety. There'll be

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tragedies and dramas and who done it and

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comedies. It's a mix. Occasionally even

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Shakespeare.

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Not too often though.

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Oh,

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that does sound quite serious.

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Shakespeare though. Are you are you

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quite a a professional actor, would you

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say?

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Uh, no, not really.

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More of a hobby.

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Um, well, I did win a prize once uh for

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singing. Um, I was um unanimously voted

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worst karaoke singer of the night.

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Fantastic. What song was it?

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Um, Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head.

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And behave yourself or I'll sing it

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again.

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That's amazing. And uh, do you have any

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plans? Any holiday plans for the near

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future? Any holidays booked? Do

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you know I don't. I was just thinking

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the other day that this is really remiss

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of me not having anything planned for

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the autumn. I would very much like to go

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to Japan. Have you ever been to Japan,

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Harry?

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I've never been to Japan. I went to uh

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Asia. I've been to Cambodia and

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Thailand, but never Japan. What

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interests you about Japan?

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Oh, well, besides the culture, uh the um

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the scenery is fantastic. um an island

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nation very similar to ourselves. Um I

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think we probably got a lot to learn

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from one another.

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Absolutely. And do you like sushi?

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Do you know I'm vegetarian? So I do like

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vegetarian sushi, but um I I don't eat

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anything that's ever had a pulse.

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Okay, fantastic. Well, thank you very

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much for speaking to me today and have a

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good day.

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You're welcome.

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And uh towards Christmas, have you got

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any plans for that uh for that month?

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Um, no, not at the moment. I'm not

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really a big Christmas person, so no

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plans at the moment. Okay. And what

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about yourself

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for that month? It's my birthday that

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month. So, yeah, I've said anything yet,

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though. No plans.

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Right. Okay. Well, I hope that you have

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a a good month with Christmas and the

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birthday. Thank you very much. Have a

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lovely day.

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Cheers. Thank you.

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Cheers. Um, so going on towards

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Christmas, have you got any plans for

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Christmas?

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Um, not yet. Probably I've got uni, so

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do that. Um, my pop over to Disneyland.

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Uh,

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so you try and get a cheap deal there.

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Okay.

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Apart from that though, there isn't

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there isn't anything. I don't really

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plan that far in advance.

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No,

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I'm the same. I'm the same. Yeah. Okay.

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Excellent. And have you been anywhere

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nice this summer?

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I've been working in Italy. So,

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so I've been working for about two and a

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half months and then I go back next year

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as well as work. So,

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whereabouts in Italy?

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Uh, Verona. So, working on one of the

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campsites near there and then next year

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it's Venice. So, it's quite nice. Sounds

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beautiful. Thank you very much both of

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you. No problem. It was a pleasure. Have

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a lovely day. Cheers.

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Thank you. Thank you.

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Okay. And last question. Um have you

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been anywhere recently uh in the last

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summer months abroad?

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Yes. Uh we've just come back from um a

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cruise um in taking us from Southampton

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to uh Bordeaux and then Northern Spain,

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Portugal, Southern Spain, and finishing

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off in Barcelona.

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Oh, that sounds lovely. Bordeaux. A lot

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of wine. Uh, well, it would be rude not

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to drink it when you're there, wouldn't

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it? Unfair to the Bordeaux people.

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It would be rude not to.

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Yes.

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Okay. Brilliant. Thank you very much,

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Roger.

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My pleasure. Thank you very much.

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