Well I have been out of town and out of touch for the last
ten days and even more considering we were getting ready to leave beforehand.
Yes, thanks for asking, I did have a great trip. And watch
out I am completely out of sorts right now.
We were in Spain and I am recovering from a day long journey
back and wild weather once we got back. We get all the way back to DFW and then
the weather goes crazy. I do have to be grateful that we landed before it went
wild, but the ride home from the airport was almost two hours not because of traffic,
but because of the storms that hit late last night. Just leaving the airport
complex was almost an hour. The whole-time visibility was barely fifty feet and
our ride stopped multiple times on the shoulder because of this visibility
problem. The winds were so strong they were blowing branches off the trees that
lined the road. One branch was so big it stopped traffic completely till people
could go around it. And it is raining today off and on. And normally this
wouldn’t be too bad, especially since we took this day off to recuperate, but
it was raining almost the whole time we were in Spain. I am a bit tired of the
rain right now.
There is so much to discuss, but we do have one
responsibility that I need to address this evening, so this will be brief. Actually, I have many, but spent over an hour
on hold with the IRS and then when I got someone and was speaking to them and the
line disconnected. Now calling back they are saying they are too busy to take anymore
calls. Ugh!!!!!
The main one though is a meeting the better half and I need
to attend. Other than that, taking it easy today.
I enjoyed Spain and the better half took a beaucoup of pictures,
so we have the memories to last us. I am an old American I have determined.
There is much different and adapting was somewhat difficult. They like their ham in Spain and I am not too
big of a fan of ham and it gives me indigestion unless I eat very small
amounts. It was interesting though to eat some and tasted much better than it
does here in the States. At one restaurant they were treating us to some ham
they thought was special and it was very tasty. I did have a couple of very
small slices. The wine is a different story. We definitely had more than a
glass or two throughout the visit and enjoyed it all very much. We kept trying to go to restaurants to eat Tapas,
but wherever we went it seemed like we never had that opportunity or were just
missing the boat so to speak. We did eat a variety of food we had never had
before. At one place which was probably the most fun they lined up plates on
the counter to choose from and brought around hot dishes throughout the
evening. Everything was charged by the size of the stick that came out of the
food. You just piled them up on the table as you ate them. Interesting concept,
but it led you to try many different items since each serving was equivalent to
a small sandwich. One interesting plate I had was smoked salmon wrapped around
cream cheese glazed with eel sauce. There were some dishes I tried and please
do not ask me what they were, just be happy this old dog could try a new plate
or three. One was scary as heck looking, but I went for it and it was quite
good. No, I did not eat any squid, octopus or whatever. I have tried that
before and no thanks. My daughter and wife did get fried calamari at one
restaurant and two or three bites is the extent I eat of that.
We did much and walked an extraordinary amount, but all in
all a great trip. I would say we would go back, but since we have such a
limited travel budget for the last ten years, I would prefer new travel
experiences. If we ever have the budget to have an extended trip in Europe we
would circle back through and maybe see either the north western portion of
Spain or the Barcelona area. We were mainly in Madrid with a couple of day
trips to other cities. I do have to say Toledo was great and could have been
better, but the whole day was full scale raining, so it dampened the whole
mood. (pun intended and meant). Glad to
have gone and glad to be home.
Again, so much to discuss and I do not know if I will circle
back. The Sri Lanka situation was made even more frightening since we were out
of the country and apparently there was some small-scale plan to attack Sevilla
while we were in Spain and that was a city we had as a possible destination.
The Mueller report came out and as always too much political hyperbole by both
sides and no real plan to address it properly.
I do want to get back to my story so will work to include in
my next post. Time to get ready for tonight’s meeting. And if I get my act together,
I will post a few pictures of our trip.
Cheers
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