Category Archives: friends

my sister susan

21 Saturday Feb 2009

Posted by in friends, health & happiness, home, hope, life stuff, love, morocco

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sister-sue

This is my sister Susan (aka Pipocas)

There’s the family you’re born into and the family you choose. It started off as kind of a joke, telling the doctors at the private hospital that Susan was my sister so that they would let her visit that first night I was admitted for observation last May. Then we decided to maintain the ruse after I was transferred to Virgen del Rocío hospital for the emergency colon resection. Sometime between then and I’m not sure when, it turned out that we actually were sisters…

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bummer…

20 Friday Feb 2009

Posted by in friends, health & happiness, home, work, yoga

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toilet-paper

… this is really getting to be a drag.

Ever since the ferry ride from hell last Monday I’ve been unwell. Went to bed on Monday night feeling tired (but not excessively so) and didn’t get up again until Wednesday morning. I had a fever on Tuesday but since then I’ve been “normal”. The main complaint is that I’ve had constant “dire rear” all week and, since yesterday, quite bad lower abdominal cramps. I’m assuming this is a reaction to the violence done to my digestive system on Monday and not a symptom of a possible tumour recurrence, but yes, I will be calling Dr A this morning to ask his advice…

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tangier & asilah

18 Wednesday Feb 2009

Posted by in friends, holidays, language, morocco, restaurants, travel, trips

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tangerina-rooftop

It was the best trip of my life.

Susan and I left on Friday morning to drive down to Tarifa and catch the fast ferry (35 minutes) to Tangier. We got there in plenty of time to have coffee and toast at the aptly named Carpe Diem café, and then made our way to the port across the street.  Arriving at the port in Tangier was the beginning of a four-day adventure that was nothing I could have imagined …

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stranded

16 Monday Feb 2009

Posted by in friends, holidays, morocco, travel, trips

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tangier-stranded

Pip and I are stranded in Tangier!

The ferries were cancelled due to high winds yesterday and so we came back into town to try and get a room at our hotel – but they were fully booked! After looking around a bit we ended up at a rather scary place down by the port (more on that later). It’s still VERY windy out there this morning, but we are off to the ferry station again to see if we can get home today.

Wish us luck!

pablito’s belated birthday lunch

12 Thursday Feb 2009

Posted by in birthdays, food & drink, friends, home, photos

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pablo-carbonara

Honestly, I just forgot!

Pablo insists that he reminded me when we got together on my birthday, but as I don’t even remember going to bed that night I think expecting me to remember a birthdate was a bit overly optimistic. Especially as Pablo & I have only recently started seeing each other again, after about six years of not being in touch (otherwise his birthday would be in my trusty daybook). But never mind. Yesterday I made amends by making Pablo a belated birthday lunch including his favourite casa az dish – spaghetti carbonara. Well, except I used tallarines (in English?) because I’ve recently come across a brand I really like. An arrugula salad and garlic bread on the side, a glass or two of cava … it was very nice.

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