So we are in Spain; specifically, we are at an Internet cafe in what we will call the Times Square of Madrid. In Spain, they apparently use these snotcrap keyboards where there is no at sign, but there is a ñ key. Please figure that out. (The ñ is where the semicolon should be; let me tell you what trouble this is causing semicolon-happy me. Also, the dash key has been replaced by the useful ¡ key.)
Anyway. This is what I will tell you about our trip thus far, glossing over the boring good stuff to give you the stuff that is less good but also importantly less boring:
1) There was no ice in Iceland.
2) Our London hotel was very lovely and upgraded our room and it has this great location approximately 100m away from the Central line in the London Underground (known in Paris as le tube). Of course, the Central line has been closed for the past month due to an accident and will not reopen until the week after we leave. (Kim would like to point out that we do not know the veracity of that final phrase, but I know in my heart of hearts that it is true.)
3) The equal sign is where the ) should be. Ugh.
4= Ugh.
5) Apparently, channels 6 through 11 on our Madrid´s hotel´s television are used for hardcore porn previews, which we were kindly not informed of. Well.
6) Really more of a 3´, but because of the closing of the Central line, the London buses that go approximately 10m from our hotel are always filled to the brim with the fresh taste of people who will not get off at our stop and be nice and let us on.
Okay. Let us say some positive things that are also boring.
1) We saw the reconstruction -- no, no, recreation, as we were told again and again -- of Shakespeare´s Globe Theatre. Trés bien.
2= Ugh.
3) Kim´s Spanish skills are supurb for an ugly Americana; she´s already held four or five decent conversations with service people. Yay Kim.
As this is becoming more of a postcard, and I am no good at postcards, Kim is taking over. She has six minutes before our time runs out.
I have always loved postcards -- both writing and receiving. Here goes:
Having a great time here on our European adventure! We had a lovely view of Hyde Park from our hotel in London, where we went shopping at the art fair that´s held around the park every Sunday. We bought 2 paintings -- one that Matthew preferred and I could like, and one that I preferred and he could like. We used the beautiful weather on Sunday to cross the Thames and tour the Globe. On Saturday, we wandered around Trafalgar Square and Picadilly Circus, but when it started raining we hopped the Tube and finished off our day with some shopping at Harrod´s. We tried to see a movie that evening, but it was sold out, and most of the movies were very expensive and movies we hadn´t even really wanted to see at home. In any case, we had a nice time in our start in London and are looking forward to a few days here in Spain.
i sincerely do not know what you are doing here. are you lost? were you
looking for your delicate calico cat, and did you follow her up two flights of stairs
to this room? she is not here. she was here, yes. we gave her a warm bowl of milk, we talked with her about campaign finance reform for a time, and then she bid us good day. i believe she was
going to the post office two blocks down, but i don't quite recall.
for surely you did
not find your way from prinsiana, the least traveled site on
the internet. if you did, though, perhaps you are looking for humor. perhaps you are looking for profundity. perhaps you are looking for answers.
i'm sorry, but you shall go naught-for-three.
