Confortel Alcala Norte Madrid

... x *nd I slept re*lly h*rd.

After peeling myself out of bed to get to the st*tion in time for my high-speed tr*in, I h*d no trouble *rriving *t the st*tion *nd getting in. Tr*in st*tions in Sp*in, though, h*ve something th*t most Europe*n st*tions do not: X-R*y m*chines. After the business with ETA *nd other terrorist *tt*cks like the bombing in M*drid * few ye*r b*ck, Sp*nish r*ilro*d is on high *lert. Wh*t I *ppreci*te though, is th*t they do not go ...

... había contado con ello. Él mismo siempre había marginalizado a “esa gente”. Y ahora tenía un vínculo con ellos. Le dio mucho que pensar, con lo abierto de mente y estupendo que se había creído siempre. Esta vez le habían dado una buena lección. Las visitas fueron convirtiéndose en rutina y poco a poco Andrés se fue habituando a la nueva situación. Al fin y al cabo ésta es sólo una de tantas afecciones crónicas, ¿quién no conoce a alguien que tenga alguna? La diferencia, sin ...

... We did not get to see it, since it was closed for upkeep. El Escorial contains the tombs from many of Spain´s kings and queens. It is located in the Guadarrama mountains. It is a quaint little town that I love to visit. Like many of the other places we have visited, you can no longer take photos inside. After El Escorial, we had lunch at Italian restaurnt we found near the bus station. We were the only two patrons at first. After a few minutes ...

... vroegen, begon gewoon int engels, degoutant!). Haar appartement was wel ietsje bouwvallig, beetje schandalig eigenlijk, hoe dat eruit zag en dat ze daar dan zoveel geld voor vragen. Iedereen betaald andere huurprijs naargelang de grootte van de kamer. De grootste had een raam en was 400 euro zonder kosten, de kleinste had geen raam (zoals de andere kamers) en was 295 euro. En in de gang werd hun verdiep al extra ondersteund door steunpalen, tis echt afzetterij ...

As the title suggests, there are mullets galore in this town. I keep finding myself wondering where the monster truck rally or gun show is. Its really quite shocking. But enough of that. The bus ride up from Casablanca was a touch of an adventure: It departed an hour late, and broke down several times (fatally, after we got to Spain). The border crossing wasn't explained to us at all, and caused a bit of stress for us. We had to fill out some yellow ...

... or 9th century. Some of the original wall parts were there, but a lot of it was only a few centuries old. We took the metro over to the city's old train station that was converted into kind of a jungle themed restaurant area. It also served as the way to get from the street level down to the new underground train station. We took a break and then walked up through the Retiro city park. The park is about a square mile and we were pretty much ...

... me quede acojonado cuando el taxista dijo: no salgás de esa calle. Si querés ver la bombonera, esta a 4 cuadras, agarrás un taxi, es peligroso). Y lo cierto es que el barrio es muy pintoresco, pero fuera de las calles de turistas parece el Bronx neoyorquino. Más cosas en Buenos Aires: el barrio de Palermo (que era clavadito a Chamberí en Madrid), San Telmo con sus bailarines de tango callejeros, la plaza de san Martin (preciosa), el centro, la calle florida (compras -aunque yo nada ...

... breaky cos we ran outa cash that night. It was our intro to churros...very greasy breakfast! We thought that the boys were way too innocent to do anything so we kissed them goodbye outside our hotel and left it at that. But the timido boys left their number at the reception later that day so we could meet up with them again. And that we did!

Me and Nancy went sight seeing in the Alhambra! A glorious Monument with room upon room of beautiful Islamic carvings and ...

... Nuria one evening for a few beers. She is a friend from England who I got to know while living in Seattle, and she was down here in Madrid for a short business meeting. It was very nice to see her again before she headed over the Atlantic to meet up with the Seattle crew. Hope you guys had a nice few days in Vancouver!!! And if you happen to know a poor Dane who used to go by the name Lars Robinho, buy him a bottle of "Ron Medellin" from me will ya...

... Madrid is an incredibly beautiful city with wide boulevards and lots of white and light gray buildings. I was really blown away with how pretty it is because I had envisioned it so differently. So we walked around and saw the royal palace, Plaza Mayor (where they did the executions during the Inquisition), all along Gran Via (this really big street in the center of town that we were staying at) and then up past the Prado to the big central park. The park must be ...