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Carretas 10 Madrid, Madrid, 28012, Spain and Canary Islands

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Nine Months Down, On the Homestretch, Again

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... their backs and socks on their feet. Because the house was destroyed, they moved into a suites hotel and have spent the last 7 months waiting for their house to be rebuilt. Two weeks ago they, finally! got back into their brand new house. I am headed there to help out where I can. Starting over in their eighties, with all new stuff!!!! My Dad is notorious for making ‘projects’ and, like last year, the lists of ‘projects’ with my name assigned ...

Siestas are amazing!

A travel blog entry by harbert

So we arrived in Madrid! The hostel we are staying at is in the city center so we can pretty much walk anywhere! Even though we have gotten quite good at managing metro! We were suppose to take a free walking tour today but we got mixed up with the time, so we just explored the streets on our own. Jack is being quite the trooper because he isn´t ...

New International Friends

A travel blog entry by mikepsilve

... and staying in hostels allows for people from all over the world to explore each other with questions and stories. It’s the best learning experience that anyone could ever get while traveling, even better than the histories of buildings and cities. You can’t study cultures to fully understand them; you have to experience them by visiting places and talking to people from different places.

The walking tour was really ...

A Winter Wonderland!

A travel blog entry by ekidd31

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... believe we had been covered in snow a few hours prior!

Last week, Jenna and I decided to designate Monday as a "work day." We met up at a Starbucks, and we worked on budgets, sent out couch-surfing requests, and brainstormed for our volunteer project in Africa. Jenna and I had been discussing volunteering in Ghana for a awhile, but we realized that it is really difficult and expensive to obtain a visa for Ghana. So, Jenna and I ...

Huelga general en España

A travel blog entry by patrick_viajero

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... Walking back to the hostal, I passed by Puerta del Sol another time (as has always been the case during my visits to Madrid), and observed a bigger crowd than yesterday night at the square...

I must admit, although I did sympathise with the protesters, especially since I am in a similar situation employment-wise, I really did feel like I was on the outside looking in. Too often travellers see unusual, out of the ordinary events as opportunities to ...