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Día 12,13 y 14. La vuelta., Madrid, Spain travel blog

Día 12,13 y 14. La vuelta.

A travel blog entry by perquisitore

Día 12,13 y 14. La vuelta. Aquí comienza nuestra pesadilla. A la hora marcada cogemos el avión en el aeropuerto de Yangon y llegamos con 30 minutos de retraso a Kunming. En el avión viajábamos únicamente 5 turistas y todos Españoles, al pasar por ...

Madrid and more Football - this time the parade, Madrid, Spain travel blog

Madrid and more Football - this time the parade

A travel blog entry by kescott

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Madrid, Madrid, Spain travel blog

Madrid

A travel blog entry by jbaxter

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I have been pleasantly surprised by Madrid. The only other place we´d been in Spain was San Sebastian, and being a fair tourist town I thought it would be different to the rest of the country, but it appears it´s pretty similar. Our first night here was ...

Week 10 (Madrid), Madrid, Spain travel blog

Week 10 (Madrid)

A travel blog entry by michelleincr

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... in Dublin for the year.  He and a few of his friends have the week off and decided to travel to Madrid, Barcelona, and Marseilles.  I decided to meet him in Madrid on Sunday.  I relaxed all weekend and then took the midnight bus from San ...

Spain 2- Madrid, Madrid, Spain travel blog

Spain 2- Madrid

A travel blog entry by fminonne

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... .  There were lots of Italians on the plane, but by then I was expecting to hear Italian every day.  (And, I did.)  I arrived in Madrid, then took the metro to a stop 10 minutes from my hostel that night.  Madrid has a fantastic metro ...

More from Madrid, Madrid, Spain travel blog

More from Madrid

A travel blog entry by atlantakevin

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... and crossings, parks everywhere and something interesting to look at around every corner.  The architecture of Madrid was not what I expected - it's much more refined and classic 1920s and 30s.  It's also a very clean city - streets swept, ...

Day 8, Madrid, Spain travel blog

Day 8

A travel blog entry by avi8tornole

... class.  On the way home we all sat in BE and slept and ate and drank.  It was delightful. I hope you all enjoyed my second journey to Spain.  Please rate my Travelogue and comment.  I would like to see how I did.  ...

Comienza otro sueño, otra roadmovie ..., Madrid, Spain travel blog

Comienza otro sueño, otra roadmovie ...

A travel blog entry by loboestepario

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La verdad es que este tipo de acontecimientos personales carecen de mucha importancia pero hacen que uno crezca como persona si se saben encaminar hacia el lado bueno. Pensé en realizar este viaje con un buen amigo mío pero al final no fue posible y ...

Madrid: Plazas, Palaces, and Museums, Madrid, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Madrid: Plazas, Palaces, and Museums

A travel blog entry by lar4290

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... of time.  Seeing the hieroglyphics still on the stones was neat, but almost all of the stones in the construction are from Spain and certainly aren't originals.  To top it off, there were cheesy movies about the history of the temple and ancient ...

Bruce versus Bollard in the centre of Madrid, Madrid, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Bruce versus Bollard in the centre of Madrid

A travel blog entry by broose09

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Following a bus through the centre of Madrid. Came to a STOP sign. Stopped. And b4 we knew it, a huge automatic bollard was pushing its way up through Broose's bumper and front radiator! Stranded in the middle of Madrid with orange coolant running out of ...

Madrid Aeropuerto, madrid, Spain travel blog

Madrid Aeropuerto

A travel blog entry by neilvshelena

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... we only stayed long enough to refuel, and weren't allowed off the plane, Valencia looked warm and sunny. Our flight to Madrid had taken 7hrs and we had missed our flight to Lima... boo! But this was all made better by standing in a queue for another ...

Finals Week, Madrid, Spain travel blog

Finals Week

A travel blog entry by morada2007

... going to do while I'm back home.  Good. Lord. But, no matter what, I'm getting on a plane to London in two weeks!!  And then to Barbados in less than two months!  I think it's bad when you need a vacation from your vacation haha.  ...

Dying hair red in honor of the 4th, Madrid, Spain travel blog

Dying hair red in honor of the 4th

A travel blog entry by maria-puhl

... and the lady said it takes a while.  Good thing we did, our pizza wasn't ready until 9.  We got a bacon, artichoke, mushroom, and green olive pizza.  It was delicious.  We had two beers with it as well, so we were feeling nice (yeah, I ...

Madrid, Madrid, Spain travel blog

Madrid

A travel blog entry by jschuman

After a good two weeks with my mom in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, I returned to Madrid to stay with my brother. I enjoyed sitting on the couch and just relaxing for a few days at his place. He and his roommates had a dinner party on the last night of ...

Still in Madrid, Madrid, Spain travel blog

Still in Madrid

A travel blog entry by tenvols

July 5, 2005--Madrid, Spain Well we decided to spend another day and night in Madrid. Madrid is really a much nicer city than I remember. The city planners have been very clever in the way they deal with the heat. Side streets are narrow and keep ...

