Sprechen se deutch? Ein bier bitte!! (all the german I remember).

 

Not even close hombre. Yes I am senior but I'm sure you meant SeƱor.

 

So we're both senile?

 

Es possible.

 

Nice. Shuffle board on thursday, bocce on tuesday.
Chivas Regal on days that end in "Y".

 

We could organise a Geordie - Hillbilly dictionary with an English translation alongside. I don't know what ebonics is.
So - buenos dias ustedes, ala hora ! Una cerveza !!! American wimp. Dos creveza surely.

 

All this multi-lingual expertise on display reminded me of the first time I went to Spain.
1961 four of us in a Ford Prefect [3-speed, 1172 cc side-valve, horse power - probably].
Left home late at night Friday and drove all night to Dover for the cross-channel ferry. Drove next day to just south of Paris and had a good kip in a cheap hotel. Next day drove all day and slept in the car in a field. We crossed the border next day at noon. Finally got to the Costa Brava and stayed two weeks sleeping mostly in the car or on the beach. Next time was better 1963 Flew from Newcastle Airport [ a wooden shed in a field ] in a converted WW2 bomber [i think] a Superconstellation G with 4 piston engines. The nose wheel was so high that when you got in the plane you walked up-hill to your seat. The noise was worse than a rock concert. Anywho, finally landed in Valencia and then by coach to Benidorm to a HOTEL. Such luxury ! Got sunburn the first day [still got the scars], got pi...... every day but one was memorable. We had hired a small SEAT [Spanish Fiat] to tour around. One night we bought tickets to an open-air night club - 50 pesetas to get in then all the "champagne" you could neck. We had flamenco dancers [brilliant !] then a guy came on to sing Spanish songs and I stood up to applaud every single one [ he had a clip-on bow tie and it had come loose on one side and it was swinging in time with the music. To me, this was the highlight of the evening and I clapped so that he would stay on stage with his swinging bow tie. Didn't say before but club was out of town and we had used car to get there. So, about 3am, rat-arsed, we drove back to town, windows open, singing away, blowing the car horn at passersby when reality struck. Guy stepped in front of the car and waved at us so we gave him a mouthful of English pleasantries until he unslung the machine gun off his shoulder. OMG its the Guardia Civial. Spain's National Guard under General Franco - we had heard all sorts of stories about them liking them to the SS or KGB [mostly untrue] but we were arrested, thrown not into jail but into the local Guard lock-up. Released the following morning and fined 350 pesetas for blowing the car horn in town after midnight, not for being you-know-what. That was my contribution to the image of the Englishman abroad. Some years later, my son was conceived on the Isle of Ibiza..
Gawd, I do rabbit on, dont I.

 

Been back since? We stayed in Calahonda fora week, went to Morocco, Gibraltar, etc.

 

Yes a couple of times but now I'm on my own I drive down. Last time was in an Opel Manta GTE which is/was a sport coupe, very slinky and sexy. Went to Cordoba, Grenada, Seville and ended up in Malaga. If [should say when] I get the Monza finished will probably have another road trip [Monza - a Manta on steroids] but still major work to do.
How about you ? Planning anymore globe trotting ?
Hasta la vista, bro. [ no idea what that means but I heard Arnie say it in a movie]

 

We spent a little time in Malaga but it was brief. Doubtful if more globe trotting is in the future. The trip was a once in a lifetime situation where accumulated air miles and hotel points were used. The trip was very inexpensive due to that situation. My Coventry Lass may be going back to the UKin March with her grandson but that is not confirmed as of yet.