The Red Cross, book club musings, chestnut confessions and barely a cliche - my BBAG experience
Aisling Crowe recounts her two days on the Baden-Baden sales grounds - with patience needed in the getting there
Wednesday, August 30
From the blackness a bell rings incessantly. Angrily interrupting my slumber with its loud demands for attention that refuse to be ignored. In the velvet darkness of my room it's an alien noise and I can't fathom the source for a few moments. Eventually I realise it's just the alarm on my phone signalling it's 3am and I need to be awake, but my brain, in a soupy state between wakefulness and sleep, doesn't recognise this immediately.
Ahead of me are a bus ride to Dublin Airport, flight to Frankfurt and a couple of trains to reach Baden-Baden.
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