Residencia Alvaro
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We're in Spain!
Well we have made it across the atlantic to Europe. We arrived at the Madrid airport with an hour or so of sleep at 7:00am. Madrid airport is massive and very modern. We caught the metro to the hostel which was so easy and cheap to use. What would have cost $70 in a taxi cost us $2 on the metro. After a little wandering we found our hostel which is …
Walking Around Madrid
When the flight attendants started passing out the immigration forms while we were descending, I realized that my master list things to pack had one glaring hole: proof of onward journey. I forgot to print out the itinerary showing our return tickets out of Spain. After I thought about it some more, I figured we'd probably be OK. Sure enough, in …
Madrid Sights
When we were booking this place, there was a warning on the booking page that there was construction going on during the day. It turns out that this means at 8am sharp some workers on the floor above us start boring holes in the concrete all day long. So much for sleeping in. I should also mention that I've begun relearning the art of using the …
Busy Week
... to Madrid around 7 pm. At 8 the group was taking us to La Celestina. I was going to go home before then to drop off my stuff but getting back at 7 gave me no time. So instead I went with some friends to a restaurant to have tapas and wine. The restaurant was across the street from the theater which was nice. When I got to me seat at the theater it was so comfortable and the play was boring at the beginning so I fell asleep. But I woke up for the action scenes ...
Valium = shite
... remove the polythene wrapped **** blanket and pillow from my seat, I pop two back, and instantly regret it. Now my mind works double time, one half centred on the plane falling from the sky, the other concerned that the Valium will induce a sleep from which I will never wake up. I'm shaking myself silly when the young lady next to me asks if I'm OK. It's just a shame she is married.
The plane shudders off the tarmac and into the wild ...