Birthday Weekend

This weekend was many things. But most importantly, it was interesting. One of Jessica's good friends from Kent, Jason, came into Madrid for the weekend. Jason is an interesting guy but one of his most interesting qualities is an intense love for Taco Bell. This longing for TBell is made all the more unexpected by the fact that he was a vegan and is now (due to living in Europe which is not vegan-friendly) a vegetarian. So what this really means is that he loves Taco Bell Bean and Cheese burritos.


Rumors had been tossed around in his social circle that there exist 3 Taco Bells in Europe, one of them being in Madrid. Well, after some intense Google searching and the scrutiny of a Wikipedia article on Taco Bell, we discovered the location of the Madrid Taco Bell. With our hearts set on success, we set out to begin our first foray into the "Make a Wish Foundation" business. After the hour and a half journey, we arrived in front of what seemed to be the gates of Heaven as seen through Jason's eyes.


Taco Bell here is not as cheap as in the states but it definitely was tasty. Plus the added bonus that you are able to buy a beer with your meal made for a very good lunch. After spending way too much money at Taco Bell and making a dream come true for Jason who had been in TBell withdrawal for 3 months, we made the hour and a half trip back home and proceeded to pass out for 2 and a half hours.


We eventually woke up and began cooking a nice dinner. We invited Emily and Dan (our British friends) over and played an intense and heated round of kings after the fact. We have invented a new rule called Jack Attack which allows you to arm wrestle the person of your choice, loser drinks. After I had made Dan my mate, Jason was forced to arm wrestle the two of us at once, one on each arm. He won that battle but he lost the war when Jessica and I showed him how we role in Spain and beat him two against one arm...sucker.

We went out with Laura and Manuel afterwards and had a good night out in sudo-celebration of my birthday.


All in all the weekend was overshadowed by the trip to Taco Bell and going out with Manuel and Laura - two things that are not to be taken lightly.

P.S. Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes. It's nice to be remembered.