A lesser person would have been in ICU
Your blogger has been struck down with man flu and has been confined to quarters, so no activities for 2 days
Parading through the Prado
Gripe of the day: European showers! The tap is designed in an arcane manner giving no indication of what is hot or cold and in order to turn the tap on one must stand directly under the shower head so it is always exciting to find out whether one will go into hypothermic shock or receive 3rd degree burns; the floors have been lined with olive oil extract; the shower curtain if actually present is designed to allow maximum spillage of water outside the shower recess and the plugs drain at a speed somewhat slower than the ingress so drowning is a real possibility! My explanation for these poor design features is that the average eurotrash rarely takes advantage of any personal hygeine facilities! Anyway today we do our full day tour of Madrid. We meet our tour guide who tells us that a cup of coffee is included in our tour-amazing value. For the first few interminable hours we are bombarded by the history of the royal houses of Europe; take home messages: they all loved marrying the...
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