Monday, September 19th, 2011

The Guardian are giving away free audiobooks of Le Carre novels: here

edit to add no more comments about how it doesn't work, please, there is nothing I can do about that! But I have just had a nice email from AudioGo (providers of the ebooks) apologising for server overload. (And mine worked fine, otherwise I wouldn't have posted the link ...)

TWTWTW

Monday, September 19th, 2011 06:50 pm
Went to Lanzarote with [livejournal.com profile] ladymoonray, and cruelly oppressed her by forcing her to study while I lounged by the pool, went to the beach, swam a lot, befriended hotel kitties etc.

Average daytime temperature: 27oC
Rainfall: 0mm
Books read on Kindle: 3
New words learnt: 1 (zoco, a small windbreak made of stones)
Max. number of different species of fish on dinner-plate: 6
Max. number of different species of fish in ocean, viewed through goggles: >7
Beaches visited: 7
Beaches swum at: 3
Number of toenails lost: 2
Number of hairclips lost: 1
Number of cocktails (aptly) named 'Kamikaze' that I will ever drink again: 0
Price of lovely bottle of cava in HiperDino: €2.47
Price of underwhelming bottle of local wine in HiperDino: €5.90
Bad menu choices: 1 (sole in cava, which of course involves cream in the sauce, ewww, but was delicious)
Excellent supermarket choices: 1 (BUTTER INNA SQUEEZY BOTTLE)

Photos to follow. Assuming any of them came out.

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