Corona Beach Hotel

With everyone from the Irish Times to Perez Hilton covering the garbage hotel that had pride of place in Callao last week, I thought I'd stick up my picture of the hotel under construction.

Constructed of 12 tonnes of garbage swept ashore on Europes dirtiest beaches, it certainly wouldn't be a pleasant experience to stay there but it's a good commentary on waste.

Ehhhhhh

Another odd Madrid dog image courtesy of @bernardmc's travels around Madrid last Wednesday.

Creepy

Obsessed

Rewatched Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Still the most pretentious movie I've ever seen (first and last Woody Allen film) BUT this song is AMAZING

Belated Reyes post

Lavapies graffiti

Mercado San Miguel decorations

Roscon de los Reyes

Cabalgata de Reyes Magos

Cabalgata de Reyes Magos

People bring umbrellas to catch the sweets that get thrown from the parade floats

and step ladders to see

and the well known ducks (?!) from the story of christmas (hmm must research spanish christmas myths)

A dog is for life not just for Christmas

Although if I got a life size porcelain dog for Christmas I'd probably do the same...

2011

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. 

 

Halfway up La Pedriza, Manzanares el Real, Sierra de Madrid. September 2010

 

 I have no idea where I'll be after my Madrid contract ends in June... 

Bring on the adventure. 

Happy 2011!

 

Fuencarral Graffiti