Watching a show about Spain on the Travel Channel and feeling an almost uncontrollable urge to crawl into my TV, away from the world of backpacks and soccer and domestic drudgery and into an infinitely more appealing one of siestas and tapas and exotic accents.
Then, of course, my husband burst my bubble by pointing out the 24% unemployment rate and ongoing economic protests. Guess a girl can't even dream anymore! Time to renew my passport, though...it's been way too long since I used it and there's a lot of the globe yet to see.
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... and that's why on a whim I'm headed to Ireland next week! :)
ReplyDeleteThis makes me think of this song - Spanish, escapar ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uEzHF4k4AI. Of course it's a stalker song, but I think they're an adorable couple and never in the tabloids.