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Paul pees his pants
... but I am doing better than Paul who doesn't know anything about Pisarro at all. The building that houses the collection is also very old and quite lovely, with a great courtyard. There is a cage thingy in it which Paul reckons is a grate for fires, but I still like to imagine that it might have been home to go-go girls. After we leave the museum, Paul is desperate to take a leak. Desperate enough to be crossing his legs and pulling pained faces. There aren't any ...
Shit happens
... dass ich das Zimmer doch nicht benötige. Er war sehr nett und hat sich irgendwie für mich gefreut, dass ich was billigeres gefunden hatte. Bei Max angekommen wurde ich herzlichst von seinen Mitbewohnern empfangen und gepflegt. Ich muss sehr ausgelaugt ausgesehen haben. Naja auf jedenfall hab ich jetzt auch einen Host für Lissabon und morgen weis ich auch wie ich zum richtigen Gleis komm. Danke Madrid das wars fürs erst gute Nacht.
Cheers Paddy ...
Tarde de tarjetas calientes
Después de las respectivas confirmaciones de vacaciones, y de ver alguna que otra ruta para el viaje, vease Costa Rica - Cuba, Indonesia, Australia, Perú - Bolivia, etc, destinos que ya nos quedan pendientes para los próximos verano...jajajjaja...nos decidimos por Camboia - Laos - Thailandia. Que ante los comentarios de algunos backpacker del ańo pasado y de amigos/as que han estado por allí los habíamos fijado ...
Merry Christmas from Madrid
... Luke got books that we picked up from a second hand book market, all individually wrapped in newspaper. We struggled to find Christmas paper so we used an old newspaper that we had in the apartment to wrap all our presents. I got a jumper, cardigan and long sleeve top so I was over the moon to wear some new clothes. Just after Christmas we received a package from my Uncle Brett, Aunty Michelle and my cousin Meg, it was so great get the parcel which ...
Madrid: Day 1
Note: There has been no internet access this week, so I have not been able to update this blog until today. I hope you enjoy the brief summary and
pictures from this week.
Monday, August 15th – Arrival in Madrid, Spain
On Monday morning, our group took the two hour high-speed rail trip from Valencia to Madrid.
We arrived in Madrid around 1pm and were bussed ...