Alfonso Vi Toledo

... small, two-story restaurant with traditional Spanish decor, my friends and I ordered tortilla española, patatas bravas, and some chicken. Tortilla española, a staple in the Spanish diet, is like a better version of an omelette with herbs on top. Patatas bravas are like pan fried potatoes with a couple of different sauces. Both of these Spanish dishes are delicious, and neither has flavors too exotic for a picky set of American taste buds.<br>

... egg. The oily broth had no flavour. The local specialty is partridge (and all this time I thought it was hotel hotties!) - stringy and flavourless. It was basically boiled poultry. The accompanying bread was hard and stale. I was roasting after eating the hot soup and hot partridge dish. Mary had roasted pig - lacking a little salt, but roasted pig is always a yummy dish. According to the menu, dessert was "trifle with scum". Mmmm ...

... far from home. So what it is specifically? In no particular order: the people. Friendly, funny, proud, passionate, people who aren't afraid to say what they mean, the honesty of it all. The weather: it's Spain, 'nuff said. The clock: everything operates a bit later, and a bit more flexible. Being "late" is a relative term! Dinner is after 10 pm, and some clubs don't even open till 3 am. Getting home at 6 or 7 in the morning after a night ...

... to compose a love poem from them, it would surely costed you a fortune, and not to mention how you were going to carry them back all in one piece instead of turning them into more pieces!) The Cathedral de ...

... to upload pics to this site, especially when internet is limited and your paying by the second (literally). Everything is fabulous. I must say the Spanish life and culture is different than i expected which is a surprise, even having traveling here before, settling in a place is a big difference. Im living in the trendiest, hippest part of town which is extremely convenient and a lot of fun. The people are here ...

... Zedan, Carlos and Beckham. The best part was getting to sit on the coach and players bench by the field which consisted of bright blue Recardo racing seats. I shall end this entry with a hilarious quote destined to become a classic by my hostel roommate Amchit from London. Regarding the intense heat in Madrid, he commented: ¨What is with the heat? It is too much. Look (pointing to his thighs), I´m getting tan lines and I´m Indian!¨

Sorry to not have written anything in so long, but I've been having computer problems. <br><br>Right now I am in Toledo, Spain, right outside of Madrid. Ok, lots of daytrippers and our buses that stay the night. <br><br>After Levanto, I will to Dijon, France, which was boring. Then I went to Nimes, France, which was fun with a good hostel where everybody hung out. <br><br>Then to Barcelona. That is one crazy city. I had a good time there and stayed longer than I had ...

... at night and only came across pensioners walking home from mass or a local bar and the odd, perplexed tourist. Toledo's Old City is not large. As it was once the main city of central Muslim Spain; had a flourishing Jewish community; acted as a temporary capital of Spain; and is the seat of the head of the Spanish Catholic Church, relics, monuments and historical buildings are crammed into its walls like a shopping basket full of exotic fruit. The Old City sits high ...