It was easy, but no easier than we’d expected. Weeks of meticulous preparation, that’s all.
We walked in quietly and nobody noticed. The first fell like a tree, a middle-aged man. Then two or three children, then more people we barely saw as we carried out our work.
There were just two young people left, their backs [...]
Archive for the ‘What S/Heen has been up/down to lately’ Category
12 Aug
Going Steady Right Up To The End
19 Jul
Little Boots in Tortilla Flat / Tortilla Flat in Little Boots
In my recent post about running the bulls, I introduced you to my friend Danny. Now, the sharp-eyed of you will have also recognised the mention to “Tortilla Flat”. Bear with me, o reader, as I expound upon this subject.
“Tortilla Flat” is by far the most readable of John Steinbeck’s novels. Yes, of course “The [...]
14 Jul
Running The Bulls, Pamplona 2009
Heen says:
Well, I’m back. My friend Danny and I have been running the bulls in Pamplona.
The sanfermines are a delightfully stupid way to spend a few days in July. The object of this fiesta is to get drunk and then expose your anatomy to a bunch of charging bulls. In many ways, it’s the ultimate [...]
1 Jul
Unspeakable Confessions
Sheen says:
I’ve been watching a lot of television lately. I don’t really know why, but I’ve become attracted to the sort of B Movies that never made it onto the big screen. I think it’s because they always have a formula which is kind of comforting because of its familiarity; I never have to think [...]
9 Jun
The Zaragoza Twins Guide To New York
Sheen says:
There are, to the best of my knowledge, 45,389 published guidebooks on New York, and that doesn’t include websites, which must be around the 10 million mark. Now I’m not really a guidebook reader (I leave that to Heen), but I wanted to get the most out our recent trip to NYC, so I [...]
24 May
New York
One of the nice things about not having a job is that you have more time to go away on holiday. This is what is known as a “perogrullada” in Spanish. Sheen and I are not constricted by things like timetables and annual leave and when we want to go away, our only restriction is [...]
21 May
The Red Priest
I would like to think that there are very few people out there who have never heard of Antonio Vivaldi. OK, I’m sure if you asked certain deprived Chinese peasants or nomadic Bedouins or Andean sharecroppers who Vivaldi was, you might not get the right answer (“Does he play for Inter Milan?”), but in more-or-less [...]
12 May
One Year On
Heen and I had been thinking how we were going to celebrate the first anniversary of the Zaragoza Twins Blog, and as we couldn’t decide what to do, we decided not to do anything.
I was in favour of a massive party. I was going to invite all our old friends plus all the new ones [...]
11 Apr
Colungo 2.0
You might have observed that we haven’t posted anything recently. Then again, you might not. The thing is, Sheen and I have been away. And guess where we went to spend our Holy Week – yes, that’s right, you already read the title – Colungo.
I swore some time ago I would never return to that [...]
29 Mar
Zaragoza Twins On Ice!!
You heard it right. Sheen and I are pleased to announce that we have been invited to compete in the World Figure Skating Open Championship, to be held at the King Abdullah Ice Palace, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 10, 2009.
You may not know this facet of the Zaragoza Twins; it’s possible we have [...]
