El Inglestito
(Madrid)
263 Visits
The musings of an Inglesito adrift in Madrid
tags: English, Madrid, Spain, Stories, Travel
Author
I'm from Liverpool in the UK and have been in Madrid since mid-2009
Latest posts on El Inglestito
Basket Case
Posted on 05/11/2012
It's been a funny few months since my last post. Not funny ha-ha, like the time I arrived home in my underpants sporting a clutch bag and a wry smile, but funny weird like the week I...
Read more
Experiment
Posted on 04/08/2012
A little over a year ago, my friend Sonya and I went on a trip to Salta, in Northern Argentina. It was to be our first experience of "proper" travelling together and would prove a...
Read more
How I Became A Football Fan
Posted on 14/07/2012
I meant to do this post last weekend but was distracted by a a Madonna concert in Amsterdam and a gala dinner in Bucharest. What can I say? I've got a pan-European agenda. To sum up...
Read more
In Defence of Drama and Dreaming
Posted on 15/05/2012
My love affair with high drama started at birth. I was delivered by caesarian, quite possibly because I wanted to make the most dramatic entrance possible. What better way to do so than to...
Read more
The Safari Suit
Posted on 31/03/2012
Lately, I've been giving a lot of thought to the issues of empire and emancipation. This has nothing to do with the recent BBC documentary on the subject (it turns out Jeremy Paxman is...
Read more
Mon and Gord are not Dead
Posted on 17/03/2012
Ever since a recent trip to London to see a very excellent friend of mine, who introduced me to the joys of Joe Orton, I've been feeling quite theatrical. Being of a naturally dramatic...
Read more
Mental Peas
Posted on 04/02/2012
Another month, another metro ticket, another argument with a woman with a spiral perm over a malfunctioning ticket barrier, another attempt to write a post on my iPhone whilst being jostled...
Read more
And so that was Christmas...and a Happy New Year?
Posted on 01/01/2012
Poor old John and Yoko. Little did they know back in 1971 that images of war, starvation and suffering would become as much of a seasonal staple as drunken arguments and indigestion; a fact...
Read more
The Advent of Reason: The Singing Soviet
Posted on 17/12/2011
Last weekend, I decided to give Advent a bit of a kick-start, so I donned my scarf and winter coat and went off in search of a Christmas tree in Madrid's central square, Plaza Mayor....
Read more
The Advent of Reason
Posted on 05/12/2011
A little over two years ago, by a cruel twist of fate, a dear friend and I both went simultaneously crackers due to heartbreak situations. It was a pan-European drama, with me going crazy...
Read more
Show all posts (10)
Comments
Location
Expatriate health insurance Madrid
Free advice and quotation service to choose an expat health insurance in Madrid.
>> Click here
Expat banking Madrid
Discover the benefits of expat banking for people living and working abroad.
>> Click here
Businesses and services in Madrid
Find the professionals in Madrid in the Expat blog directory.
>> Click here
Comments