Ola from Lagos (Lagosh)
Ola!
We are now in Lagos (pronounced LagoSH). We arrived here yesterday after a long bus ride yesterday from Sevilla.
Yesterday morning was quite an adventure. The night prior, Sevilla football club had won some tournament (I don’t know which) but the city was going crazy. Cars were honking their horns all night and crowds were marching through the city singing some songs (probably the club songs). That meant that we had to sleep with ear plugs.
At 6am, someone BANGS on our door. I answer it and the front desk person is telling me the cab is coming. Whaaaat??
Well, apparently, during our conversation the day prior when we asked how long it would take to get to the airport by cab during that time, he interpreted it as us asking him to actually call us a cab. What a mess. He didn’t speak english so maybe I shouldn’t be surprised.
Anyway, I’m glad we got out of that place. The hostel sucked anyway and Sevilla was just ok except for the awesome flamenco show we saw.
Lagos is a small beach town full of british and irish folk. Everyone here speaks English well. It’s amazing and reminds me of when we were in Nerja which is a beach town in Spain. I guess the Brits really do flock down here in masses.
Yesterday we spent the day looking for this supposedly awesome beach (Eyewitness Guide sucks) which turned out to be ok. Today we’re going to the beach that’s 5 minutes away and even better that the aforementioned beach. Time to relaxxxxxxx……
Last night, we had this Algarvian (is that a word?) dish called Cataplana. It’s their version of a paella except there’s no rice and you can mix in things like fish or meat. Ok so it’s pretty much this HUGE stew which tasted really good. Yummy local food!
Tomorrow, we’re headed to Lisboa and then in a couple days we’re headed back. Nooo!!!
I’m wondering how everyone is doing back home. Has Bryan had a meltdown at work or is he still in bliss now that he’s in a cube? How was Audrey’s graduation and what is she doing now? Have Amy and Becky burned down our place yet 
? How is Christine doing at her new place?
We will see you all soon and plan to have some sort of get together hosted at our place when we get back.
Pedrosh
Tomorrow we’re headed to
May 18 2007 02:51 am | >8]