Madrid
Travel Blogs from Madrid, Spain and Canary Islands
Día 12,13 y 14. La vuelta.
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
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)
... 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
... . 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
... 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
... 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 ...
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
... 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
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
... 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
... 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
... 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
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
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!!
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!!
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)
... /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
... 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
... 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
... , 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
... 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 ...
Merry Christmas from Madrid
... 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
... 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 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)!!
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!!
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!
... 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!
... 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 ...

