Not the best sequence of events… Yesterday morning I found the car broken into. I forgot to take my tennis kit to work so had to return home for it in my lunch break. Heavy traffic meant I only had time for a quick sandwich. On my way back to work this arrogant suited 50 year old Spaniard in his poncey 4×4 drove into the side of my car while trying to queue jump. He then threatened to punch me while calling me a “Son of a Beach” (whatever that is). All of this palava caused me to miss the first 30 minutes of my Spanish class.

After work I headed up to meet Bertrand to play tennis. 10 minutes before we were due to start, I got a call from work requesting I take a case that no one else was capable of dealing with. Most annoying as I was not due to be on shift for a further hour. I then had to drive back from Alcobendas to Madrid through rush hour traffic to working the case until 11pm.

But by far the most bizarre event was being attacked by the territorial Sparrow that has nested by the external stair case at work. It flew at my head twice… actually quite amusing. I’ll bring my camera in next week and try and get some photos.