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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:00 pm
by aliantha
Lucimay wrote:YES ALI!!! HOW WAS SPAIN??? DID YOU GET MORE FRECKLES ON YOUR NOSE? HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH A DASHING SPANIARD? SEE ANY PIRATES???
well i never been to spain
but i kinda like the music...
wooo hoodey tell all!!
Oh, well, okay. Since you asked.
Spain was fantabulous. It rained in Seville while I was there (so no, Damelon, it *doesn't* just rain on the plain
). But it was still a very pretty place. In the cathedral, I got to see Christopher Columbus's crypt and climbed 34 ramps to the top of the Giralda. (I had to work off the churros and hot chocolate *somehow*.)
Granada was packed with backpacking kids
and my hostal was waaaaaay up in the Albaicin (crazy narrow streets with steps, etc.) -- if this nice lady on the bus hadn't shown me the way, I *never* woulda found the place. The Alhambra was every bit as amazing as advertised. I also got to see Ferdinand and Isabella's coffins in the Royal Chapel. (And Isabella's Bible, which is an illuminated manuscript -- I tell ya, it's *good* to be the queen -- and her rosary, which was a little creepy.)
The Moorish baths were THE BEST. Imagine, if you will: a space lit by candlelight...three still pools, one warm as bathwater, one warm as a hot tub, and one cold (so if you get overheated in the hot pool, you can dunk in the cold pool and go back)...lovely Middle-Eastern-ish music playing softly...cute boy masseuses (sp?)...*no* little kids playing Marco Polo...and "mint tea" that's basically warm, mint-flavored sugar syrup. Oh baby. We *need* these here in the States. I may have to go into bidness.
Madrid was big-city cool. Lotsa museums. And the royal palace was pretty cool, too. One room has porcelain walls -- no kidding. And I think I may have drooled on the display cases for the matched Stradivarius quartet (two violins, one viola and one cello). I also saw a flamenco show and ate paella and drank sangria and shopped. And nobody laughed when I tried to communicate in Spanish. So it was pretty much perfect.
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:43 pm
by Cameraman Jenn
Sounds absolutely wonderful, Ali.
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:48 pm
by lucimay
no dashing spaniards ali??
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:18 pm
by aliantha
Lucimay wrote:no dashing spaniards ali??
No, sorry. (Why am I tellin' YOU sorry???
)
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:37 pm
by Cameraman Jenn
Dang, I was hoping you would bring some extras back....
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:56 pm
by aliantha
Cameraman Jenn wrote:Dang, I was hoping you would bring some extras back....
No room in the suitcase anyhow....
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:09 pm
by Cameraman Jenn
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:10 pm
by lucimay
aliantha wrote:Lucimay wrote:no dashing spaniards ali??
No, sorry. (Why am I tellin' YOU sorry???
)
because you know that i live vicariously through my friends' lives and that if YOU'RE having a dashing spaniard experience, I'M gonna be just as happy as if I was having a dashing spaniard experience!!
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:03 pm
by SoulQuest1970
I feel icky. My throat is killing me. I can barely swallow anything. I think I may have to suck it up and go to the doctor. *sigh*
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:18 pm
by Keev Furaha
Um. I'm trying to restrain myself. I really am. Ok. Can't do it. Must say it....
SQ! If you can't swallow then I don't recommend sucking anything up....
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:20 am
by Wyldewode
Get well soon, SoulQuest!
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:24 am
by Loredoctor
I'm feeling better as work is quiet. But worried for someone and her family.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:01 pm
by CovenantJr
Keev Furaha wrote:Um. I'm trying to restrain myself. I really am. Ok. Can't do it. Must say it....
SQ! If you can't swallow then I don't recommend sucking anything up....
Gah! The punnage!
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:05 pm
by sgt.null
good. today is our 14th anniversary.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:51 pm
by aliantha
Happy anniversary, Sarge & Julie!
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:58 pm
by sgt.null
aliantha wrote:Happy anniversary, Sarge & Julie!
thank you. we are going to mass for the first time in a long time.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:40 pm
by SoulQuest1970
CovenantJr wrote:Keev Furaha wrote:Um. I'm trying to restrain myself. I really am. Ok. Can't do it. Must say it....
SQ! If you can't swallow then I don't recommend sucking anything up....
Gah! The punnage!
Uh... it depends what I plan on sucking up. lol
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:42 pm
by sgt.null
what is the rating of this thread?
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:49 pm
by SoulQuest1970
sgt.null wrote:what is the rating of this thread?
I was refering to chocolate milkshakes.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:23 pm
by Cameraman Jenn
I feel good. I FINALLY am internet friendly from the new apartment. Hallelujah!