You don't need an idea!

All you need to do is to find a local who speaks the lingo, knows their way around and has some spare time!

We found ours last night on the tapas tour - Davis, our guide! He's our new best friend. Today he took us to the fruit market, where we bought some much needed nutrition and practiced the names of the fruit and saying 'Cuanto es?'. (We bought some fresas, mandarinas, uvas and we already had dos manzanas.) Then we went to the bread shop, then to the meat and cheese market where we bought some jamon serrano and manchego. He also very patiently negotiated a new deal on a Spanish sim card for me! So now I'm on the Spanish network. Life is good.

OK, so he's not a local in the true sense of the word. He's an American on a journey of self discovery. But he has been living here on and off for two years. So it kind of counts. Anyway, he's an excellent translator and a great cook. We're getting lots of recipes and Bindi is helping him chop the vegetables uniformly for the hostal dinner party tonight.

Unfortunately he seems to be refusing to be our Moroccan tour guide so next week may be a completely different story. We may be back to needing a few ideas in order to survive. Until then though....tonight is Thai dinner party night! Bring it on. For 3.50 euros.