A-Z Challenge ~ N for Nomad

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This year again I choose an easy way out. Each day I'm going to solve the Wordle of the day, using as starter a word beginning with the letter of the day. I hope to post every dayuntil the end of April.

As the alternative badges, as supplied by Lissa suggest travel I'll prefer travel-related words as starter words, and if at all possible, I'll avoid words containing the same letter more than once.

I'll maybe add a few words about my chosen starter word if fancy takes me and I have time and energy for it, else I'll just post the solution - or not in the case that I did not solve it.

Today my starting word is Nomad.
The average today is 5,5, or very challenging -- I am still at or just below average, and I could have done better, guess number four was not smart, as I knew this could not be the solution. But even after getting it, I was not sure of the meaning of today's solution and had to look it up after.

Wordle 1.762 5/6
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⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜
🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Nomad ... Yes we met nomads while travelling.

In Egypt, we took a train from Cairo to the Aswan dam - more I hope later.
As we rode the train through the desert, where we experienced a sandstorm, the train stopped in small towns or near villages. Once the train stopped in the middle of the desert. There was a building next to the track - more like a glorified bus stop, open to one side with an overhanging roof. I guess it was for shelter against sun and rain for waiting passengers. Three men, dressed in flowing robes got off here and started walking purposefully away over the endless sand. As far as we were able to see - and we looked at the men for a long time - there was nothing but sand and the ruler straight line of the train tracks with the stop, dwindling in the distance.
Our guess was that those were nomads, due for the nearest oasis.

And now for today's Wordle:

Words for Wednesday :: April 15 :: Only the Words

The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over as a moveable feast with many participants supplying the Words.
    When Delores closed her blog forever due to other problems, Elephant's Child (Sue) took over the role of coordinator.
    Now, after Sue's demise, River has taken the mantle of coordinator upon her shoulders.

No matter what, how, where or who the aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to our mind.

This month the words are to be found at Mimi's blog: Messymimi's Meanderings.

If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please leave a comment on River's blog, then we can come along and read it and add a few encouraging words.

 It is also a challenge, where the old saying "The more the merrier" holds true.

So Please, remember to follow the links, go back and read other peoples' stories. And please leave a comment after reading. Challenges like this one thrives on interaction, feedback and encouragement. And we ALL need encouragement.

And for today we were given:
Shell
Deck
Chest
Proof
Dawn
Effective
    and/or the following words which are seldom used any longer
Brabble — a loud, dumb argument
Izzard — the letter z
Picaroon — a scoundrel


Sorry, I got lost in Unicorn Farm, trying to nail down and correct an elusive error.

Writing might happen later.

A-Z Challenge ~ M for Mango

This year again I choose an easy way out. Each day I'm going to solve the Wordle of the day, using as starter a word beginning with the letter of the day. I hope to post every day all through April.

As the alternative badges, as supplied by Lissa suggest travel I'll prefer travel-related words as starter words, and if at all possible, I'll avoid words containing the same letter more than once.

I'll maybe add a few words about my chosen starter word if fancy takes me and I have time and energy for it, else I'll just post the solution - or not in the case that I did not solve it.

Today my starting word is Mango.
The average today is 5,6 very challenging -- I am still well below average:

Wordle 1.761 4/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Mango fits nicely with travelling in Africa.

On our way through Sudan we once waited for a bus. We were told that the bus would leave at six in the morning from the market. We were at the market a bit early, because having a seat was a free for all. Only there was no bus. We asked as well we could, the people at the market for a bus to Loa. They pointed at the giant mango tree growing next to the river close to the road, And on our question of 'When' they held up six fingers and said Seta which means six in Arabic as well. So we sat ourselves under the giant mango tree and waited, and waited.
We took turns going to the market for food - more triangular breads with beans, ripe fruits and bottled water.
We even pilfered some mangos from the big tree after seeing some local children doing so - one for each.
Slowly more people arrived, all bound for Loa on the six am. bus - which finally arrived a quarter to eleven and left close to noon ;)

And now for today's Wordle:

Anyone comparing will see that my solution to share - those small coloured squares - and this one does not tally. It's because I mistakenly solved it using yesterday's spare word, Latte. Discovering my mistake, I opened Wordle in my other browser - which is not really compatible with NYT's page and "solved" it there. On purpose using the same number of guesses, and the same words except for the starter word.
As the overlay, where you can click on "Share" and have those coloured squares, is an 'underlay' in the other browser, the share-button is hidden by the Privacy policy link.
Here's my original, using Latte:

And how the other browser looks with 'underlay':

I can - sometimes - make the underlay go away by refreshing the page - the X in the corner does not work. But the 'Share'-button is never accessible.

