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Travel Blogs from Madrid

Wave #2

A travel blog entry by bsuarez

My flight unfortunately was late coming into Madrid, but I knew that in advance. AirFrance was nice enough to call me before the flight to tell me that due to mechanical issues, they will be late. However, because I delayed going to the airport, I actually was given the last boarding pass to the plane and thus was not able to select my seat. Since …

In the streets and plazas of Madrid

A travel blog entry by cjourneys

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There's fries in my mayonnaise.

A travel blog entry by the.machados

People are always giving euros a bad time about eating fries with mayonnaise but I must say the mayonnaise in Europe is delicious. It's not Best Foods. It's tangy and sweet.

Before we got to Spain, a man in Brussels approached us at the train station and wanted to talk about traveling and things. He said he loved Spain because "you can …

Midterms and an interview

A travel blog entry by gretchen.swain

... sugary and she cut huge pieces. At the end of my piece i felt like my body was going to die from the sugar rush. It was crazy. The cake part itself wasn't super sweet it was more the frosting. There was 4 layers of chocolate cake and between each layer was cream. The frosting was blue and you could feel each grain of sugar in it. There was a lot... Then on top of the cake was lots of harden sugar flowers. It was very pretty. I missed ...

Turning Japanese

A travel blog entry by cng

... and various other snacks I purchased during my traversal of the city.

I visited the usual touristy spots, including the Royal Palace, Madrid Cathedral, the various plazas and market streets as well as various random side streets that looked interesting.

It was quite challenging to communicate as a lot of people do not speak English, but having the translator app on my phone helps. I don’t know why, but everywhere I go on ...