Friday was the day of the great test. There were a good number of people barely functioning at school & they were the ones that made it in! Thursday was Australia Day and the Aussies managed to hi-jack the school "gay" pub crawl resulting in many suffering badly. Considering class doesn't start until 2:00pm it had to have been a late one. It wasn't so much late as early - 7 or 8.00am was the most popular time to have got back to their hostels!
Luckily I had a civilised dinner with Eddie & Beto so avoided the carnage.
Oh did i mention i came top in the Test? How sad is that?! I put it down to Wilks coaching.
By Friday night they had regained an appetite for cerveza so a few of us went for a meal at La Cabrera in Palermo, the decadent bohemian part of town where the beautful people (and me) hang out. We got a table at about 9:00 and had a great meal with some lovely Malbec. Matt ordered the "Kobe" beef. It was about the size of a family joint but was in a league of its own. i had thought Kobe was "hyped" up but it was truly amazing (obvioulsy we all helped him eat it),
We left at about 11:00 pm and they were still queuing (with young children).
During dinner the Aussies decided to go to Punte Del Est & Montivideo for the weekend, i would have gone but was playing golf with Eddie. So a few Pisco Sours later, i was done for the night.
"Pisco Sours" are a Peruvion, lemon based drink - for anyone at Imola you will know how bad things can get after a few lemon based drinks! They are delicious.
Saturday was another lovely day at San Andreas GC with Eddie and his band of merry men. We took things a bit easier at lunchtime for some reason. Jorge, who is a petrol head had seen Fangio in his youth, admittedly only doing demo's but even that was something to brag about! Aparently his birth place is Tandil, as i am passing near there i will try to pop in as there must be a museum.
Sunday morning was an early start as Eddie had invited me up to his country residence, a place called Pilar. It was a good excuse to get out on the bike. I wanted to miss the worst of the BsAs traffic so headed off at 7:00.
I checked with the garage what time they opened the eveing before. Basically the guard sleeps there so you press the door bell when you want to leave. Did i feel uneasy when this poor guy came to the security gate scratching his nuts in his underwear? Funnily enough, i didnt take a picture of that. Anyway he seemed pretty sanguin about it, opened the gate and I left.
The only people on the streets were people returning from their night out (probably more Australians). I managed to get to Eddies without getting lost once. The embarassment was the Toll both. With a queue of traffic, parping their horns, it is a bit of a panic to get a few Peso's out of your bag - especially when you try to offer them a tea bag! Phil gave me a few last time i was in Cornwall, for my camping, and i forgot where i had put them.
I dont know why they were so unimpressed - at todays rate of exchange 2 Pesos is about 1 English teabag.
We played golf again - I dont think i have ever played this much golf in January before (certainly not in 35 degrees). Mayling is a gated community and as you can imagine the houses that line the golf course are not at the budget end of the range.
After a nice lunch with Eddie, his son & two of his mates (all hung over from the night before - obviously) I made my way back, again without mishap.The Car park attendant was properly dressed when i parked the bike.
Eddies wife is back tomorrow that is the end of the golf fest - for him rather than me!
Sorry no pictures this time
As you're top boy in the language front.
ReplyDeleteEu ainda estremeço com o pensamento de limoncello, especialmente quando seguido por tequila!
Tem uma resposta de Stingray RV, eles vão entregar e dar suporte em circuito, tudo a um custo obviamente!
Você tem o seu e-mail classificados e vou para a frente mais informações?
iwishiwasasgoodasthepersonreceivingthisemail@blahblah.co.uk endereço de e-mail usual
ou ian@rh45.co.uk
Or, if classes aren't going that well...
I still shudder at the thought of limoncello, especially when followed by tequila!
Got a reply from Stingray RV, they will deliver and give support at circuit, all at a cost obviously!
Have you got your email sorted and I will forward info over?
usual email address iwishiwasasgoodasthepersonreceivingthisemail@blahblah.co.uk
or ian@rh45.co.uk
Apparently if you remember Imola you weren't there ?! I blame Thomas and those nice people with that red GT thingy, that they are loathed to let people drive back through the alps?
DeleteGlad GB (golden balls) topped the class with his Spanish herbs, nothing changes he's doing his homework whilst everyone else is down the pub having a good time! But fully understand another gold star on teachers wall chart is far more important than studying the local micro brewery??? Your life does not appear to have changed from Lloyds ? Start at 2pm then golf, dinner followed by drinks on the lawn.
That nice chap from Weymouth seems to have some weight issues? We can organise for more chocolates to be delivered as I have contacts in that area.
Be careful regarding the contents of tea bags from Cornwall we can almost hear the snap of the surgical gloves from here.
Keep leaving the polished apples on teachers desk.
Who has discovered the "Google translate" button on their keyboard then?
DeleteCertainly wasnt "all there" past mid night!
DeleteI know what you mean about the Balls, after all it is "only" a Ford.
If you saw teacher you wouldn't be so critical.
It seemed too early to give up everything about my work life. Actually I have a game at Goodwood on the 23rd of April, i do hope the plane isnt delayed.
Dont worry about Podge, he will get back up to his fighting weight in not time.
And as for the last comment, i would rather not think about that - do you have any idea how many borders i have to cross?
pisco sours are great things, cant remember whats in them though, its a creamy one isnt it? or that might have been another peruvian one, you really should spend some time there if you get the chance
ReplyDeleteand Ian, lemoncello is so last year, you need to try glacierice (50%) and stroh (80%) they are much more exciting, any race meetings in austria perchance? (assuming you are not currently tipexing out any event on the calendar within 1000 miles of austria)
They are indeed Thomas. It is a lemon liquer and a Peruvian "white spirit", in fact it probably is just White spirit from B&Q. it has the frothy white top and some dots of something on the froth - i think they are so you can focus on the glass towards to the end of the night. Perhaps you can show the barmaid in imola how to make them too!
Deletei certainly intend to spend a lot of time in Peru - cant evr eat too many Guinea Pigs!
its cuy, i thought you were taking lessons?
Deletewhat's cuy? I havent got that far in the book!
DeleteDid you get the tea-bags from Norwood Hill, they must be worth 4 pesos compared to the Cornish bags....and have you sold the adaptors yet? You can buy more apples for the teacher then!
ReplyDeleteNope definitely Phil's - only four of em though and used 2 of them already! Have you sent the adaptors? i havn't seen them yet.
DeleteAs the Teacher's novio (b/f) is in the Army we are all being very proper. Buenos notches
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DeleteSent 2 adaptors, 12 tea-bags and 4 biscuits which are probably now 17734450097365 crumbs!
ReplyDeleteThey are probably still in customs
God nat to you too
Deleted the above comment 'cause I was rabbiting on about having been on the speed-appreciation course!!
ReplyDeleteGoing to be doing 29 m.p.h everywhere now!
woohoo :) free chocolates, and i'm never drinking shots, or funny coloured drinks, or drinks that end in BOMB with Thomas ever again!!
ReplyDeleteEVER is a very long time, nothing is impossible
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