Day 1: Madrid to Cordoba to Seville I was excited to meet our guide, Izzy, who I had previously met on the busabout loops in Lauterbrunen and I knew she was heaps of fun. At our first restaurant stop she explained how we were going to be able to order....you HAD to get your elbows on the bar, otherwise you wouldn't get served. She explained some basic Spanish and we were off on our own. I managed a crossaint and tea successfully but when I tried to order a donut, I mistakenly got an orange juice, which was incidently extremly delcious, but not what I had intended. Whoops, Spanish fail, one. Back on the bus for some more Spanish background info...Chuppa chupps in Spanish means "suckie, suckie". Salvador Dahli designed the wrapping on them (cool hey?!).
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