A-Z Challenge ~ L for Lands

This year again I choose an easy way out. Each day I'm going to solve the Wordle of the day, using as starter a word beginning with the letter of the day. I hope to post every day except Sundays.

As the alternative badges, as supplied by Lissa suggest travel I'll prefer travel-related words as starter words, and if at all possible, I'll avoid words containing the same letter more than once.

I'll maybe add a few words about my chosen starter word if fancy takes me and I have time and energy for it, else I'll just post the solution - or not in the case that I did not solve it.

Today my starting word is Lands.
The average today is 6 or very challenging -- I am absolutely below average today, which is a good thing to be when playing Wordle ;)

Wordle 1.760 4/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Lands as in dry lands describe the opposite of oceans, but it's also a synonym for country, as in foreign lands. And when travelling, this is what you do; visit foreign lands.

Today I'll bring a boring list of the foreign lands I have already visited. This was my first choice for this years A-Z, but as I have not visited countries for all the letters, I had to find a new theme.

A
Andorra
Austria

B
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria

C
Croatia
Czechoslovakia- now split into: Czech Republic and Slovakia
Czech Republic

D
Denmark

E
Egypt

F
Finland
France

G 
Germany
German Democratic Republic - now united with Germany.
Greece

H 
Hungary

I 
Italy

J 
None

K
Kosovo - a bit of a cheat, as not all recognize this a s a country.

L 
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg

M 
Monaco
Montenegro

N 
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway

O 
None

P
Poland
Portugal

Q 
None

R 
None

S 
San Marino - A cheat, see below.
Saudi-Arabia - A cheat, see below.
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sudan
South Sudan - A cheat, see below.
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria

T 
Turkey

U 
United Kingdom - Only England

V 
Vatican

Y 
Yugoslavia - now split into: Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, and North Macedonia

Z 
None

This makes for three continents:
Europa, where I visited 33 out of the 43 now existing countries.
Asia, where I visited only three countries.
Africa, two (now three) countries visited.


Cheaters:
San Marino: We sat on the wall surrounding this small state, and hearing that we actually sat on the border, I stretched out my right arm, and leaned as far as possible without taking a tumble, so at least a part of me has been in San Marino.
Saudi Arabia:  I was in transit in the airport of Medina for four hours ;)
South Sudan: Sudan and South Sudan was still one country when I visited. But I went to Khartoum and to Juba - both of the capitals.

And now for today's Wordle:

A-Z Challenge ~ K for Kiosk

This year again I choose an easy way out. Each day I'm going to solve the Wordle of the day, using as starter a word beginning with the letter of the day. I hope to post every day except Sundays.

As the alternative badges, as supplied by Lissa suggest travel I'll prefer travel-related words as starter words, and if at all possible, I'll avoid words containing the same letter more than once.

I'll maybe add a few words about my chosen starter word if fancy takes me and I have time and energy for it, else I'll just post the solution - or not in the case that I did not solve it.

Today my starting word is Kiosk.
The average today is 5,3 or very challenging.  I am a bit above - or is it below? - average:

Wordle 1.759 6/6
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Kiosk is a Turkish word, but they now exist all over, and I'm once again going to Africa.

When travelling to Africa I belonged to a group of people in a bus, a Danish travelling school. In our buses we drove all the way there - meaning that we went through DDR (German Democratic Republic), Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Syria, where we left the buses.
We arrived to Egypt by boat, and travelled by train, bus, boat and whatnot all the way to Khartoum in Sudan and back again.

Over Christmas we spent some time waiting in Khartoum ... I no longer recall for what or for whom we were waiting, but it was a much needed break. We spent the waiting time in a hostel of some kind. Lots of small rooms in a three winged, low building, with all the doors from the 6-bed rooms leading out to a porch surrounding a green yard. The third side was taken up by trees, a wall, some buildings and a kiosk. This kiosk delivered all kinds of to us exotic foods. We were frequent customers, we enjoyed the food, we washed us and our clothes, we wrote letters, drew, sung and relaxed.
    On Christmas eve I recited the gospel from memory, and next day we had presents from home. A big bag of mixed candy, mostly liquorice, which most Danes love, and which is not to be had south of the liquorice-line, placed somewhere in central Germany - Netherlands.

And now for today's Wordle:

And I think today's Wordle deserves an advertisement for the Pen & Paper solving method! At least it saved me from a Fail today.