Hello our wobbly hospital trolleys, and welcome to Episode 110 of BGC. It's a welcome back to Óran, fresh from his travels to the nearby hospital, all of 5 minutes away. Yes, it seems Óran is maintaining his hobby of having near death experiences every few years, much to Clodagh’s distress. But anyway, all is good now and he is back steering the HMS BGC directly into a cliff!
Poor Jan is in bed and on the tablets again as he can't believe the US presidential election result, but then again neither can Clodagh, Óran, or most of the world for that matter.
Our guest this week is Fanny Bui. Fanny is here to chat about a fantastic blind and visually impaired event happening in Chemnitz, Germany next year. Chemnitz is the European Capital of Culture 2025. The organising team are blind people who live in Chemnitz who want to introduce you to their city. You can stay in a blind host family, who will guide from arrival to departure. You really don’t need to bring a sighted person if you don't want to – you know how pesky they can be! The program includes a sound and touch city tour, a visit to the museum of archaeology, a visit to the blind school and training centre. There is also an option of a small hike in the nearby forest, climbing, or tandem biking. You can also try ‘Showdown’ (we don’t know – it’s some kind of game), and the highlight of the weekend will be a concert organised by the ‘Low Vision Charts’. For more details visit: tinyurl.com/BGCchemnitz or email info@connectingblind.org.
In TV Corner we are talking about two shows on Netflix: ‘The Lincoln Lawyer season 3’ and season 2 of ‘The Diplomat’. Check them out.
Clodagh has an email from Laurent, who writes from Belgium asking about the pros and cons of travelling through Europe as a blind individual. If any of you lovely listeners would like to share your positive and negative European travel experiences, you know who to email – Ghostbu… no, blindguyschat@gmail.com. It will help us plan our holidays for next year – keep the stories coming!
So, pull off that oxygen mask, don't worry about your collapsed lung, and throw caution to the wind as you walk up the hospital corridor listening to BGC, forgetting that your rear end is fully exposed for all to admire!!
Blind Guys Chat: 16 out of 20 saline drips prefer it to being in someone’s arm.
Links for this episode:
• Chemnitz, European Capital of Culture 2025: https://tinyurl.com/BGCchemnitz, or email info@connectingblind.org.
• Email us about your European travel experiences, good, bad and ugly, to blindguyschat@gmail.com.
• The Access Card – for cheaper access to various venues when travelling in the UK and parts of the rest of the world: https://www.thenationalcareline.org/Lifestyle/AccessCard.
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