Last night I went out after doing my blog, to have a few bevvies with Guy Thistlethwaight (pretty sure I got that spelling wrong but don't hate me for it Paul! It's a tricky name, lets face it!) at his language school, The Meeting Point. This is friend of my boss and someone he used to study with back in the day. Town planning eh Paul? It appears you made good use of that degree ( : It's much better what you are doing now - hope you are enjoying Project twin streams.

It was cool meeting Guy. Nice to have a contact in a foreign city. I feel quite at home here though which is nice. Guy, another teacher and I have a few beers and chewed the fat (not literally... I am having a break for jamon, and pigs ears) It was fun. We chatted and laughed and I went home happy, and then back out to stroll the street and eat tapas.










This tapas bar was very cool, found on the funky reknowned tapas street of calle de baja. I then went to a funky bar that was playing the footy. The bar was lined with dvds for rent and there was a massive screen the size of an entired wall and people were sitting at the bar drinking the likes of gin and tonic in large bowl shaped glasses.




I actually love being here by myself. I feel so incredibly lucky. I do what I want and don't feel alone. Ok, so I did have a moment last night when I sat in a cool bar watching Italy and Germany in the football. The game finished and I looked around enjoying watching people but because I was sitting up at the bar I felt like a bit of a loner loser but that soon passed. A moment like that is nothing compared to the joy and gratitude I get from having this time in Spain on my terms. It is life enhancing.

Oh, I forgot to say, during my strolls to the calle de baja, which is reknowned for tapas bars, I came across una manifestazione against the discrimination of gays and lesbians...

Against the sexual, or any other type of exploitation and in favour of sexual workers.

This old couple were cheering for them and banging frying pans together. It was classic!

And they really knew how to prove there point (so to speak)...

A woman asked me if I was shocked to see his penis out, and clearly without thinking for long enough I said "No, it's not that big"! Nice one Anna. Then I tried to take it back while a voice inside my head (no smart comments please) said "Stop digging, stop digging!"

Up this morning and ready for a morning that involves breakfast, of course, a trip to get my computer looked at, to buy an adaptor, packing, chilling and then going to the station. Today I am off to Andalucia to stay with my friend Jose.

Hasta luego!