update

A bit of a nothing day.  Bob took Flora to the Tuol  Sleng prison today where the Khmer Rouge did their ghastly deeds and lots of people died from torture.  A grim in-your-face history lesson for a fiften-year-old but it made her think and made for much discussion over dinner on the pros and cons of various political ideologies.  Mother, who’d been a few years ago, didn’t feel the need to repeat the experience and instead, went for a wander and an iced coffee and returned to the hotel with some frangipani (my all time favourite flower) to paint.  A disaster yet again.  I’m getting very frustrated as there is so much wonderful subject matter but it doesn’t seem to be working out with regards to the paints.  Hopefully, I can make some paintings when I get home from the sketches I’ve made.  We went to the Elephant Bar at Le Royale Hotel for happy hour drinks.  It’s like something out of the Raj complete with tinkling piano (which actually drove us out!) and Gin Slings.  Home in a tuk tuk which, in Cambodia,  is a near-death experience even by Bangkok tuk tuk standards.   We haven’t seen Thida today as we thought we should let her get to school.  I’m pretty sure that my French on yesterday’s blog was incorrect, it not being my strong point.  PSE actually stands for Pour un sourire d’enfant (For a child’s smile) whereaas last night, in my Franglais fashion I may have said ”for a child’s mouse” but there you go – that’s why I failed my French o’level!  I was alerted by email today that I have new subscribers.  In case you’re thinking you’ve hit the wrong site, no, this is a daily painting website – I’m just on a bit of a break this week…………..paintings to follow.  Have no photo worth putting on but will tomorrow.