VALENTINES DAY SPECIAL

On Valentines Day itself, we went for
a San Valentin's meal in GINOS
italian restaurant
the food was quite a disappointment
thou i still happily enjoyed the meal in bliss
we had my all-time love, Lambrusco
the sweet italian wine
I was oddly surprised, n disappointed
there was no sight of roses, balloons in a romantic restaurant as such
Spanish pple dont celebrate Valentines!
boooo~

VALENTINES WKEND
HOTEL RICE @ BURGOS!
We slipped off for a romantic wkend getaway
ahhh it was incredibly nice to just relax
do nothing, chill and rejuvenate...
Burgos turned out to be such a beautiful, quaint lil city

Hotel Rice
elegantly decored with victorian charms
exquisitely brought out the european flavour

Been a while since we stayed in a nice hotel
soo woohoo~ i just wanted to awwwwwe
n smell that fresh laundry fragrant
check out where we bubble-bathed all day ;)

HAHA
First thing first, drink up!
we brought a bottle of wine
at 3pm, I was drunk...
nothing beats that feeling ahhhh...

having Chinese lunch
partly to celebrate Chinese NewYr
it was just absolutely near the hotel
n i had the great time eating, while feelin high~

FINALLY THE SPA!
We headed to the SPA, part of the San Valentins package
it turned out to be a young,trendy place
we did the 'thermal circuit'
n it was soo effective n relaxing
with state-of-the-art hydro-electric pool

TIME TO HIT THE NIGHTLIFE
heh here i am, dressing up

decided on my new black dress
(i have tons of them!)

Nightview of lovely Cathedral

Sunday morning
we headed for the viewing point of Burgos
awesome view of the city

Gate to the castle

like always,
we headed to a nice bar/cafe by the viewing pt
the awesome view was blocked by a big wooden shelf thou
how silly..

the awestriking Cathedral of Burgos
historical and gothic..

the old city had beautiful cobble-stoned streets
had the true european feeling
that bohemian relaxing feelin...

Arco de San Antonio

By the canal..

CARNAVAL!
It was the carnival wkend all round the world
Spain celebrates it by partying all night long
we managed to catch a glimpse of
theBurgos way of celebrating this worldwide festival

people disguised in traditional or weird costumes
doing silly stuff along the streets

look at this kid disguised as a clown!

there was a band of disguised musicians
singing out loud songs with silly/funny lyrics

Miho Spain-trippin'

we brought Miho to Granada on our roadtrip
woohoo~
of cos Granada was more beautiful than Madrid
first stop:
our all-time fav Alhambra Palace Cafe,
breathetaking view of the city...

haha! Alberto pretending to be cool

Snapped a pic of Miho
in an exotic turkish shop
lotsa colourful lights, sheeshas n exquisite jewellery

us trying Piononos~
typical Granada dessert

on our climb up to the old part of Granada
an authentic Moorish gate
how traditional

Miho n I at my fav pt in Granada
check out Alhambra behind us

ARABIC TEASHOP
Ahhh another of my favourites!
the sheeshas, aromatic arabic teas
exquisite decor
dark, soothing atmosphere...

Night out with Mariko and frens
we went to the Jap tapas bar with our 2 Jap frens!
woo~ so fun listening to them in Japanese!
O Genki deska?
Dai ghiu bu?
Aishiteru!

Teriyaki chicken & sushi
came free with 1.50euros beer!
XD n KK, hurry come!!!

Tapas bar hoppin
we were all still hungry aft scavaging different tapas


Hitting the pub with Alberto's frens

Back in Madrid!
Miho n I were eatting good food all day long
us in Atocha bus terminal
check out the indoor garden

in a Japanese restaurant!

lol it truely was a gastronomic trip
we had all the authentic Spanish food
woo~ we went for lunch at a restaurant,
had the menu-del-dia as usual,
n they gave me a whole bottle of wine, just for myself!
phhh i went drunk to work after...hah!

Last meal with Miho
FULLLL!
ahh we look forward to visiting Japan end of 2007!!
teriyaki, takopachi, teppanyaki...