Ferrán Adrià

This Dude is probably regarded as the best chef in the world. So, Nigella and Jamie move over for Ferrán! He Makes some groovy cocktails so ladies take note!

He is a Master in the Kitchen, and his restaurant has been regarded as the best in the world for some years. He has a restaurant called El Bulli in Roses, Spain, which is only open 6 months of the year. He spends the rest of the year perfecting his recipes. - GOOD MAN!!

10 of the Top 50 Chefs in the World are from Spain, so its fair to say our trips going to be a feasting good time! Delish...

Setenta

Yay, I'm posting. Nothing that fantastic I'm afraid but interesting non the less. Apparently the minimum IQ allowed into the Spanish army is 70 which is unfortunate for this pooch picture up here. Alsatians are banned from the Spanish army because they only have an IQ of 60. Believe it.

Gymnastics!

I would pay to see this!!! Moo Moo Ole!

ETA y Boletaire

Today on gym TV Spain made headlines again this time for the armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization ETA. They announced another ceasefire to a rather unresponsive Spain and for good reason. ETA has declared want of peaceful democratic negotiations before in 2006 only to set off a car bomb in Madrid later on that year. In a sense it's a peace talk with a guy holding a detonator in one hand and a multiple choice card in the other; get the question wrong and he presses the buzzer.

Which brings me to mushrooms. Basque country along with Catalonia, Castile and Leon are versed in the activity of mushroom picking. Sounds dull but apparently it can get nasty. There is fierce competition out there with many making legendary status. A mushroom hunter is called a boletaire and they are very territorial. There is little to no chance of them spilling the beans on where they acquire their stash. The only way to find out is to win your way into the heart of the boletaire by marriage or to be sneaky and eavesdrop on a private conversation. Be aware though as many take on a encautos (outsider) for kicks. They'll take them along for a hunt and get them lost or otherwise alarm them with claims of a wolf tracking them. In any case it's a long tradition in which many men undertake as a good excuse to be away from their wives for a great period of time.

Also on my search for mushroom hunting in Spain I came across these guys.

La Liga

Racing Santander: 0
Barcelona: 3

Goals scored by: Villa; Iniesta and Messi

IBIZA!! Back to the Island...

For the record, we are not just going to Spain to eat Paella, sip Cider and get all cutural. Most of the time we will be having fun, and there is no place to Party like IBIZA! It is probably one of the most famous 'club' island paradises in the world. So, whip out you Venga boys CD and start getting amped! Although, I really hope they have moved on?



So I reckon 3 days on this Island Paradise is in order. We Will probably needs to progress to a small town with nothing else to do but Siesta thereafter, and eat food...

Bandera de Libertad

For those of you who can watch.

K'naan feat David Bisbal