Eurostars Madrid Tower

... from the tourists who flock to this area. It is worth a nice stroll it is the most happening area of the city aroun 9 or 10. Madrid offered a look into Spain the way was with bullfights, traditonal Tapas and lavish royal palaces, while Barcelona is a look into Spain's present with a large urban culture modern architecture, awesome 19th and 20th century art and city that has been defined in the last 20 years opposed to the last few centuries.

... Jackson dancers." We danced the night away till the wee hours of the morning, fully indulging in the Spanish nightlife. It's all good though, because I slept till 3:30 in the afternoon the next day. But there was only one problem... At 2:30pm that day, Maruja's son, daughter-in-law, and grandsons came over for the afternoon. However, the 3-year-old, Miguel, literally did not stop talking once he walked in...not even to breathe. This child was the energizer bunny ...

... hanging on for life ** Eating the most expensive fish I've ever come across at a seafood restaurant, it fed four of us but cost around 90 Euros...ouch! ** The 3-Euro cocktail happy hour at that bar in Lagos, which seemed to be every hour, great mojitos and caipirinhas and caipiroskas! ** Visiting Praia De Luz (where Madeleine McCann disappeared from), a beautiful place, and a shame to be tainted with such an ...

At this point in my trip I have been away for a little over 2 weeks, and I have already come to realize that I am very grateful to live in the USA. I have enjoyed all the different experiences that I've had in Spain thus far, but I am also starting to miss many things about the US. First and foremost, I miss my loved ones. I definitely didn't expect to miss anyone because I thought I would be so busy and wrapped up in my Spanish ...

... meant it was almost time to go home. Unfortunately, I felt like we were a little short on time here, but what small percentage that I did see of this vibrant city I did see, I loved. We visited the Palacio Real. This palace--at 2800 rooms--is actually only one quarter of the size King Philip II intended it to be. Still, this palace is the largest in Western Europe (Yes, the Palace of Versailles and Buckingham Palace ...

... Obviously I have missed the street that the hostel is on. Now just so everyone has an image of what I look like. I have gotten a few hours of sleep, I am wearing jeans and it´s 15 degrees celsius out, I have a 16kilo pack on my bag a full 20litre day pack on my chest and I am walking up so some SERIOUSLY steep hills not knowing where I am. Got it? Thank the lord I quit smoking or this would be even more brutal. Now I end up asking this DHL delivery man where my ...

... use it though, because I basically walked everywhere. My stop was at Gran Via Station. I climbed the stairs and came out to one of the main streets of the city, Gran Via. After making a couple of wrong turns, I finally made it the hostel. There was a nice old man who showed me which keys opened which doors. The hostel was very nice. I was in a room with 4 beds and a sink. The showers were down the hall. I put my backpack down ...

... stop. (Let's just say that I won't have to get another haircut until after I get home in late August.) Then I strolled to the Plaza del Emperador Carlos V and spent some time watching the "Agentes de Movilidad" direct traffic. It amazes me that they are able to deal with the amount of traffic in Madrid and keep it moving as well as they do. From there I took a leisurely walk up the Paseo del Prado, stopping in to check the schedule for the museum, and up the Paseo de los ...

... Internet with a little bit of patience. And let's face it....it's far better to spend the money to experience life at your destination, than to spend it on what is essentially an airborne cattle car. Customs and immigration were mere formalities, and before I knew it, I was aboard Madrid's new and efficient Metro (subway) system. I travel light....one carry-on suitcase and one knapsack....so I never have to wait for luggage. And it makes it a heck of a lot easier ...

... AC/DC classic, burned into the strings, so I mentioned nothing. They would feed the swabs to the photocopier, which would then blink a light back at them. I don´t know what the machine did. They said "green light good, red light bad". How can you argue with that? I got a green light, apparently the machine cannot detect AC/DC. They set me free and I went to sleep on a bench. And so my trip was bumped by a day. And now I´m in Madrid, and it is foggy and ...