First of the 'coffee mornings' sometimes held in the library staff room at the beginning of a Wednesday. I think more usually they stand in the place of TheOldPlace's wednesday morning training sessions introducing new resources or techniques or whatever.

This one, however, was a report/slide show from one of the associate librarians who'd taken a four month sabbatical to live abroad before retirement. (Having heard a lot of his friends saying they'd do that when they retired only to die before they ever got there!)

It wasn't just a pretty slide show, however, we got quite a good analysis of the questions that had been raised before he and his partner went, how their time had affected them, and how it had changed their lives subsequently. (They've brought property there and will move out permanently - but learning the language and doing their best to integrate.) A great half hour.

Though as the rain fell on the dank morning following, I think it left us all feeling a bit dissatisfied with our lot in life.