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26 Wednesday Jul 2017
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Georgia Rose said:
Looks lovely, Barb! Enjoy your stay…
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barbtaub said:
It’s in Madrid! So all good.
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Mary Smith said:
Gulp!
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barbtaub said:
Tapas, pinchos, Spanish wine, and beer. There’s a point where the lodging doesn’t matter so much. Okay, so we never actually reached that point, but we certainly gave it our best shot.
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Mary Smith said:
How many days did you book for? How long are you planning on staying?
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barbtaub said:
Luckily, only three days.
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Mary Smith said:
Lots of tapas and lots more wine should ease you through it 🙂
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linda1633 said:
It’s not looking very promising. But then, you’ll get a chance to meet the real natives.
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barbtaub said:
Yes, but they were mostly bent double laughing at the sight of me begging the dog to please go potty in the microscopic sliver of dirt between the trees and the metal grates that surrounded every scrap of planting—which she knew perfectly well was just a disgusting idea.
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linda1633 said:
LOL!!@
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Victo Dolore said:
Oh, my….
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barbtaub said:
Oh mine too. And then some.
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Sue Vincent said:
Ah…
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barbtaub said:
The Glass-Half-Empty traveller says “At least the (banging/pounding/shouting/COPIOUS cigarette-smoking) construction work stopped at seven o’clock.”
The Glass-Half-Full traveller says, “Madrid! Tapas crawl—hell yeah!”
The deal breaker? No kettle in the “fully furnished” 2-bedroom flat. Not even a microwave.
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Sue Vincent said:
Heck, woman, you know how to travel…
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TanGental said:
um, you live in Scotland; surely this is commonplace?
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barbtaub said:
The singing that started when the bars closed was certainly a special reminder of home…
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TanGental said:
ah yes, that gay badinage of the oiled Scot! Delightful.
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ichabod2014ic said:
Oh, I wouldn’t worry, Barb. These are just some spirited Spanish hooligans that wanted to say ‘Tag, you’re it’.
Now it’s up to you to track them down and tag their crib in a colourful receipt.
Vios con Dias.
~Ichabod the Vandal Vigilante.
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barbtaub said:
We went for tapas and tinto de verano instead. Please don’t judge me.
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Little Old Lady Online said:
I guess this was not in the online photos of the place lol.
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barbtaub said:
Nor were the photos of the flat being in the center of a construction zone. Hmmm….
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Judith Barrow said:
Oh!!
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barbtaub said:
The word I used had two more letters.
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Brian Lageose said:
Whilst the personal calligraphy is concerning, I’ve got my eye on what appears to be a high-water mark on those doors. Are you in a flood zone? Did the construction workers hit a water main? Hmmm…
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barbtaub said:
I don’t think it was an actual load-up-the-ark flood, but renovations were about waist-high in the lobby too. Luckily we were on top floor—6th floor by American standards, 5th by the ancient one-person but blessedly working lift—so the flooding wasn’t nearly as intrusive as the banging/pounding/ sawing/ chain-smoking/ paint fumes/ yelling that all commenced at 7AM. (Including the cement mixer that drove up, blocked the entrance, and happily began churning away before it was even quite light out. But I’m not bitter…)
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shelleywilson72 said:
Oh wow! Can’t wait for the blog post about your holiday! Unless of course I read about it in the newspaper 😉
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barbtaub said:
I’ll blog it, I promise. (No newspaper reports, not even of the way I face-planted at entrance to Royal Palace.)
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shelleywilson72 said:
Oh no! Hope you’re okay tries to show concern and not giggle like a daft school girl x
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ellenbest24 said:
Inside will be magnifiscent! Can’t wait to read all about it!
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barbtaub said:
Soon, I promise!
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joylennick said:
Oh Barb, How awful! And so unlucky. We live in Spain and love it. Obviously, every country has its ‘black spots’ and you seem to have found one of them..Better luck next time!.Cheers.
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