Monday, 3 May 2010

Friday 23 to Sunday 25 April Bilbao

To Bilbao, and the nation of Dali inspires some surreal jokes from our 3 year old budding comic. 'What do you call a tree eating an owl? A lamppost!'. I must check if psychiatric assessments are covered by the pan-European E-111 card.

Chloe was eventually vibrated to her afternoon sleep after the fifteenth traipse up and down an ideally textured Bilbao street. On the fourteenth circuit, my brain translated 'tienda para adultos' into English. The fifteenth passing was for information gathering purposes only.

From Bilbao to Zalla, paella and with Bea and family, a colleague I hadn't seen in ten years but whose hospitality will live long in the memory. From Zalla to Haro, and Rioja country.

101 alternative uses for a campervan # 3
Luxury living arrangements for an ant colony. Simply feed your children crusty bread for 2 days and omit to brush the crumbs out and hey presto, observe the social sophistication of ants at close quarters as they move from basement to mid quarters to penthouse in around 3 hours.

Things that wouldn't happen at home #1 Carrying one's 3 year old under one's arm at 0500 hours for 60 yards as she needs 'a poo and a wee'. Only one of which materialises and could have been done rather closer to the van without causing an entomological frenzy.

Things that wouldn't happen at home #2 Whilst seeking refuge in the communal Water Closet with some reading material, an Eco-fascist turns off the lights.

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