Did the Guggenheim there.
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A council flat? Or was it an apartment?
Private, I have it now along with 11 more in that area
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And how do the twelve of ye decide what weeks ye get to use it?
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Lovely scallops, served in a 1980s ashtray
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The other great 80s ashtray was the empty steak and kidney pie tin.
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Back on the ferry now. Iād recommend a driving holiday in Spain and Portugal very highly.
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Highlight of the trip?
Toledo is an amazing town (granted you canāt go 10 feet in any direction with climbing up or down a steep hill)
The El Grecos in the Cathedral in Toledo
The Rothko in the Guggenheim
Tour of Cockburns Port House in Porto
Getting mass with the pilgrims in Santiago de Compostela, the full works with choir and organ.
The food, fuck me the food was lovely (I think the fiery octopus tapas in Santiago might have been the highlight).
The wine. The txakoli wine on the Basque Country I hadnāt come across before but Iād drink it off of a sore foot and the locals are very proud of it. I bought a few boxes of it. The customs guard motioned me to roll down the windows of the car. He looked in the window and said txakoli wine, very good. Do you like. I said itās great stuff and he laughed and waved me on.
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Oh and the women. The Spanish women 
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You aul dog
Ah jaysus you wouldnāt know where to look half the time.
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Ah. Iād say you would.
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Went to mantera yesterday. We did the guided tour. Iāve never been anywhere quite like it before. Highly recommended. The cathedral has the grimmest crucifix I have ever seen, and the only one approaching reality, but thatās just a side bar. The old city districts are the thing. You feel like youāre on a different planet in a galaxy far far away.
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Matera?
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Where are ye based? Thats off the beaten track that.
Matera, apologies.
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Based in cisterno. Rented a really lovely trulli for the week. Matera is worth a detour.
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