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First post since the beginning of 2007. Happy New Year to you all.
We are still in La Coruña visiting Belén’s family.
We had a fantastic New Year’s Eve. Lots of great food (courtesy of Belén’s mother), and excellent drink.
Now with the “Internet withdrawl symptoms”, I decided I had to try and check […]

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1. The smell of Fortuna cigarettes smoked by Spanish people
2. The smell of urine (from Sanfermin in Pamplona).
3. The taste of a zurito of San Miguel from a bar.
And from this Christmas, the smell of lobster boiling and turrón de chocolate Suchard.
We’re on holidays in […]

So, 3 continents, and 4 timezones later, I am back.

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Belize was excellent. Belizeans are so much different to Guatemalans. I have not been to any Caribbean Islands, but I can guess they will be like the Belizeans. For a country that […]

Today I was sitting in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel here in Guatemala city.
I was sitting within listening distance (unfortunately, I wish I was sitting further away) of two middle-aged America men.
I overheard their conversation regarding the long queue that had to “endure” at the airport.
Fat American man: Yeah. I got off the plane […]

Friday was my last day in Irishjobs.ie. It was kinda sad to be leaving, but I am really excited about starting with Nokia in September.

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Friday afternoon I had to get to the airport for my flights to Guatemala.
Belén and I are in Guatemala and Belize for a few weeks (she is working […]

I am travelling to Central America in September (no, not to “teach English”, or anything like that!), and I am flying with Iberia.
Normally I like dealing with Iberia because, well they are not RyanAir or any American airline.
For the past week I have been trying to get a hotel room booked via Iberia’s Madrid Amigo […]

A friend of Belén’s sent on this Sanfermin flash game to me today.
Excellent! I normally hate these flash games, but this is right up my alley!!

I could play this all day!
Gora SanFermin! Viva Sanfermin!