Hahaha- Good man, I'm sure you'll love it.
Ibiza with kids can be just as good (albeit in a slightly different way) - once you accept that you ain't going clubbing - warm nights drinking a beer in the squares in ibiza town while the nippers snooze or run around has it's own charm.
Honest 8)
... ) and to get them to loosen the cassette some ham-fisted mechanic had over-tightened on the back wheel and 2 hours of struggling had failed to shift. Big stock-up at Waitrose so no more shopping for a couple of days (getting a real pain !!). Huge steak dinner amidst the oily rags with Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and various other films to keep me from throwing a spanner across the room 
. Finished my tinkering after 4am with two beautifully serviced wheels complete with new tubes, gleaming clean cassette and innards, two sparkling brake discs and I even managed to get the monstrous knobbly tyres back on after half an hour and a split finger. First time I'd done any of that so was quite chuffed with myself by the time I crashed at 5am. ... anyway, at least I'm kitted out for the big freeze... if it comes this far West. I've flying to Vienna for a midnight screening of Tom Ford's latest sock collection in a hot air balloon with Spandau ballet, then off to Paris to test drive the latest Maybach round the Champs Ellyses. Then on to the opening of a new bar co-owend by Lady gaga and Spike Jonze which has the Rolling stones playing an acoustic set.
Saturday going to a BBQ at Spike Jonze roof top Manhattan penthouse then off for lunch and llama wrestling with a group of illuminati friends i met in Patagonia.
Sunday probably watching Chelsea from the Russian space station via the latest cosmic telescope and finish it off with some bar hopping around downtown Budapest then getting the water taxi home.
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Sorry I felt a bit Morbyd all of a sudden
I actually managed to do all this as planned (and made a batch of beef empanadas!)I'm still recovering from jet lag that has had me sleeping split shifts of 10-12:30 and 6-10 every night since I got home on Tuesday (thus making me late each of the 3 days I've had to work this week)
Nevertheless, I will try to:
Fri - Head down to the pub for drinks, then get to Gipsy for Adam Shelton, Jordan Peak and Ralf Kollmann.
Sat - Prepare a batch of chicha - Peruvian corn beer 8)
Then I'll pick up all the new suits I bought over Xmas from the atelier, watch football, and go to my friend's house party - ostensibly in honor of Gerard Depardieu's new Russian citizenship
Sun - Going to a friend's place for her housewarming/Old New Year party (Russians still celebrate the old New Year under the Julian calendar, which is 2 weeks off, in addition to the standard New Year. Any excuse to drink!
... ah well, where are the beers ?
Ha! That post was the result of a few too many beers for a Sunday night
I don't think I could cope very well with needing glasses. It's also the 2nd hand car prices in those optical shops - half the time for contraptions which look totally like institutional medical aids with designer labels - enough to make anyone feel instantly vulnerable, exploited and sh*t about themselves ! Still, a story with a happy ending at least 8).
