Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton and Hu Lang

As Always Right was our main tourleader for these days we HAD to go to this club called Aqua.
Restaurant at day, club at night.
Situated at the beach so we decided to try it out for lunch the second day.
Totally booked.

We went to the neighbors instead (different story, maybe later) and came back to make reservations for the night.
Now the Spaniards eat late.
They lunch between 13.30 and 17.00 and have dinner after 20.30.

For us Dutchies (with kids) who are used to having dinner before 19.00 we could only make it till after eight with loads of tapas. No problem, that's what they do themselves too (well not loads, but still..)

Anyways, we stroll back passing the beach and clouds gather for the first time these days.
We decide to make the most of it. We pass an enormous luxurous boat with, let's say the well-to-do, and hop on for a drink.
Suprisingly get 4 of the best seats and celebrate this with a Sangria Cava.
The waiter, whom we ask to take our picture, cannot keep his eyes of our Belgian neighborwoman (nor can we actually) and when they leave it's clear why. One of them doesn't let her age bother her and is wearing a Burburry mini-skirt.
Damn, and it suits her.

We walk back thru el Barrio Gotic and at 8 that night begin our walk to Aqua.What we forgot was that on our way to the hotel we paused at the boat and now that we are doing it the other way round, it turns out to be about at least 5 kilometers. Shiit.
My boots are in no way meant for walking like this.

Limping and sweating we arrive 3 quarters later. Pff.. Drinks. Cold and quickly please.
That's when we notice Hu Lang.
Hu Lang is a Chinese woman who is having dinner with a man and either is very very tired or is drinking alcohol for the first time in her life. Both of them is possible too coz she has fiercely red cheeks, and is simply looking like she's falling asleep with her head bangin' on the table any minute now.

Then there are a (very loud) American girl and her mother but simply the best is Dolly.

Dolly has had her lips done about 15 times and is touching her upper lip with her nose.
She has about 3 kilo's of blond hair and suprisingly enough no make-up on.
Dolly's partner turns out to be a Kenny. Complete with grey hair, tail and hat.

They sit next to the American women.

And ofcourse the inevitable had to happen. Daughter asks Ken for a light.
In her horrible Spanish that even we can follow, we learn that Dolly and Ken are from the Canary Islands, the americans are from Washinghton and then ages are exchanged. Bit off topic we would say, but we suddenly realize this is what binds them.
The mother has had brutal cosmetic surgery as well.
She turns out to be 70 (i would have believed a 55) her daughter is 36 (which i would have given a 42) Ken is 57 and Dolly 51.
Kisses and hugs and Oh we need to take a picture of our newfound friends.

Then something weirds happens.
Ken cannot stand it any longer and disappears.
At first we thought he was going to get the car or something but he just never came back.
Not that it bothered Dolly. She was partying along with the girls now.

At about that moment our waitress is back to ask if we want coffee or tea. Tea is Te in spanish. Tea is Tee in Dutch. No problema i figured.
That's not what our waitress thought.

Waitress: Would you like coffee or tea?
Me: tea please
Waitress: coffee or tea?
Me: Te
Waitress: caffe americano or con leche?
Me; te please
Waitress: caffe grande?

By that time i was really really desperate.
What do i have to do to get a tea around here? The whole evening she understands me and now i ask for a tea, even in her own language, we are falling out?

I snapped.
And said : Te bitte
I swear I said bitte (please in German)
Don't know what possessed me.

By the time we finished laughing we looked like Hu Lang's sisters and took a cab home.