Our first weekend in the new flat, and what an excellent weekend. Granted a lot of it was spent unpacking, but I prefer this stage to the packing. Strange as it might sound, deciding on places for everything is actually quite good fun. Apart from the abandoned double parked car which caused several loud traffic jams, the new flat is so peaceful. It gets loads of natural light, and given the 26 degree sunshine we had, there was plenty of that about. Friday evening Espe & I were invited to Join Pete and some of his friends for an exquisite…
We finally moved into our new flat last night. Its been a long time coming. In fact, we started looking back in November but due to one place falling through, some indecisiveness and us being fussy its taken this long to find somewhere. As it happens the new flat is lovely. Suitably large, very cosy and with a spare bedroom (so get your flights booked… this year might well be your last chance to visit). Best of all, are the owners, who asked us what furniture we wanted and what colour we wanted the flat painted. Makes such a refreshing…
I’m back from a weekend of Snowboarding in the Pyrenees. And what a weekend, heavily subsidised by Sun Microsystems, without a doubt the best days I’ve ever spent on the slopes. The combination of fantastic weather, the great Cerler resort and my gradual improvement on the snowboard made for a couple of quality days. As this was a work organised event there were a lot of familiar faces about, but this still made it difficult following conversations in Spanish. One to one no problem, but when three people are shouting at once I just can’t keep up. So as is…
Right, I’ve now created a separate category for these Friday afternoon links. I’ll endeavour to post something fun each week to keep you entertained… Lets start with B3ta.com. A fantastic site with people showing their nerdy photoshoptastic skills, and yes, as a viewer it can be hilarious. They set regular challenges for readers to respond to. This weeks was: “Whatever you think of them, it seems like Google is slowly conquering the World. But what happens when they finally claim victory, when the company owns absolutely everything? Show us life under a Google regime…” Life under Google Oh, and while…
Espe & I went to the car yesterday to go to see a friend perform in a concert (something we keep missing for various reasons). Exiting the lift we found the garage door had been forced open from the inside. Once into the garage, I discovered that it wasn’t only the garage door that was forced, but the door on my car as well. Some little oiks had broken into the garage and then into my car. All they’d taken having ransacked the whole car was about 80 cents and a deformed 50 pence piece. They even left the stereo,…
Anyone interested in a nice little 5 door Seat Ibiza. Economic diesel engine, colour coded err… everything, stereo, immaculate showroom condition. A bargain at €7500: Seat Ibiza And just in case you were wondering, yes, I am taking the piss.
Last night Madrid was blessed with a concert from break beat masters and founders of the legendary Ninja Tune record label, Coldcut. In the excellent alternative music venue, Sala Arena (well actually it’s been renamed after a terrible Dutch beer, but I just can’t bring myself to write the name), we were treated to an excellent selection of Coldcut’s new and old erm… cuts. Accompanied by superb visuals (I particularly likes the Google Earth zoom sequence, zooming in from space to the very club we were in!), a decent MC and turntable wizard they put on an excellent show doing…