Luck of the Irish - Part 2

Remember my original Luck of the Irish post? (Luck of the Irish)  Well, I can only assume that I stole all the luck from that poor Irishman, because here's my latest lucky break.  My friend Bronx Girl and her boyfriend were due to go to Marrakech for a week so that he could renew his French visa outside of Europe, but he got called away to Los Angeles for work instead.  So Bronx Girl asked if I'd like to come and stay at the hotel in Marrakech with her for free.  Ummmm, let me think about that for a sec.... YES!!!!  So all I had to come up with was the flights and spending money for while I am there - none of which I can actually afford, but Miss K has a pretty firm travel philosophy, which goes something like this: if someone offers you a free place to stay in a place you've always wanted to go to, just freakin' GO and worry about paying the nice people at Amex later.  Seriously.  Will I have a couple of months of living on ramen noodles and air in order to pay for this?  Sure, but it will be worth it.

Off to airport now, will report in tomorrow from Marrakech - the heat is going to be 40+C, so I think I can guarantee I will be blogging in the afternoons from the air-conditioned comfort of our riad after morning sightseeing.

Luck of the Irish

Okay, here's something you don't know about Miss K.  I am unlucky, or at least, I have been for the past few years.  But my luck finally seems to be changing - last week I got £1000 refunded back on my UK taxes (thank you, Your Majesty) and I sold a few things in the UK that will net me another couple of hundred quid.  So far, so good for a very very broke person like me, right?  Well, you haven't even heard the best part yet - in a truly spectacular piece of luck, some Canadian friends had pre-paid for a villa in a very glam area of the south of France but couldn't actually take the trip, so they (in a remarkable act of kindness) offered it to their starving writer friend Miss K for free.  Can you believe that?  How awesome are they?  Thank you, Mr D and Miss N!!! So tomorrow I am off to Cap d'Ail - the villa is equipped with wifi, so I will still be posting while I am away, and I am keen to report on somewhere new, so stay tuned.

So doesn't this sound like things are on the upswing for me?  I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that I kissed an Irishman a couple of weeks ago - perhaps I somehow stole his luck?  Poor guy, he's probably been walking around falling into manholes and tripping over his shoes and wondering where the hell his luck has gone.  Well, too bad - it's mine now and I'm not giving it back!