Well, the muezzin was at it
again at 7 yesterday morning, even though there were no decorators with a radio next door, but he had a day off today.
I'm a great admirer of Spain's
waiters and waitresses, who (by and large) work hard for not very
much money and (usually) little by way of tips. I went to the
Catedral cafe for breakfast again this morning and was
pleasantly surprised when the lovely waitress volunteered my order of
yesterday before I could voice it. Impressive, no?
My elder daughter lives in the
central (and very lively) Madrid barrio of Malasaña. She's
always been very happy there but is ambivalent about the replacement
of old shops – thanks to rental increases? - by unSpanish fast food
outlets. One of these is a hot dog bar, where they serve a Menú
Elvis of 2 large hot dogs and a cola drink. Presumably one
shouldn't eat this on the toilet.
Last night I went to a Milonga,
to watch my daughter and her Argentinean boyfriend dance the tango.
She was as beautiful as ever and they were clearly the best couple on
the floor. It was a delightful event to observe and I regretted not
being able to get up and trip a light fantastic. Or even do the tango
with one or more of the many single ladies sitting around the edges
of the floor. Where's that bloody bucket list?
Another beautiful member of my family
is my first grandchild, Grace, born to my younger daughter almost 5 months
ago. Astonishingly, there's a universal belief that she looks like
me. Something to do with the eyes, they suggest. And, says my daughter, the
occasional scowl. Anyway, I hardly think this is the best start in
life for the poor creature. Hopefully she'll grow out of me.
Like me, you might not be aware that
Madrid's Barajas airport has become the Adolfo SuárezMadrid-Barajas airport. Which is quite a mouthful, even for
Spaniards. I must have missed the fanfare and publicity around this.
Perhaps they used the same PR agency as the Hacienda did with the introduction of the vicious Modelo 720 tax law back in 2012. Which we all somehow missed.
As I've said, the computers of Google
and Facebook don't seem that clever. I've just been offered a
long-distance course in Hebrew. Which I can't say I've ever
previously considered.
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