Monday 30 May 2016

Viejo bastardos


At midnight tonight we will be in Malaga. At 8.00 am tomorrow morning, the builders start work on the flat above ours.

It has taken me about three minutes to write the above sentence, because I have discovered that the old Safari browser gets rid of the problems with blogging I have been experiencing in Chrome, but it seems to have a completely different word-processing system. The cursor does not give you a clue about what it is going to do next. Oh well.

My ambition for this holiday is that it is going to be relaxing - unlike Rome - so you can imagine how I felt when H.I. said, "How far is Cadiz from Malaga?" I promised to check on the map, hoping it would be the other side of the country, and it is. It would be quicker to go to Morocco. I don't even want a half hour journey out of town. To hell with any culture that doesn't involve an ancient wine bar. This cursor keeps disappearing and reappearing where you don't expect it to.

Talking of which, there is one bar - the oldest in Malaga - which I intend being a regular at for the time we are there. It has various little nooks and courtyards - one with a fountain - connected by corridors busy with the bustle of serving waiters.

Some of the walls are covered in signed, framed photographs of celebrities, some Spanish and some international. A few years ago, Tony Blair arrived unannounced and brought with him a pre-prepared, signed photograph of himself, beaming his trade-mark, lop-sided, wonky-toothed, one eye bigger than the other, perfidious smile, and the waiters made a great show of hanging it in a conspicuous place on the main wall.

As soon as the Blairs had gone, the picture was unceremoniously taken down and - hopefully - put in the dustbin. Everyone cheered, apparently.

See you in a week or so.

13 comments:

  1. 4 hours away. Too far. Viejo bastardo enjoy your holidayx

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  2. Happy holiday Tom ...... Comer, beber y relajarse !!!! XXXX

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  3. I hope that you all have a relaxing holiday with fine weather, food and wine.

    Yesterday, I was not able to access your two-candlestick post. No such problem today, and I did enjoy reading both the post and comments. It's a rainy day hereabouts, so I might actually polish some brass or silver. Some of my items are vintage, but not much that would actually qualify as antique.

    Best wishes.

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  4. Enjoy yourselves, and I do hope the upstairs builders stay to schedule.

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  5. Sounds like the Adolf Hitler picture everybody in Austria was supposed to hang in their house. They cheered when he arrived. They cheered when he was gone.

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  6. Have a lovely relaxing holiday.

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  7. Oh sure, after months away (from blog land) I come back and off YOU go on holiday. Scamp. I'll be back so you better show up too.

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  8. In 1966 when Harold Wilson met Ian Smith aboard The Tiger, Wilson gave all the sailors a signed photo as a souvenir. As he left the ship he noticed that the water was awash with discarded photos. At least Blair didn't witness the burning.

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  9. Love the Tony Blair story.
    Malaga is lovely - go on, take HI there - one day won't hurt you.

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  10. I didn't have time to check on your blog for a couple of days, and now I find out that you have skipped the country! Happy travels and may all work back in Bath be completed by the time you return!

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