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We’ll be taking the suitcases down to a UPS shop this afternoon and shipping them off to Nice. We found a hotel that will keep them for nine months free of charge, amazingly enough.
Rachael will have to report out the SIM solution.
Here in Barcelona English is sufficient everywhere We’ve gone so far, but we’ll have to see when we get to smaller towns. This is a tourist region though so we should be fine. A good thing, since I’m a pathetic uniglot.
Thanks for the tip! We’ll probably be walking past it again this afternoon.
2 years agoAha! Now that shop, if I'm remembering things correctly, is a sort of clearing house for all the various types of biscuits and cakes produced by monasteries and nunneries in the region. Recommended, if you need a Morally Uplifting Sugary Snack...
2 years agoOh yes! I remember the Wheel of Fortune Restaurant. It had all sorts of interesting foods from around the world, not only breakfast type food. And in those days when I had no money it was one of the places I could afford. Thank you for reminding me of that restaurant.
Also gone from that area is Quality Pie. It was one of the only restaurants open possibly all night. One time I went there for a piece of pie late at night and the place was so thick with cigarette smoke that my lungs, not used to smoke, went into spasm and I had to go to the emergency room! Ah, the good old days!
The bike looks so shiny for something that has already traveled so far. What will be happening to the suitcases?
Also, what plan and cost do you have on the SIMs?
Sorry for all the questions!
Oh, one more: Are you ordering the croissants etc. in Spanish, or is English workable (or is it just point and a few words of either language so no matter).
I have been thinking that Putin, despite his 20 year despicable record and Ukraine, has not yet attained the heights of revulsion "earned" by Stalin and Hitler. So here in your photo someone is borrowing Hitler revulsion to place on Putin. I am afraid Putin will soon attain all his very own maximal cringe worthiness.
2 years agoYou made a passing reference to a QR code for entry to Spain. What was that about?
2 years agoThanks, Rich. Hey, where’s the good weather you promised us?
2 years agoSomeone must have knocked the glass out when I left. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!
2 years agoWelcome back! Glad the voyage was smooth.
2 years agoIt was 23rd and maybe Irving. Someone nominated in bygone places here — https://pdx.eater.com/maps/mapping-19-of-portlands-most-missed-restaurants
Perfect breakfast after swimming at Metro Learning Center pool and before work.
More importantly, welcome to these shores and enjoy Spain!
Glad to hear it all went as well as can be hoped! The hard part is over 🙂
2 years agoThis must have been many years back. I’d never heard of it and I can’t find any reference to it.
2 years agoOur old favorite in NW Portland was Wheel of Fortune.The Omelettes were perfect and the person who called out your order had a golden voice.
We have lived all over the East coast, UK, etc. and never found as good of breakfast as that.
At present at least, entrance to Spain requires registering with them, providing your identification, contact and vaccination information. You do it electronically using their application, within 48 hours of your flight departure. It’s an easy registration, and after you complete it you’ll received your QR code in an email. You’re likely to be required to present it when boarding. We had to show it before all three legs of our departure, but not upon arrival in Spain.
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