|
Profile |
Events |
Gear |
Racks |
Matches |
Blog |
+ |
Clips |
Pics
| Friday November 3 2023 - 10 days in Spain | Travel matches | |
| I just came back from a trip to Spain for about 10 days with LumberG (id 250). We started our visit in Madrid for 3 days, then we went to Seville for 3 days and then we returned to Madrid for 4 days. There were intentions to visit Cordoba, Ronda and Toledo as day trips, but those plans were dropped when we felt our schedule was already overloaded and we didn't want to stretch ourselves too thin, increasing the chance of marring our trips with fatigue and pain. It took LumberG 4 days to recover from our jet lag and on one night, he couldn't sleep between midnight and 7 am and was only able to sleep between 7 am until noon. We think that a coffee at 4 in the afternoon might have been the culprit. π There is only a 5 hours difference between Madrid and Montreal, but different circumstances made it harsher for each of us to get back to our normal reasonable times. We did our usual sightseeing and walked a lot! My cell phone fit app couldn't be more happy recording 15 to 30K steps a day. We went to a food tour where we were shown different local neighborhoods and we get to eat those delicious Iberico hamon and devoured hundred of tapas. I ended up laughing non-stop when we arrived at a fourth restaurant where they gave us additional Vermouth or Jerez that had a high alochol rate. I was in the verge of being drunk... The word I heard the most in this tour was Malasana. In Seville, we visited the Giralda Cathedral, but we missed the Royal Palace of Alcazar because we didn't reserve 2 days in advance. The small city/village stature of Seville was more enchanting to us than Madrid. The little narrow streets were charming and reminded LumberG of his home town village in Italy. We also managed to get a much better AirBnb during our time there, which was understandably easier because housing is somewhat cheaper in Seville. In Madrid, we visited the Retiro Park, we walked in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum where we saw some of Van Gogh's and Picasso's paintings and we photographed hundreds of those clichΓ© you get from those wonderful Madrid architectural buildings, which I will spare you. π Coincidentally, we met with RickSF (id 8839) and SFBruce who also happened to be in Madrid during our last 4 days there. We didn't wrestle them, but we did spend time together sightseeing, shopping and going to restaurants. RickSF also introduced us to MadridWrestler, who kindly took the time to be our guide for the city. He covered in 2 hours what would have taken us 2 days to explore. He knew exactly where to go and gave us elaborate details on the history behind the monuments, the palaces, the ceremonies and each landmark in Madrid. LumberG and I are forever thankful for his time and kindness. Unfortunately, we couldn't wrestle MadridWrestler because he was still recovering from a medical procedure. Walking and touring was permitted, but his doctor suggested to avoid wrestling for a little while. RickSF was browsing wrestlers on MeetFighters and he suggested to meet with StrongCris. This is a rare opponent that both LumberG and I agreed on meeting. We both have different tastes, but this is one of those rare times where our preferences for men converged. LumberG has a soft spot for biceps and I have one for bellies. StrongCris has both. π In addition, the trip was mainly for leisure and sightseeing, wrestling was entirely optional and we were only considering it if it matched our schedule. Lucky for us, StrongCris was very flexible. In less than 24 hours, he showed up at our AirBnb and we were ready to rumble! So.... uh.... Wow! ... StrongCris is a hairy handsome bearded bastard! π He is very strong: he has great upper arm strength and definitely know his way around despite only been wrestling for 9 months. He's definitely squeezable.... I could give him body scissors over and over, but it was unfortunately pulling his body hair. He mentioned to me that "it burns!". Any subsequent body scissor I would land, he would say "No!", so I kindly respected his wish even though I absolutely adore squeezing him. StrongCris was a very good sport to let me put him in my signature full nelson body scissors in this screenshot:
LumberG and I ended up tag teaming him, holding one arm and one leg each and giving gut punches after gut punches. Don't get me wrong, StrongCris is actually a heel, but if you do overpower him, he becomes a very cooperative jobber.... not by choice! π He has this special technique where he sits on top of your chest, grabs your arms and pulls them higher until you submit. It actually felt like a massage at first, but it can be pretty painful and effective. Definitely watch out for this signature move if you don't want to lose against him. At one point, he was referring to LumberG as Hamon, so LumberG referred back to him as Iberico. Both are types of ham, one more refined than the other, but it's a joke intended to tease that each other about our extra weight. I do find their little bellies beautiful, but they are both very conscious about it. π He is a pretty strong and scrappy wrestler and he was definitely one of the great highlights of our trip. Luckily, he does have relatives living in Montreal, so both LumberG and I might be able to get a rematch with him in perhaps... a not too far future. On our 2nd to last day, we accompanied RickSF and SFBruce to a gay bar called Thick and then to a dance club called BearBie's. I love the way SFBruce dance! π₯° We danced until 2 AM. Had I not intervened though, LumberG had told me that he would have stayed until 6 AM. Our hangover wasn't pretty the next day, so we were kinda happy we only did this once in our trip. π Our 10 days passed like lightning. It seemed like yesterday we were on a plane with AirFrance to get to Paris for a connection to Madrid... and just yesterday, we already took the flight back. For our return, I spent a little extra to get better seats to have increased privacy and comfort, but unfortunately, the two people behind us had bad breath. π€’ The trip was also a test of our relationship, seeing if we can bear each other for 10 consecutive days or end up raking each other's eyes. π Luckily, we successfully managed to stand and support each other: we had lots of fun, laughs, thrills and meals... and we definitely will be taking other trips together in the future and hopefully insert another memorable match here and there during our trips. π Adding a quick note that I had a match with MainEagle (id 1086) some time last month. We had a brief but nice match where he dominated me again, but he was nice enough to let me do a couple of moves on him. π | ||
Blog ID 359  | ||
