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Hablo Espanol
I think I walked about 50km today.

Dave and I woke up and went for a walk to see if we could find breakfast. The menu looked like this to us: ñçñªºº¨ pö¨fë Wbväl = $50
so we asked the guy whjat he recommended and got that. It turned out to be a salami sandwich. It was ok for quick eats. After that we spent like an hour looking for an electronic translator. I found one finally at this dingy little shop for like 60 euro, which is about 90 bucks. It does spanish to english and also french and italian and german. Pretty pro, but it doesn´t have a lot of words. It has all the basics, but I am still unable to say "you are teh sux" or "noob, you cannot guard me".

We then strolled down some pretty alleys and got the best gelato ever (totally going back tomorrow) and then made our way down to the harbour. It then started raining so we left and walked back up the hill to the hotel. Along the way we got uber thirsty so we found a bar and had a drink. The guy filled my vodka and orange at a ratio of 1:1 which was a bit whack. While sitting at the bar we were made aware of a massage place next door, so we walked in and booked in for a half hour massage each. I have to say it was totally pro. My feet were really sore from walking all day so I got them and my legs worked to the bone. It felt good and painful at the same time.

I floated out of the massage place and back up to the hotel. We freshened up and caught a train to dinner. I had to use my spanish skills so find the restaurant we were after. Apparently dudes like antonio banderes and che guevara and yoko ono ate at this paella (oily rice with meat) place so we thought it would do for us too. Along the way to the restaurant we ran into some skaters, so i videoed them for a while. They were pretty good.

After asking for directions twice, and walking in the wrong direction a bit we found the restaurant. We got bread and paella. It was a good feed. I don´t see what the fuss is about, but apparntly this place has been open for like 150 years, so we had to try it. We ended up really full to the point of uncomfortableness, and went for a walk to try to burn some of those calories away (plz 2 b lending me abmaster some1?). We walked through some weird lane and ended up at a university that had basketball courts. I´d like to say I erred on the side of caution and walked by leaving the basketball for a day when I was less stuffed full of paella, but NAY! I fearlessly challenged some schoolkids to a game of streetball (only africa and south america to go!). They were pretty good for kids. Awesome footwork. The older guy was called david and the other guy didn´t speak english so I didn´t catch his name. It was fun playing with those guys, they were champs. Dave made himself sick filling in when one of the dudes had to go home early :(

We caught the train back to the hotel, and I am really sore and need sleep. Fun day tho. I am satisfied, but feel like I could sleep for about 4 days happily.

posted by hunt @ 9:55 PM