Food

Even McDs do good coffee here - on our fruitless search for a laundromat this morning we had a donut and cortado (both delicious) for one euro each.

everyone here knows that a coffee means, unless otherwise stated, a short black so, bliss.

this morning, also in the same mall on the fruitless laundromat hunt we found this place that specialises in jamon - like a deli but only meat and cheese on the menu. We had the most delicious open sandwhich, with olive oil, a smear of passata (I think) and cheese (me) or jamon (geoff). OMG - gorgeous! the counter guy was sad that he couldn't tempt me to a glass of wine. Responsible spaniards seem to start drinking quite promptly each day (we saw some police having a quiet beer about 11am). I have a very cool photo of some of the selection of hams for sale - hoof included :)

anyways, unsurprisingly, the food is amazing and we will probably return home even fatter than we left - probably more tapas tonight - sitting at a bar, pointing at gorgeous bits of food, drinking the verre tinto, and watching the world - things could certainly be worse!

have all kinds of cool pictures to upload when i get the chance - you can never be sure if it'll work or not and so i've lost many interesting anecdotes - each painstakingly tapped into my phone before the network rejects it and they disappear forever... very frustrating.

Also, had a courtesy note from Telecom saying that our roaming usage is higher than usual (?!) but when we rang (for free) as suggested, to check, they had no details to offer. So goodness knows what this small indulgence will have cost. Still, it's fun - albeit random - and we're really enjoying your comments, so thanks for all that...

more later xx sal and geoff