The S.O. dragged me 447km round trip yesterday to buy a cast iron dutch oven. Don’t even ask how much it cost.
On the plus side, she seems to have re-learned the idea of gratitude sex-for now. We will see how long it lasts.
In the meantime here are some more Spain pictures. Click on them to see properly and in a larger view.
This was the old castle the Hapsburgs used in the 15 and 1600 hundreds. Easily accessible by bus from Madrid- that’s what we took. It is known as El Escorial.
More pictures below:
It had a beautiful Basilica inside-but of course, no pictures were allowed.
Some pictures from the gardens:
One of the things that surprised me about Madrid was the geography-it was much more hilly than I expected. I guess I had envisioned it as flat.
Could definitely understand travelling such a distance for an entire set of cast iron….but 447km for a cast iron dutch oven??? Is it an antique?
P.S. Hope you realize you're receiving no sympathy from your Peanut Gallery.
It is supposed to be a really good one made by the Staub Company in France. It's a good dutch oven of that there is no doubt-but it better be at EURO 192.
But she likes it.
I remember going on a trip with some shipmates where we were shown an antique dutch oven, and we all were laughing when we learned that it was something that actually existed.
"But she likes it"…..and with that, good Sir, you have irrefuteably proved that you're a charter member of the Softie's Heart-of-Gold Club (although the post that really proved it was the one about your Tokyo shopping trip which resulted in the heavier-than-heavy cabinet).
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