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A lovely story, Maggie!

Don't worry, if there is no house number in and address. It depends on the place. Here in Switzerland, house numbers where introduced in the last places only two years ago. Before, in rural areas, you had often a farm name or a house name or a street name or just the name of the village as address. In Appenzell, where people are verry traditionnal, they weren't pleased with this modern stuff (house numbers) and in some places the keeped the farm name and added just "1" behind .

Once, I had to send a parcel to a person lived in a secret place and under police restriction. I knew the street name and it was in Zurich, the bigest town in Switzerland (you may laugh, but 350 000 inhabitants is a lot for us). So I called the post office for some advice. I was told: If you write a wrong number, it will not be delivered, but return, but if you write no number, so, we have to find the house - and we have also some information we cannot share with you... It arrived. (The Zurich main post office has even a list with the medieval house names and the corresponding modern address: e.g. To the Black Footbridges = Mill Street 5)

Ah, Kerkyra, reminds me of the small town my father grew up outside of. yes, they have street addresses, but the postal workers will deliver without it because everyone knows everyone, to include people who left decades earlier.

I'd also say don't worry so much about the wine. Up until about 100 years ago it was usually safer to drink wine or beer than the water coming out of a well or municipal water supplu, or at least mix in some whiskey to make grog and kill the germs.

There's something to be said for for growing up where people are taking life a bit slower.

My third time trying.
By the way I realised what I was doing wrong. Instead of pressing post reply I was pressing reply, sigh!!

Thank you, Larika. I like colourful backstories.

Behind? I imagine a complete movie based on that one word.

That's a powerful picture, and would make a great cover. Wouldn't it be wonderful to travel through time and learn history that way.

A Ph.D is a challenge for a woman nowadays too. Usually by the time it's almost done, the clock is ticking. Still, easier than back then for sure.

The second part sounds funny. The first sounds exotic. Watching the last season of Lost these days. Gosh, what an odd ride. But the survivor basics theme enthralls me.