I never liked garlic, and I certainly hated “garlic breath”.
The minute I walked into the tiny get-away cottage, I was overwhelmed by the garlic. Truthfully, the place reeked.
All of it went outside and I opened the windows wide to freshen the place. With just one whiff of dinner, I knew I was going to live on bread alone despite the hostess going on and on about immunity.
Late the next night I met the only local that didn’t have garlic breath. Divine.
Awake once again, my aversion to garlic is worse. And sunlight. I should have listened…
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Always, always listen to the locals – they know best ;)
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Yep, they do know best…
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Clever tale
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Thanks
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LOL. I guess there are worse things than garlic breath. Fun story!
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Some things are much worse than garlic breath… Thanks!
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a great tale of a Vampire on holiday, perhaps he should select better Air&B places – check out the locals for aversion to garlic, for example.
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I think all of the locals have a lot of garlic in this village – he wasn’t a vampire at the beginning of the story, but by the end, his aversion to garlic had tragic results…
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Woah, excellent. Surprise!
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Thanks!
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Hahaha! My first thought was “who doesn’t like garlic?”. Makes sense!
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There is one group who totally (notoriously?) hate garlic ;)
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Great little story, lol. Had to laugh as just the other day my car stunk & I couldnt work out why, took me a couple of days, then i found it. I forgot I had bought a bag of granulated garlic for the horses 3 days earlier. The garlic was fine & the car will not get sick for sure.
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Thanks. You don’t have to worry about hitchhikers being vampires for a while ;)
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That was fun… lol. I like garlic, but to be drenched in its accumulated scent, would be too much!
Hey, that’s a Dale Rogers photo. Cool.
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Yes, Dale provided this weeks photo! I like garlic, but agree about being drenched in it. On the other hand, being drenched in it is useful when visiting a town owned by vampires ;)
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Lol!
Yeah, I missed that. I thought……. I was in a different place.
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The locals know. Good story🧛🏻
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Always listen to the locals. Thanks.
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Cool story, well told.
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He should have listened to the local and tried to overcome his aversion to garlic. Poor guy, now it’s worse. Creative take!!
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Always sample the local cuisine,no matter how awful it may seem,and always pay attention to their customs. Oh well, to late for him to learn those lessons…
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I have an aversion to garlic, too. Coincidentally, my friend and I got a pizza last night. It was covered in huge garlic cloves. At least I’m safe for a night or two.
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Make sure you have that same pizza when you visit Transylvania… I do cook with fresh garlic quite a bit, so I think I’m safe.
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Nice garlic image.
Best regards
Bernhard
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Yeah, it was taken by Dale Rogerson. She did a great job.
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He really should have read the guide book more carefully :-)
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True, though most of the books were pretty vague with statements like, “Be sure to sample the local, garlic rich, cuisine.” and “The night life, which is to die for, is best left unexplored.”
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That much garlic and no garlic bread? Fun twist.
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Well, the locals all put garlic on the bread, but he took his fresh from the loaf… Thanks.
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Oh, lesson learned. (All of it went outside and the I opened the windows wide to freshen the place. ~ odd sentence.)
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Ah, yes, a typo – “the” should not be there… Thanks. It is a hard lesson learned.
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Thing is, if EVERYONE eats garlic, NO ONE will smell it .. ;) (and the sunlight won’t hurt your eyes…) ;)
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That’s true, if he had eaten some, it wouldn’t have bothered him and he would have gained that bit of “immunity” so important in some of the rural areas of Romania…
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Yeah … and, I’m told, in some areas of the US … ;)
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Maybe there is a reason food in NOLA is so spicy, though I know a few ladies who wouldn’t mind having that choice from Tom…
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:) I can handle quite a bit of spice. Not so much a load of garlic (I like it, but in moderation …). Spicy? Bring it on!
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I really love spicy food, and enjoy NOLA for its food as much as the jazz. Almost. I’ve seen garlic overdone a handful of times, but for the most part, I think a cook/chef has to try very hard to put in too much…
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Yeah. Perhaps they think a little more will make it better, but … less is sometimes more … ;) (With garlic, not spice … ;) )
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I love the build-up through the story.
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Thanks.
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Oh no! No garlic breath means one thing!!
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In that small Romanian village, there was only one reason not to have garlic breath, and, yep, Vlad struck again…
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Oho! Getting rid of all that protection–what a shame! Entertaining, though :)
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I don’t know what he was thinking – he should have listened to the locals! Thanks.
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Vampire story done right!
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Thanks, Dale!
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:)
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Great twist ending, Trent. Took me by surprise. :)
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Thanks! (I’ll never be bitten by a vampire, not that I’m worried, but, I do love my fresh garlic.)
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Oh dear! Always follow the advice of the locals. They know what they’re talking about! (Good story, Trent!)
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Yes, the locals always know best! Thanks.
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My garlic-addicted heart bleeds at so much hatred 😂🤭
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lol, I agree – I would not have to worry about Vampires with all of the garlic in my system ;)
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Ooh! Fun
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Thanks! (Fun if you are not the Main Character here ;) )
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…as long as you don’t live in Transylvania! ;-)
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Unfortunately they main character here was visiting Transylvania for the first time (and is now a permanent resident ;) )
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😂🤣😂🤣🧛♂️😂😂🤣😂
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All the signs were there… had they never read Dracula?!
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Dracula is just a story… until you are the one being bitten.
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It could be worse, he could be a vegetarian…
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Yes, and afraid of the sight of blood…
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