Greetings dear family,
How i miss you all, especially the nice ones.
I'm writing of my impending departure... i have somehow lucked on to a holiday in Spain.
It sounds like a very civilized country. Apparently shops and businesses shut at midday, and everyone goes home for a sleep. But wait, there's more! Then they all get back up again in the early evening to watch soap operas and have a sherry. Dinner is about 10pm, then its out to walk around looking gorgeous in the medieval cobble stoned laneways and possibly stay out dancing and drinking in bars till dawn. Fearful of suffering massive culture shock, i have been adopting this life-style here at home, so the transition will be an easy one.
I have also been working flat out in the lead up, my boss at the Tote Hotel is away, so i have been full time there, booking all manner of grind-core bands, country singers, and doo-wop groups to please the punters. I have also been minding the bookings at two other pubs, for a friend who is on tour with his band "Made for Chickens by Robots". (He is the only person in his band. He claims to be very big in Eastern Europe.) The best part of that job is that my office is a caravan in the beer garden of one of the pubs. I usually work there at night, and it is freezing! But I can get beer and meals delivered to the van by the attractive bar staff as I work. They do a very good calamari salad, and the bio-dynamic pork chops are genius.
I don't have too much in the way of an itinerary, but there is one point in my journey that i will be meeting up with 10 of my closest friends in a house in "Vejer de la frontera" (google it and weep). It's convenient having friends in touring bands. Then we might pop over to Morrocco for a bit of Morroccan Roll. Plans are loose at this stage. But if you want to check out the casa that is mine and therefore yours, try this :
http://www.costa-luz-holiday.com/item_details.asp?id=585
Yes that's right, the jacuzzi only seats seven so there might be a bit of tension in the house...but alot of musicians are scared of water so it will probably turn out ok..
I'll let you know
Ciao for now! xxx
9 comments:
Wow.
when are you there?
No, seriously - when are you there?
k8
God I wish I was going to Spain... Your life sounds very exotic, Amanda, even the caravan in the back of the pub. Message for Kate: you can't possibly be going to Europe in the middle of the year? I noted in Joe's blog that he'd "see you in a few weeks" and now you're making enquiries about Spain. Aren't you teaching in semester two in Geraldton? What the hell is going on and why am I always the last one to know?
Im with Amanda. The fact that Australians dont take a nap after lunch is a sad indictment on our priorities. I rarely have dinner before 10 to stay solid with Amanda.
Grant, in answer to your questions...
Yep I am teaching semester 2 in Gero,
Yes I am stopping by Europe on the way back to Australia (hoping to catch up with Joe, Sar and new little roff in London although completely willing to ditch Joe for a villa in Spain....)
Yes it is true the world is in fact, round.
Which is lucky for me, cause otherwise i wouldn't be on one of these very handy 'round the world' tickets and wouldn't get to come and bother you on the 16th of June at 8pm. Up for a visitor for 3 nights?
Amamda, I've said it before .... can I have your life?
Jake
Hey, Kate - Jules and I are supposed to be leaving for Vietnam on June 14 but Annika will be here with a couple of German girls on that house-stay thing and the visiting son of some English friends with a mate of his as well, plus Dom and possibly Amanda. It will feel like a youth hostel so you should be comfortable! Let Annika know your flight details and we'll make arrangements to collect you. I'm sorry we won't be here but I hope we can catch up on your adventures in the near future. How are things going with Mr No-hands?
Sweet - Annika whats your email address? Save me a pillow!
Shame i wont get to catch up with ya Grant and Juls, but have some fun in Vietnam.
Mr Handily challanged and i are back to expensive long-distance phone calls until further notice.
k8
writetoannika@hotmail.com
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