A bit of April

A passage incorporating, in any order, the following words: après-ski, apron, apraxia, apricot, apropos, Capri, caprice, Capricorn, paprika, Sapristi, taproom

Two planes taxi from the apron to the runway. Audrey and Arnold, acting on a sudden caprice, have decided to take their separate breaks having learned from bitter experience that extravagant Capricorn females and frugal Sagittarian males do not make compatible holiday companions.

Audrey, with her unblemished apricot complexion, will find herself blending beautifully into the soft, pastel surroundings of Capri. After climbing to San Michele and marvelling at the view from the statue of Caesar Augustus in Anacapri she will exclaim, ‘Sapristi! Magnifico! Soprendente!’

Arnold, after an unsuccessful session on the Chamonix nursery slopes will find himself indulging in an après-ski evening in the taproom consuming liquor as hot as paprika and mumbling, ‘Magfinicent! Magcinifent! Mangificent!’ in the manner of someone suffering from apraxia.

On returning they will both wax lyrical apropos their different experiences. Whose will have been the more enjoyable will be a matter of opinion.