MADRID II

I puta atu māua ko Aroha ki waho, ki te wera o Madrid. He uaua te whakawhiti i te tiriti! Ka mutu te torotoro i te teihana matua, ka rapu atu i te la calle Huerta, he tiriti e nui ana ngā bares de tapeo. Kātahi hoki te takiwā. Ka rata au ki te noho ki reira. E kī ana ngā tiriti i ngā toa waihanga. Me te mā hoki o te takiwā. Ka rongo te wairua i te wairua tau, i te wairua kaha o te tāone nei. He tawhito te nuinga o ngā whare. He maha hoki ngā rākau e pai ai te hau.

Ka noho mātou ki te kai i te bar Los Rotos. Te pai hoki o te waina i kai ai au, ko te Melquior no Ribera de Douros. Ka kai māua i te 'roto de alcachofa' me ngā 'puntilillas de calamar', arā, ko ngā pito kawekawe ngū.

I raro iho i te bar tētehi pakitara tupuranga otaota, he pakitara whare teitei. Ka hemo a Mereana i te tirohanga atu! E tata ana te toa tuitui e koakoa ai a Mereana - mehemea i konei!

Ko tā te tohu i te kokonga e mea ana, "Me te mea hoki ... māku koe e whakaako ki te tuitui!"