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June 2003 Timeline: July 2003 August 2003

Rally
Edinburgh, 4 July 2003 		Photosession
Edinburgh, 5 July 2003 		Colgate Smile
Edinburgh, 5 July 2003 		Cowgate
Edinburgh, 6 July 2003
We headed out to take some Rally photos... This one was the only remotely interesting....
George's band was playing at the Subway that night. I came too late. Nevertheless we headed out to take more photos of Edinburgh at night....
This girl was obsessed with being photographed by me. After she insisted I shot my photo of her she even bought me a drink. She told me she was a model and had worked for an airline advertisement and a toothpaste advertisement. Strange vein on her forehead though.
The busiest street at night in Edinburgh starting to get busy....
Some guys
Edinburgh, 6 July 2003 		Girls on Trampolines
Edinburgh, 6 July 2003 		George at the old Fire station
Edinburgh, 6 July 2003 		Hen Night
Edinburgh, 6 July 2003
Wanting their photo taken. One of them recognized George because they had played a gig prior to George that night.
For some reason these girls jumped in front of our camera, running and dancing around, trying to have their photos taken and then running away again... Everyone wants their 15 minutes....
 My colleague George in front of an old pub that used to be a fire station.
So many girls go to Edinburgh for their 'hen night', girls equivalent to a stag night...
Weak moment
Edinburgh, 6 July 2003 		More Hens
Edinburgh, 6 July 2003 		Joe's in town
Edinburgh, 10 July 2003 		Plaza Mayor
Madrid, 18 July 2003
A policeman smiling at a Kiwi girl....
For some reason they all wear different headset identifiers. Really weird, like being in Japan....
 Joe was on a business trip in Edinburgh and - look at his smile - it did him well....
After Holger moved from LA to Madrid it was time to visit him there. He lives just off the Plaza Mayor...
Party at Holgers
Madrid, 19 July 2003 		DJ at Work
Madrid, 19 July 2003 		Wings?
Madrid, 19 July 2003 		Club del Sol
Madrid, 19 July 2003
Some of Holger's Spanish friends in his apartment.... I didn't take that many photos that night, more are on Holger's webpage.
Notice the books in the back....
 Long exposure and a few disco lights created this weird effect on Holger's head. I only know it's Holger as he had a blue blinking birthday light around his neck....
 Much later on at 5am.... Looks like my vision that night....
Holger at Club del Sol
Madrid, 19 July 2003 		Paintings at the City Hall
Madrid, 19 July 2003 		Smoke gets in your eyes
Madrid, 19 July 2003 		Madrid's main Cathedral
Madrid, 19 July 2003
With the blue blinking light around his neck....
At Plaza Mayor in Madrid...
 The beautiful backdrop of Madrid got filled up with dark black smoke and the wedding photographers rushed away to change venue.
Slowly the smoke got thicker though....
Sirens could be heard
Madrid, 19 July 2003 		Advantages of Smoke
Madrid, 19 July 2003 		Another night, another Party
Madrid, 20 July 2003 		Anna/Anita
Madrid, 20 July 2003
A car must be burning down there....
Like this setting. The stench of burned rubber was terrible though.
One of Holger's Latina friends had a party. We went there at around 1am, which is when things slowly get started. This photo hung on the wall in the flat.
One of Holger's friends, Anna, who was moving to France the day later.
Birthday Drink
Madrid, 20 July 2003 		Holger and Entourage
Madrid, 20 July 2003 		5am
Madrid, 20 July 2003 		Trademark Violations
Madrid, 20 July 2003
Back at Club del Sol....
...crashing a hen night...
 Starting to wake up...
After getting to bed at 6:30am and a nice long sleep, interrupted by Gazpacho soup sessions, I got up at 4:30pm and headed for more sightseeing. I was tempted to give the poor girls/guys in the costumes money, just to appreciate their suffering at 38 degrees Celsius.
Short exposure time
Madrid, 20 July 2003 		Long exposure time
Madrid, 20 July 2003 		Classic sculpture
Madrid, 20 July 2003 		Grandfather and grandchild
Madrid, 20 July 2003
Looks nice...
Worse....
 I liked the bum of this sculpture though it was very Rubenesque.
 ...feeding the birds in front of the Crystal palace. A little bird eats the food straight from grandfather's hand...
Crystal palace
Madrid, 20 July 2003 		Crystal Palace
Madrid, 20 July 2003 		Main Lake in Madrid
Madrid, 20 July 2003 		More Trademark Violations
Madrid, 20 July 2003
There are special exhibitions in this place. This time it was closed. The picture is a bit murky as it is through glass.
From across the lake.
A pretty girl to the right, many people out in boats on this artificial lake which they recently cleaned out entirely. A fantastic day.
 Come on, they stole these so obviously from Disney's Lion King.
Memorial
Madrid, 20 July 2003 		Tour of Madrid
Madrid, 20 July 2003 		Piano Bar
Madrid, 20 July 2003 		Andy's Beachparty
Edinburgh, 25 July 2003
You can rent these boats to hang out in this large pool in the main park in front of the memorial.
On one of those sightseeing buses. They go until midnight every day....
 Later that night with Holger hanging out in one of Madrid's Piano bars and drinking Sangria.
These two cute girls were walking down the Royal Mile and I asked if I could take a photo of them.... They agreed and grabbed Andy to pose with them...
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