Olmo Madrid

So today we head from Barcelona to Madrid. the morning we had a few heavy heads on the coach as we all experienced the gay pride march the night before. Too many 1 euro beers from the indian guys on the street made for a sluggish start! We headed on a bus tour of Barcelona and stoped in at the main arena of the 1992 Summer Olympic Games (the one where they lit the flame with a flaming arrow shot by an archer standing in the middle of the stadium). We then had a walking tour of the ...

... ing Paul here now". Nice to see such a calm man. I set off towards Plaza San Anna and briefly considered having a few in Cervezia Alemanne. The former haunt of Ernest Hemmingway. I've never read anything he wrote, but he did once say that "drink is a writers best friend", so that makes him worthy of my respect by proxy. However apparently it's expensive so I went to the bar next door, I'm sure Hemmingway would prefer cheaper beer. I had a glass of the homebrew Rubia ...

We attempted to sleep in today, but the Greek girls started showering and yelling at about 9:30am, although we somehow managed to lay around until 11. I finally got up and around and we left a little early so we could walk instead of paying for the metro. We ended up being about 30 minutes early to meet Edwin and Ryan so we sat on some steps and watched the remains of the parade blow around in the wind for a while and ...

... small and winding and so cool to navigate. The city is really just exquisite!! We all had more mojitos. They were good, but certainly not the best of the trip. One of the waiters was cute, but since he was working, Edie and I decided it wasn´t worth the effort and that we would find me a boy elsewhere. We headed across the river to a part of the city that was filled with people. Tents lined the water selling everything, and the ...

Our flight was not as bad as I thought it would be and airplane meals are pretty good! My brother and I arrived pretty early this morning in Madrid, then took a bus and then a taxi to our hotel. We decided that we should stay in a hotel for the first ...

... After securing the shutters with bike lock, I head out for a beer and some food. Food is easily found in a 24-hour store. Beer is more difficult - every bar is rammed. Even at one in the morning. After walking round apprehensively for about an hour, I am feeling less choosy, and walk in to one of the bars. Everyone working there is rushed off their feet, it seems. The beer "Mahon" has gone down well and my eyelids are heading south.

... parties at the cathedral. Many people get married in smaller church elsewhere and then go to the cathedral to take their pictures (you have to book the cathedral at least a year in advance, and even then you get married in one of the side chapels; also, the main altar is being renovated so it wouldn't be my number one choice because of the hammering). I saw at least five brides with their wedding parties. While we were in the cathedral, another wedding was going on in a side ...

... and intelligent Moroccans, lively, social Spaniards, charming and clever Frenchmen and even some laid-back Californians in Morocco. I reconnected with an old friend from London in Paris, parted ways with a relatively new one in Morocco, and explored the classic beauty of Switzerland with family friends. And just for fun, here are some of my biased opinions of the best and the worst I experienced. The best food: anything in Tuscany in summer ...

... anteriormente. De todos modos ya sabía de antemano que me iba a quedar sólo una noche en ese lugar. La habitación era muy limpia y cuidada, con un baño a nuevo. Como todavía era de día decidí salir ya mismo a recorrer la ciudad, por lo que tiré la mochila arriba de la cama y me fui.


Lo primero que hice fue ir a tomar el metro en la estación Sevilla de la línea 2 con dirección Cuatro Caminos. Allí transbordé con la l ...

Madrid. En el avion conoci a una amable pareja de mexicanos que viajaba a celebrar sus 30 anios de casados y hablando con ellos pasaron mas rapido las 9 horas de vuelo. Una vez que habiamos aterrizado, compartimos un taxi y juntos fuimos hasta la Plaza del Sol, ahi nos despedimos y cada quien tomo su propio rumbo. Yo encontre mi hostal y sin perder tiempo, sali a conocer la zona. El cambio de horario me afecto esa misma tarde, en donde a las ...