Last day of the holidays…. \ud83d\ude41 Decided another bash at Diplomacy would be in order. So we gathered ourselves together, six leaders of Imperial Europe, with only Italy left as a non-player. I was France, and I must admit, France’s record in the past two world wars wasn’t great, so I was a little apprehensive. For the first few years, it went well, with a curious tripartite alliance with England and Germany against Russia. Meanwhile, in the east, Russia and Austria-Hungary sliced up Turkey between themselves – poor Dave! I must admit to getting slightly frustrated when the alliance started to choke French expansion, so I turned on Germany and Austria-Hungary at the same time…not a wise move. Fortunately, just as it was all going pear-shaped it was time to head to Windsor for some ice-skating.<\/p>\n
I hadn’t been ice-skating since last winter, so it took me a good ten minutes to find my feet. I eventually managed to do multiple laps without touching the sides before the boot managed to remove a layer of skin from my ankle, making skating more painful than pleasurable. Ah well.<\/p>\n
Anyway, afterwards we descended on Pizza Express, opposite Windsor Castle to celebrate Steve’s birthday. A slightly bizarre experience, but fun none the less. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last day of the holidays…. \ud83d\ude41 Decided another bash at Diplomacy would be in order. So we gathered ourselves together, six leaders of Imperial Europe, with only Italy left as a non-player. I was France, and I must admit, France’s record in the past two world wars wasn’t great, so I was a little apprehensive…. <\/p>\n