Pre-Madrid

So yeah, I forgot to tell you: tomorrow B and I are going to Madrid, Spain! We'll be there until Monday morning, visiting B's friends, stopping by her apartment to see the recent rain damage, and travelling to Segovia for a puppetry festival called Titirimundi. Expect a few thousand photos on Flickr next week...

It's unlikely I'll be posting while I'm away - B's friends party pretty hard so I'll be putting sleep ahead of blogging in terms of priorities - but if the opportunity comes up I'll try to drop a line or several.

In other news:

• Last night we went to Notre Dame for a concert celebrating the composer and organist Louis Vierne. The sound of the organ was incredible and in the setting of the cathedral became something other-wordly.

• This morning we had breakfast on the Pont des Arts (pain au chocolat, pain aux raisins, croissants and a pot of tea in the beautiful morning sunshine) which was a wonderful way to wake up.

• Today I'm meeting Jessie, an Aussie friend from French class, for coffee and a wander around (and possibly to find a place to buy thongs).

• And later on I'll be heading to the gym for a workout, coming home to work my sewing skills to mend a backpack and one of B's coats, and hopefully speaking to Flo who arrived in Paris last weekend. Oh yeah, and doing my French homework too.

And before I go, check this out: http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/architecture-of-ascent.html. The graphics are beautiful and have reminded me I need to get back into climbing so I can do this sort of thing one day.

So, à bientôt everyone. Have a great weekend and I'll catch up with y'all next week.