While walking through Greenbelt 5 and passing a windows display of Beatrix Potter's characters from the Tales of Peter Rabbit ( Read more... )

So. This morning, my last day in Istanbul we had brekkie at swissotel. Because Duke's husband is the executive pastry chef there we get fed for free (yay!) Then I left for the airport ( Read more... )

I have spent the last few days exploring Istanbul. I must admit tho that most of that time was spent eating and hanging out with my friend Duke. I am glad that I have got to see Istanbul from the point of view of someone who lives there, and see how regular life is like. I have of course gotten lost a few times in our neighborhood trying to find ( Read more... )

first i have to say turkish keyboards do not have the letter i in the regular place they have this: ı instead. It ıs not the same I and therefore i have fucked up enough passwords to lock a few accounts. İt took me quite a while to find the correct I.

got to cappadocia or kapadokya as it is spelled more or less in turkish at 8 in the morning which ( Read more... )

I woke up at 1030 after a nice refreshing sleep. I am so happy to be staying at a friend's where I do not have to worry about which hostel I am staying in the next day. suncatcherph's husband works for a hotel so all their furniture is provided for. My bed is a hotel bed, and is so nice, yaaay ( Read more... )

Our last night in Cordoba we had amazing tapas at Salinas, which is apparently in the Michelin guide. it was a bit pricey for our standards but still at less than 20 euro each it was a good dinner. We had albondigas, which I enjoyed this time because it was not tomato-ey and then croquetas and anchovies ala white bait ( Read more... )

Yesterday we went to the Alcazar in Sevilla. It kind of reminded me of the Alhambra, but the Alhambra was prettier. I quite liked the history attached to the place tho. After that we went to the Plaza del Torros which was fascinating. I hope I can see a bull fight someday. I know there are a lot of people that are totally against it, but I find the ( Read more... )

My last day in Barcelona was spent eating this fantastic Menu del Dia (menu of the day, you get a fixed entre, main and dessert for a fixed price) which consisted of salad, mussels (jao ate them cos I don´t eat mussels), calamari that was so good even i ate it, seafood paella and crema catalana. After that we took a walk on the beach. Then Liz and ( Read more... )

I have been in Barcelona since Thursday. Sometime before that in Salamanca the weather suddenly turned to shit so when I got back to Madrid on Wednesday it was freezing. It was also very cold when I left for Barca. I arrived at about 530pm and hung out in the train station till Jao (Andee's sister who I am staying with) finished work. I am proud of ( Read more... )

Nick: Are you going to watch a football game in Barca ( Read more... )