Hostal la Zona
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Whats The Script
... for the weekend and drinking in my flat till 4.30am on sunday morning - lovely to see you....
Anyways - as you have gathered, when I woke up at 7.15am on Sunday the last thing I wanted to do was go a run, but I'm glad I did - it was a great morning and was fantastic to see all these Spaniards doing something other than protesting for once. If anyone is ever in Madrid around this time next year - I suggest you sign up, the route ...
El Corazón de España
... showed up to use the extra bed, so it was basically a giant slumber party!
After settling in, we went out to dinner at a café. I really stepped out of my comfort zone on this one when I ordered a chicken burger with onions, tomatoes, and lettuce (*sarcasm*). Normally at restaurants I’ve been eating very traditional Spanish meals, but this place had only mostly pasta and tapas, and since I had eaten pasta for lunch and was starving, chicken burger it was! ...
Thyssen Museum
... in Trouville Eugene Boudin 1869 ( http://www.museothyssen.org/en/thyssen/ ficha_obra/834 )
Winter in Madrid
... permanent caravans that you get on most Spanish sites, embellished by all sorts of ramshackle extensions, lean-to’s, fences and trellises, gazebos, barbecues, garden gnomes, plantpots and birds in cages. The initial impression was of a third-world shanty town. But beyond these were the touring pitches, which were very spacious and obviously designed for hot weather. Some had overhead sunshades, the rest ...
Heat!
I had my first hot shower of the trip this morning!
We got up, and chose from a few options for showers. Laurie and Mike had tracked down parisioners of the Church we´re staying at to host us for showers, and another school that other pilgrims are at. I chose the latter, which was a few blocks away and had heat, light, individual stalls, and mirrors - all of which ...