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August 29th 2007
Published: August 29th 2007
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Dinner with the London crewDinner with the London crewDinner with the London crew

A dinner with our beautiful London friends and family in Clapham
In short, we LOVE this town! Madrid rocks. There´s a drinking hole every 15 metres. An endless sea of outdoor terrazas crammed with people day and night. And by night, I mean ALL night. I now understand the point of their siestas. That time of the day - usually about 3 hours starting from midday through 2pm - where the shutters come down and all the workers go to sleep. Awesome! I love it. When I´m Prime Minister of Australia, I´m going to introduce it into legislation.

Fleury and I have been a bit crook unfortunately. I came down with the goddamn flu first then passed it onto Fleur. I´m starting to feel better and Fleury´s probably a day behind. But we plug on being uber-tourists. The first night we arrived from London, we went out and had dinner at midnight, as is pretty standard with the locals. The next day we just wondered the streets around the Puerta Del Sol - a pumping mecca for bars and restaurants. We stumbled across a little bar called Tiberia Aqaba that had Shisha pipes at every table and sold Mojitos, Caipiroskas and Caipirinhas. Those that know us well know that they form
Fleur and Laurenne in Covent GardenFleur and Laurenne in Covent GardenFleur and Laurenne in Covent Garden

Fleur and Laurenne at dinner in Covent Garden
a staple part of our drinking diet back home, so needless to say we were drawn in. We resisted the temptation to have Shisha the first night but the following night when we were strangely drawn back, we were offered a freebie by the owner and figured we´d give it a go. We really liked it! Apple tasting and very smooth. It gave the Mojitos a nice little kickalong - just enough to send us out a little wobbly at the knees.

Today is museum day. We´re going to check out a couple of museums, eat some more, drink some more, stop for a siesta then continue eating and drinking. Ah, the good life. The only hassle is I´m going to have to spend 3 hours a day for a month in the gym to work off this good life. All we´ve been eating is Jamon (kind of a Spanish Prosciutto, which is delicious) and cheese. Their idea of Tapas is a bit different to ours. We haven´t lucked onto the variety we were hoping for. We´ve booked ourselves into a swanky restaurant for our last night here, which we´ll write more about once it happens.

Off to
Fleur and Cousin PhoebeFleur and Cousin PhoebeFleur and Cousin Phoebe

Fleur and cousin Phoebe at dinner in Covent Garden
Toledo tomorrow then Sefovia the day after, just for a bit of a change of scenery. Stand by for more reports of the adventures of Fleur and Steve.


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Fleur in a Jamon DeliFleur in a Jamon Deli
Fleur in a Jamon Deli

Jamon, the Spanish Prosciutto, adorns many of Madrid´s Delicatessens
Fleur in the Shisha BarFleur in the Shisha Bar
Fleur in the Shisha Bar

Fleur in our favourite little bar in Madrid drinking her Capirinha
Rizzo rowing the boatRizzo rowing the boat
Rizzo rowing the boat

Rowing a boat we hired in a park in Madrid
Fleur´s turn to rowFleur´s turn to row
Fleur´s turn to row

Rowing a boat we hired in a park in Madrid
Suck harder!Suck harder!
Suck harder!

Rizzo having a crack at the Shisha.
It´s siesta time, baby!It´s siesta time, baby!
It´s siesta time, baby!

These guys couldn´t wait to have a power kip
Token architecture shotToken architecture shot
Token architecture shot

The architecture in Madrid is just amazing. This is one example...


29th August 2007

Hi cousin!
I got a tip from Vesna about your travelblog and I must say Im enjoying the pictures and stories. It really sounds like your living the good life these days :-). Here in Sweden we are a long way from T-shirts and shorts and the weather makes us stay inside so we can work harder and pay more taxes ;-). Anyways, if your plane takes a wrong turn by chance and you happen to land in Suecia (?) be shure to visit. Pozdrav i sve naj bolje! /David
29th August 2007

Fun!
Hey Guy's! Looks like your having a great time. Hope the colds are gone and you're all better!
30th August 2007

Love the pics, but am now starting to get a little annoyed at the fact that you are on holidays and I am NOT! Have fun but STOP BRAGGING ABOUT IT!
1st September 2007

Sounds like my type of lifestyle...good food, lots of drinking, sleeping and plenty of shopping...checked out all of your blogs today for first time... slow off the mark as usual... love hearing and seeing what your up to... go off my sweets. Love your gutses! G
1st September 2007

bit jealous of the mojitos!
I do believe that will be my first choice of drink after being de-babied. Good to see someone I love having my portion of fun in the sun. Keep me living vicariously!

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