Egido Don Manuel Aranjuez

... which is definitely not my favorite) and bread, put it in the toaster that I found and made some grilled cheese. It was great. Lunch and Dinner were decent - Fish for lunch and dinner. Yes, I am eating the fish - can you believe it? I know, shocking! But, that's what you do when you're hungry and you're trying to save the money to use on excursions and not on food. Crazy, eh? Oh what I would pay for some ox-tail right now...

... the point of a blog be. SO on the train from Interlaken to Luzern, I was in a train car that was less than half full. The seats were lined up so that there was an aisle going down the middle, and groups of 4 seats facing each other on either side. So not wanting to block the aisle or leave my bag where I couln´t see it I put it on the 2 empty chairs facing in to me chair. Even with the car less than half full and ...

... sure there was something lost in the translation. So, I am at work and have reached a point where I am waiting on some information before I can proceed with my work, so I figured I would post a new entry in my blog in the meantime. Yesterday was a milestone day in two ways - I am finally venturing out to try to meet some friends in Madrid (outside of work), and I booked flights for both of my long weekend trips while I'm here. My friend ...

This is what happens when you don´t keep up with the paper work! I know I had some really funny or interesting things to write here, about our first impressions of Madrid, Spain... I´ll do my best Angel picked us up from the Madrid Airport. Seriously, this was a miracle because Cameron had only met him and his new bride Esther 3 years ago on their honeymoon in Vietnam. They all did a kayak tour together for 3 days. So, from that brief moment in time, we had organised to ...

Th e longest drive of the week but by now we are PROS!! we make it there just at sun down and first we decide, as our flight is at 5:30 (and int'l; 2 hr prior) to go find the airport first. "Okay we got it... let's check out Madrid." As always for this trip... we have no idea where we are going. Once in the middle of the city, we pull over and the ...

... after having walked for a couple of hours, just in time as a "thunder boomer" exploded above my head. What a way to end a great visit... 7) Saturday, April 7: I woke up early, checked out of the hotel, hopped in a cab, headed to the airport, and said good-bye to Madrid.... The flight to Munich was uneventful, and the Air Canada flight from Munich to Toronto was quite good. Back on home turf, the trip was over... And with this, I say to Madrid, Hasta la Vista, Baby! I'll be back...

... in Spain. The trip from Barcelona to Madrid was quite cheap compared to travelling by train (if you booked early enough) For my first booking, it only costed EUR 20 for the fare (EUR 36.58 inclusive) and you got the privileges to be served by the not-so ...

... little restaurant with huge pink umbrellas to shade the table from the sun. We ordered typical Spanish food such as prawns in olive oil and garlic, and Norway lobster with mushrooms and a reduction of Balsamic vinegar for starters. We also ordered grilled salmon and potatoes as main dish for Ed and I and the famous Spanish suckling pig dish for the rest of the family. For desert we had Aranjuez fresones (larger than normal ...

... In the morning I took the metro back to the airport for 1 Euro. Ah, the Madrid airport. What to say about the Madrid airport...it sucks! My flight was two hours delayed and they changed my gate four times. I couldn't wait to get to Paris, and a language I could understand. Travel Tip for Spain: Nobody speaks English, even at the hotels and restaurants, or the airport. Taking seven years of French is useless. If you've taken high school Spanish you'll be fine.

... motorized street cleaning car was repeatedly "cleaning" our street. The only hitch was that the driver would stop for 30 seconds on each pass in front of the bar across the way. I couldn't figure out why until a Man sprinted out to the "vehicle" with a freshly opened bottle of beer. Whoah. Watch out, Drunk Spaniard behind the wheel. I am still searching the internet for news of his arrest on a "CUI" cleaning under the influence ...