Sat on a bench halfway up a mountain with breathtaking views of a little village tucked away in the Swiss Alps. Little people skating around random ice rinks, skiing, sledging. I've never baited such crisp fresh air. An entire village covered in a blanket of snow.
Wow'd many a people with my shoe chains! Not in a kinky way mind you...well it coulda been. Having recently hauled ass from the desert of Dobuy to the icey inlands of London; my winter wardrobe is somewhat lacking. I've just about managed to buy shoes and a few jumpers let alone ski-wear.
As a result, I wasn't quite prepared for the blankets of snow. After checking into the box room hotel room, where you couldn't even fit in a cat let alone swing one! I had to make a 30 minutes DOWNHILL walk through ice and snow. I honestly musta screamed "f*ck" 20 times as I was on the verge of going arse over tit on atleast 20 occasions!
Anyways, took a stroll down the highstreet and came across a quaint little shoe shop which sold these chain type things with bits of black elastic - oooerrrrr ... i Know! No no, you strap them onto your heel and toe, securing the chains to the base of your feet...voila, you can hike up a snow mountain now.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Sat nav
Why oh why do cab drivers think you actually want to hear them tell you the ins and outs, complete history and product line of their SatNav system at 5am?! the whole hour, this guy was flapping about his friggin satnav thing! Sweetheart, it's 5am and i can barely keep my eyes open. Do i look like i care which one your wife bought you for christmas?!
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Bothered in Barcelona
Sitting outside the airport, just stumped out my first fag of the day and it's hit me hard.
After boarding the plane in Madrid, the doors shut and the plane reeked! They tried starting the plane 3 times and 45 minutes later, an announcement was made in Spanish. Seconds later, 2/3rds of the passengers started disembarking...what's occuring? One of the passengers told me we had to get off due to engine failure. So were they going to leave the non Spanish speaking passengers on board?
hmm well i was late for 1 meeting, but made the second one. Cab literally pulled up to the office on the dot, which meant i didn't have time to change my shoes! fortunately the office was located on the 7th floor, so pushed all the buttons for all the floors, giving me enough time to change!
cabs here charge extra money if you have a bag!! WTF?!
After boarding the plane in Madrid, the doors shut and the plane reeked! They tried starting the plane 3 times and 45 minutes later, an announcement was made in Spanish. Seconds later, 2/3rds of the passengers started disembarking...what's occuring? One of the passengers told me we had to get off due to engine failure. So were they going to leave the non Spanish speaking passengers on board?
hmm well i was late for 1 meeting, but made the second one. Cab literally pulled up to the office on the dot, which meant i didn't have time to change my shoes! fortunately the office was located on the 7th floor, so pushed all the buttons for all the floors, giving me enough time to change!
cabs here charge extra money if you have a bag!! WTF?!
Cold coffee in an airport
Kinda sums up my personal experience side of Madrid. Work was ok.
I successfully refrained from shopping tho.. well done, the new post Dobuy Regina in full effect!
My new mobile phone operator did not activate my roaming service despite having requested it 5 days before departure and being assured it would be activated within the hour. I refrained from screaming bloody murder at them, instead i ran up a humungous phone bill and insisted they pay for it!
I successfully refrained from shopping tho.. well done, the new post Dobuy Regina in full effect!
My new mobile phone operator did not activate my roaming service despite having requested it 5 days before departure and being assured it would be activated within the hour. I refrained from screaming bloody murder at them, instead i ran up a humungous phone bill and insisted they pay for it!
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Malboro's in madrid
It's day 1 and i've already consumed half the pack - not good form! cause of it was chain smoking after my first meeting - not good form.
Key after shit experience; just focus on what you learned from being a twat and move on. As a wise person once said, everyone makes mistakes, just don't make the same mistake twice.
Flight over to madrid was interesting! I've never been keen on British Airways.. the airhostess dropped this cheese, tomato and ham toasty thingy on my head and shoulders. Funny i know, but not when you don't eat pigmeat! She rushed off to get this wet cloth and started wiping it off my hair. I had to tell her to stop as she was pulling out the curls from my hair!
As if smearing pork all over me wasn't bad enough, I then asked for a veggie meal. she disappears, then 5 minutes later she plonks this thing on my table "vegetarian". Good, haven't eaten for a while, this will fill the gap. I take one bite and taste this awfully unfamiliar taste. Looked into it..it was pink! Read the ingredients..it was pork!
Key after shit experience; just focus on what you learned from being a twat and move on. As a wise person once said, everyone makes mistakes, just don't make the same mistake twice.
Flight over to madrid was interesting! I've never been keen on British Airways.. the airhostess dropped this cheese, tomato and ham toasty thingy on my head and shoulders. Funny i know, but not when you don't eat pigmeat! She rushed off to get this wet cloth and started wiping it off my hair. I had to tell her to stop as she was pulling out the curls from my hair!
As if smearing pork all over me wasn't bad enough, I then asked for a veggie meal. she disappears, then 5 minutes later she plonks this thing on my table "vegetarian". Good, haven't eaten for a while, this will fill the gap. I take one bite and taste this awfully unfamiliar taste. Looked into it..it was pink! Read the ingredients..it was pork!
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