Soggy Salamanca

Soggy Feet

The next day was a planned trip to the Salamanca markets. But oh how the heavens had opened! Wishing bitterly that I had one of my beautiful coats and a good pair of boots, we gave up on the markets after my shoes filled with water. It just wasn't browsing weather.

Torsten bought an umbrella that broke the same day from a lady selling sunnies and umbrellas. All bases covered but I wonder if everything she sells is just as dodgy.

We did find Tigerlily manning one of the stalls, looking like she'd much rather be in a warm bar with a good cocktail. Also found a fabulous stall selling printed hoodies and t-shirts. If the weather wasn't so rubbish I might have tried one on and bought it. They had the cutest prints. One of my favourites was a black hoody with the characters from Where the wild things are.

I was also utterly charmed by one of the bartenders at a pub where I'd ducked in to find the loos. After shaking off the water and getting my umbrella under control I felt rather dishevelled, but he took a look and smiled, 'You look great'. Very kind, but I think perhaps a little white lie!

Anyway, Torsten and I gave up and went to get lunch. Usually there is simply no time to eat dinner before a show when I'm performing, and even if I had time I wouldn't. The nerves, excitement and concentration don't leave me with much of an appetite, so I figured I may as well have a decent lunch. Holy moly did we eat.

In this cafe we had memories of the kind of place our mum might have taken us, long before cafe's were trendy in Brisbane. The kind of cafe that old ladies went to in Myer. The food was great though, and very reasonably priced.

I believe it was called Bojangles or something similar, and was located in a mall. The menu was unnerving in its use of BJ as an abbreviated title for the store but nonetheless I would have recommended the place for a no-nonsense sort of meal.

After hauling our overstuffed bellies back to the hotel to get all our stuff together it was onwards to the show!