Hola, Madrid!!, Madrid, Spain travel blog

Hola, Madrid!!

A travel blog entry by pageckraker

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Hola!  I've been in Madrid for a few days now, and I feel like I've done quite a bit.  On our first full day in Madrid, Friday, we took a bus tour of the city.  I definitely recommend seeing the city via bus.  My travel companions and ...

Sunny Madrid!!, Madrid, Spain travel blog

Sunny Madrid!!

A travel blog entry by sunmoongoddess

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Funny that I titled this Sunny Madrid...cause the 2nd day there it rained....then at night, it hailed.  In fact, I was in bed and the window was open and a piece of hail even hit me in the head.  Hector said that it never hails there ...

Week 15 (Madrid, El Escorial, Segovia, and Toledo), Madrid, Spain travel blog

Week 15 (Madrid, El Escorial, Segovia, and Toledo)

A travel blog entry by michelleincr

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... /contrast that a camera can capture.  Even with todays cameras it can make a big difference.  I took the 6:20 train back to Madrid and have just been relaxing at my hostel.  Im in a room with 5 Irish girls (yes, they do drink a lot: last ...

Madrid - freedom at last, Madrid, Spain travel blog

Madrid - freedom at last

A travel blog entry by nomadcrane

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... people better looking, the trash less trashy and cigarettes even smell better (which if you´ve ever been to spain is a good thing). So far the weather in Madrid has been pretty similar to Cleveland, but the fact that it is in Madrid somehow helps it to ...

Day 2 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Day 2 in Madrid

A travel blog entry by tpelaia

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... to balance them out, instead of just walking everywhere. My first stop was El Torre de Espagna (The Tower of Spain). It wasn't anything spectacular. It looks as though it's used as a communication tower or something. The surrounding neighbourhood was ...

Cold weather and grocery store ramblings, Madrid, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Cold weather and grocery store ramblings

A travel blog entry by carleenrenee

... , entire fishes (including their heads and eyes) and about 99 varieties of cheese. El Corte Ingles, the largest grocery store in Madrid, is the only place you can buy cheddar cheese though. I´m happy to see they still sell a type of yogurt called ...

The Spanish fly, Madrid, Spain travel blog

The Spanish fly

A travel blog entry by andrewjerome

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... our very long day. Before coming on this holiday I tried to learn some Spanish to be (moderately) prepared for Spain so when we landed in Madrid, I was trying to read every sign in the airport with limited success. We bought tickets for the metro which ...

Senor Cristobal and a porn photo, Madrid, Spain travel blog

Senor Cristobal and a porn photo

A travel blog entry by cariverga

Дни в Мадриде были, как всегда, волшебные. Я ...

Merry Christmas from Madrid, Madrid, Spain travel blog

Merry Christmas from Madrid

A travel blog entry by lukeandbelinda

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... filled with chorizo, patatas bravas, calamari and tons of laughs.  The next day we walked around some of the main squares in Madrid and went to a nice outdoor café for beers and lunch.  We then went to meet Jamie and Bron at the underground ...

updates written in May, Madrid, Spain travel blog

updates written in May

A travel blog entry by lindastravel

... the day. Since then (thanks to my agenda), I went to the first futbol (soccer) game: Atletico de Madrid vs. Malaga winning with a score of 5-0 and so I left happy. It was still winter and had been sprinkling so I prepared for the ...

more museums and alot of history, Madrid and Toledo, Spain travel blog

more museums and alot of history

A travel blog entry by emilita

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madrid was overwhelming- weaving city streets with old buildings and people everywhere, but i did manage to find some really special places amid the chaos. the calm cathedrales and parks were a nice relief, as was the palace which was amazingly lavishly ...

I saw the Nile River in Spain (sort of)!!, Madrid, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

I saw the Nile River in Spain (sort of)!!

A travel blog entry by morada2007

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Pictures of the Temple of Debod and the Royal Palace.  I need to find out more about the Temple of Debod, but it is Egyptian, and apparently the little moat around it is from the Nile.  The last picture is of my new ...

snow, dumb kids, computer!!, Madrid, Spain travel blog

snow, dumb kids, computer!!

A travel blog entry by morada2007

It is snowing!  I thought Madrid was supposed to be warm!!  I am not happy about this at all. Anyway, in another news, I started teaching ESL again, but I may end up not doing that, because I'm not really sure that I have the time.  Other ...

Hiking and Football!, Manzanares el Real, Spain travel blog

Hiking and Football!

A travel blog entry by jacobjgeorge

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...  The first half was 2-2 with Osauana leading up the last 2 mins.  The second half was close shoots and frustrating passes.  Real Madrid finally pulled out a win in the last 3 minutes of regulation time. They continued to defend well for the ...

España!, Madrid, Spain travel blog

España!

A travel blog entry by sarahkuula

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... some of the old men were pretending to be women wearing dresses and makeup. Last weekend was a long weekend, so Lyndsey and I left for Madrid, Spain early Thursday morning. It was an awesome weekend, but started off on a bad note and was by far the most ...

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