Apartamentos Eurobuilding-2 Madrid

... until I have been in a big city for an extended period of time. <br><br>The last day in Barcelona we finished seeing the sights in Barri Gotic which were mostly a lot of cathedrals and political buildings. <br><br>Florence: Florence got off to a little of a rough start. The airline lost my friend and my baggage somewhere between Barcelona and Florence and as I write this a week later I STILL do not have my bag. A lot of my Italy ...

... and confusion. I end up enjoying a nice wine and some cheese and olives at one place, and "tinto de verano", a delicious Sangria-like drink made with red wine, lemons and Sprite, and bread and cheese with raspberry sauce at the other place. We then head to Plaza Mayor, where we run into about 10 more people from the program in some random Irish bar. We are all delighted that about 2/3 of the program has spontaneously arrived at the same location, and head ...

... is friendly and i feel safe...unlike some. the beds are even comfy - imagine that! On sunday jahd and I visited a huge flea market(me likey!) and then we just decided to walk around and explore. we ended up discovering how close everything really was to our hostel. and we visited tons of plazas - a relaxing day. We ended up finding out that bullfights are only on sunday during this time of the ...

... Plaza, and several other unintentional street as well. Earlier in the day we had decided to see a flamenco show that our travel book suggested, so we decided to go find the theater. This was no small undertaking, because it was tucked away in a small building. The show was absolutely amazing! I'd say flamenco is a bizarre mix of ball room dancing ...

... n más insospechada resurgen de quién sabe dónde y nos abrazan o nos abofetean según necesitemos. Pura Vida. Vuelvo a extenderme en las palabras y a perderme en mis laberintos, espero que esto tampoco se repita demasiado. Aunque ayuda, y entretiene mogollón. Para no sobrecargaros mucho y sabiendo que problablemente vuelva a hablar de todas estas cosas en diferentes ocasiones, os dejo con la intriga sana de querer saber más. hasta mañana, espero. Un beso. To be continued...

... a given night, so it's hard to coordinate plans. Thursday night, we got ready wayy to late, and tried to find this bar that Rachele's friend recommended near a different subway stop.. we got there and EVERYTHING was closed on that street, tried to meet up with Alex and Andrew, all Andrew wanted to do was go to the American pubs in Sol (lame) so Tara and I ended up just hanging out with them for a little bit then going home after doing nothing. Friday was actually pretty fun.. we got ...

... the time we should be arriving into our destination when our bus turned into a small little restaurant, depot type area. We looked at each and had no idea what was going on since we spoke no Spanish. Turns out our journey was going to last us about 3 more hours than expected and that we were just stopping for a "siesta".. go figure... everything is slower in Spain... have to get used to this!!

... to wait in the train. After 5 mins another annoucement of the disruption telling us that it will take about 20mins to fix the problem. Die... I might be late for my plane. I figured the alternative route of using the train system and later changing to the metro after confirming with a guy that it was only line 3 that was down. This followed a long walk to the train station to get my ticket and off I went. no major hicups as yet ...

... in Tarifa, Spain for a couple of nights. It was a very pleasant town. Lots of surf/kitesurf/windsurf stuff here. Think a combination of Banff/Vancouver/Tofino. Lots of hip, athletic, 20-somethings kind of like us. :D Except it seems there is something in the water that causes lots of young parents here and the urge to own a dog. Rod took a half day kite surfing lesson and it was tough but really fun! We are ...

... joined the International Brigade to fight against the Fascists but the war was lost by 1939. Luckily for Franco, he had the good sense to stay neutral during WWII. The original Guernica was returned to Spain per Picasso´s instructions after Franco´s death and Spain became a democracy. Seeing Guernica has been the highlight of my day. We´re about to walk to the city center and park. Will keep you guys updated in a few days.