http://itinerantlondoner.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/balenthia/ Because travelling is a hell of a lot more fun than staying at home Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:44:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://itinerantlondoner.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/balenthia/#comment-40 BiB Mon, 12 May 2008 13:06:31 +0000 http://itinerantlondoner.wordpress.com/?p=28#comment-40 No, I'm sure you're right. I've got a feeling it's something 16-year-old taste-buds would find offensive. Maybe I'd like it now. No, I’m sure you’re right. I’ve got a feeling it’s something 16-year-old taste-buds would find offensive. Maybe I’d like it now.

]]> http://itinerantlondoner.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/balenthia/#comment-39 Geoff Mon, 12 May 2008 11:11:00 +0000 http://itinerantlondoner.wordpress.com/?p=28#comment-39 Maybe because you were drinking it in Madrid? I imagine it's one of those things that tastes best in its hometown. Or it could just be disgusting, which would explain why it's not travelled further. Maybe because you were drinking it in Madrid? I imagine it’s one of those things that tastes best in its hometown. Or it could just be disgusting, which would explain why it’s not travelled further.

]]> http://itinerantlondoner.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/balenthia/#comment-38 BiB Sun, 11 May 2008 23:57:45 +0000 http://itinerantlondoner.wordpress.com/?p=28#comment-38 I've got a feeling I didn't fall for horchata when I was in Madrid as a mere slip of a thing... Anyway, Balenthia reminds me of a village I kept seeing signposted in Somerset called Binegar, which made me wonder if that might not be Spanish for vinegar. (I know it isn't.) I’ve got a feeling I didn’t fall for horchata when I was in Madrid as a mere slip of a thing… Anyway, Balenthia reminds me of a village I kept seeing signposted in Somerset called Binegar, which made me wonder if that might not be Spanish for vinegar. (I know it isn’t.)

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