la bocata para seguir la marcha."

So say the napkins at El Torpedo, a tiny and unassuming sandwich shop that offers some of the best food between 7/8 pm and 2 or 3 am and the best sandwiches in Córdoba, period.

Choose from the MANY options on the menu (personally I like the chicken offerings, sometimes with egg and occasionally with salsa roquefort), grab a beer or can of Coke while you wait a few minutes, and let your mouth start to water. It's possible you'll have to shift around the many people who find their way to the very small shop, and you are lucky if you snag one of the two tables in the corner, but when your sandwich comes...it will all be worth it. The bars of Ciudad Jardín are just down the block and it seems to take about as long to walk to El Centro as it takes to finish a torpedo.

Huge sandwiches on baguette-like bread (hence torpedo) for between 3 and 4.5 euros. Don't expect anything fancy--this is Spain's version of a greasy spoon--but don't expect to go away hungry, either.

Mmmm....torpedo.....

Located within the mediocre and slightly rundown O'Haire Motor Inn in downtown Great Falls, the Sip N Dip Lounge will exceed your expectations...assuming you go in with an open mind and a sense of humor.

To start off the adventure, park in the upper lot, but go over the steep ramp slowly if you don't want to catch air at the end. The Sip N Dip pushes tiki décor to its kitchy limit, the drinks are cheap and the crowd is varied, but the real claim to fame are the mermaids (and the occasional merman.) Behind the bar is a large window looking into the hotel pool. On Friday and Saturday nights, mermaids dressed in bikini tops and mermaid mono-limb suits flit and bob and make eyes at patrons through the window, working their non verbal flirting magic with the hopes of dollar bill tips taped to the window. Six nights a week, the famous Piano Pat tinkles the ivories, as she has for over 40 years. She takes requests but expect to hear "Sweet Caroline" throughout the night...by round two you will be slapping the table and singing along to the "bah bah baaaaaahhhhhhh"s with the people sitting all around you.

In case you still aren't convinced, the Sip N Dip was rated the number one bar on Earth by GQ Magazine.