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dessiato said:
How's it going otherwise Stan? Do you have somewhere dry and warm for the night? The forecast is not good :(
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And, to the 'whatever' remark...

When have I ever claimed to be down and out? I'm staying in a very nice hotel with WiFi, my own bathroom etc. I spend on average €30/night on accommodation alone. Not out of choice, but that is the price. I eat at retaurants twice a day. As hard as i make it sometimes, this isn't really a hard life. Hence, I can afford to give away paintings to charity.

Now fuck off with all the condescending bollocks and get to your office desks :)

Madrid is cool. I like it here. Planning to bus to Pamplona tomorrow night. Possibly.
 
The Secret Chinese.

Fun weekend in Madrid. I'm in a very plush hotel with WiFi. Just popping out to source cigarettes and stuff before spending a few hours writing and downloading photos from here and Granada. It's been a very interesting few days :)

For a starter...

Somewhere in Madrid is a very secret Chinese takeaway :D You would never guess - you have to be introduced!

Starts here... an entrance to an underground carpark at the top end of Plaza España...
 

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The Secret Chinese Pt2 :D

You keep going down the steps into nowhere until you get there :) A well known secret amongst Madrid peeps who like good, cheap Chinese food. Fabulous Chinese supermarket also. Very cheap.

Cheap pics also. Never mind.

This bit of Madrid reminds me of Birmingham for some reason???
 

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I left Granada in the rain. Found the sunshine :)

Paseo de los Tristes looking very wet, and my friend Jana hoolahooping. I love this girl. She would just fuck the world, get stoned, put on headphones and blissfully dance her way around Plaza Nueva not giving a shit about anything. She's back in Berlin now. Loveable nutter :)

Compiling a post for my blog now. Maybe.
 

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That's a 'Don't ever fuck with me hand'. You need them sometimes!

Anyway, off to Pamplona tomorrow. Weather looks good. One step closer to Estonia :)
 
Right. I have €40 in my pocket. I'm off to Plaza Mayor to complete a big sketch and hopefully cover the €30 bus fare to Pamplona. The cowboy accordian player says he is going to kill me today because he is a cowboy and doesn't want me working by his pitch. Tough shit cowboy man.

I have yet to put a painting up for auction for charity. I will do that in Pamplona. I have also just remembered that I didn't move my stuff into new storage. Erm... sorry Alice, but you did say "after Easter". I'm pretty sure October is after Easter - see you then :)
 
Cowboy man didn't try to kill me :)

I'm in Pamplona. Not far from the French border now, but OMFG! What happend to the weather forecast :( It is looking totally shyte everywhere for the next few days. No escape. I have just today to make cash by the looks of things. Plan is to cover cost of bed for 4 nights today and just hang tight until a sunshine symbol appears somewhere on the big map. There are arcades in Pamplona. I could possibly just about cover costs in the rain. Shame, because I really like this city and usually get good work. There is free WiFi everywhere :)

Come on weather people - tell me where to go???
 
Live from Pamplona...

Excuse the notebook pics - I can't see what I'm doing. Here's the plaza I want to sketch and here's the very bored police peoples van. Bored police = problems. I'll see how I get on.

Given the weather forecast I think I'm on a new mission to just head forwards A.S.A.P Make as much as I can today. Head straight to Bayonne and then onto Toulouse. If police stop me working today I am well and truly stuffed.
 

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Police all cool. Pamplona delivers again. There is something very unique about this city and the people I like very much. Before I started walking from city to city I would have told you people are people wherever. Not so. Pamplona people are very respectful, appreciative and inquisitive.

It's a fabulous little city. Shame rains commeth, but I am well and truly afloat financially again, and I still have the whole evening to work. Pictures will follow - it's an almighty sletch. One of my best :)
 
phildwyer said:
All of your posts contradict each other. Why do you continually lie to us?
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Things change. Lots of things happen in a short time. I'm posting very much 'on the fly' as I feel things are going. There are no lies.

I've booked a room in Pamplona for the night and finished working for the day. I'm more than comfortable for bus fares and a few rainy days. The weather forecast seems to change also. Few things are static.

My current plan (which may change) is to head to San Sebastian tomorrow and paint 'Siren Number 1'. Lorena transposed from Granada's secret garden to an Atlantic sunset.

Pamplona remembered me. I'm also being found by more and more people who have read my 'stuff' on my blog. Local papers tomorrow :) Highly productive day all in all.

Oh...

FUCK OFF DWYER!
 
The weather is still very splendid. I'm getting the weather luck :)

Another day in Pamplona making hay whilst the sun shines.
 
I'm heading towards Bayonne. From there I'm not sure about which route to take.

Either, Toulouse then towards Switzerland (people tell me I will make good money there), or following the Loire valley very slowly to Orleans and then Paris. I don't know much about France. I am very familiar with most parts of Germany, so...

My only mission in Germany is to sketch Alexander Platz in Berlin. I may even take a flight directly from Paris to Berlin and spend more time exploring Poland very slowly. Cash making is extremely good ATM. Just need to get a painting up on ebay for auction for charity.

I'm being very lazy today. MUST NOT FORGET TO WORK!
 
We go to Bayonne every year it is great. Did you go through St Sebastien? It has amazing food and is beautiful. glad the weather picked up for you. Mrs D was concerned that the thunderstorms and heavy rain would give you problems. But I gather that it didn't hit you as badly as it did us. We had rain coming through the shutters!
 
Stanley Edwards said:
I'm heading towards Bayonne. From there I'm not sure about which route to take.

Either, Toulouse then towards Switzerland (people tell me I will make good money there), or following the Loire valley very slowly to Orleans and then Paris. I don't know much about France. I am very familiar with most parts of Germany, so...

My only mission in Germany is to sketch Alexander Platz in Berlin. I may even take a flight directly from Paris to Berlin and spend more time exploring Poland very slowly. Cash making is extremely good ATM. Just need to get a painting up on ebay for auction for charity.

I'm being very lazy today. MUST NOT FORGET TO WORK!
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There are some great places in the Loire Valley, Chinon is nice. When I was last there a woman used to keep her poodle on the table of the restaurant and feed it from her plate. There's lots of good touristy places in the Valley which I would imagine would be good for you to work and sell paintings. Loads of good wines in the region.
 
dessiato said:
...for you to work and sell paintings. Loads of good wines in the region.
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Thanks for the info'.

I'll let you into a small secret - paintings do not make money. Not prepared just yet to let on what the winning formula is, but paintings are not a part of it. Hopefully the paintings I sell on the web will make some money for charities. In the street, people just don't have the worthwhile cash in their pockets.

I'm comfortably clearing €40/hour ATM. Hence, I'm being very lazy. Three hours from 6PM to 9PM today is all I want. Obviously, when the rain comes I'm stuffed. I should really be making more of the good weather, but I'm free to follow the sunshine wherever it may be.

I think I want to do Paris al la Toulouse Lautrec, so it's looking like a slow walk up the Loire.
 
I'm sitting here contemplating my next move. Well, not quite contemplating my next move. My next move is going to be a cafe con leche y copa de congac :)

1 Hour. €60. Gave an old sketch to a couple of young children who gave me good entertainment. Have photos for another time.

So...

Another night here? Get the bus to San Sebastian? Train to Bayonne?

I may just chill until it's too late too late to act on any decision I may make :)
 

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I have free bed with trimmings on offer ;) I stay tonight. Move tomorrow.


My fitness levels are almost back to OK. My beer belly has reduced dramatically already. So much so that my jeans need a belt. I am revealing inadverdent(sp?) glimpses of tattoos to unsuspecting strangers!!!

Beautiful evening. Beautiful company :)

Nice life!
 
The weather is still rather splendid :)

I have a logistical problem to consider. I am already carrying 2 backpacks plus coat and sketches. If I complete a painting for auction on ebay for charity, then I am going to have to carry that around until I know where to post it. So, I need a base for a week at least. Needs to be a city I can work successfully with an affordable bed. Perhaps Bayonne will be the place.

I've also decided to extend the 'charity' thing to any NPO, NGO, Good Cause... of the winning bidders choice. The winning bidders choice after the first painting (Siren Nº1) has been auctioned for the U75 server fund (if Editor and Mods are happy about this).

I will be in that there Frogland by the end of the day. I'm nervous about this TBH. They hate the English. All of them. I can't do the lingo. Maybe I can be Welsh for a couple of weeks again. I'm well practiced at being Welsh even though I can't do that lingo either (they didn't teach it at school when I was young ;)).

FRANCE!!!
 
Up to S Sebastien, then along the coast towards Biarritz is a nice route. Don't try to go over the mountains on foot, it gets cold and horrible up there.

My plan for the summer is to drive that route and through Bourdeaux before going round Paris via Le Mans to Rouen and Dieppe. There's lots of Brit tourists in Normandie so the French are more used to them.

In Le Mans there is a cheap and cheerful motel (Formule 1 I think) they are really not brilliant but if all you need is a bed for the night they are good enough. Close to it there is another small hotel that is about the same price but has en-suite rooms. I'll get Mrs D to see if she can remember exactly where it is.
 
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