Isla De La Garena Alcala De Henares

... it. She yelled "oye Jackie, mira... like you!" and waved it in the air for me to see. As far as the kids concerned, we are aliens from another world and they watch us as if we were colorful fish in an aquarium. Moments like these have melted my heart and I've grown to love all of them. Needless to say, aside from the misbehavior (which is slowly but surely improving day-by-day), this job is so fun and the kids are really cute! The teachers are extremely friendly and are so ...

... toward the end of my stay. These past four days, I retraced my steps through my favorite places in Madrid. My friends Jacqueline, Dani and I hung out in Parque del Buen Retiro, had plenty of drinks (sangrías, tintos de verano, batidos, though unfortunately I didn't get my much-desired granizado de limón) on terrazas, listened to jazz at Café Populart, went dancing at Bourbon and strolled the lively streets of Madrid. We also did things that I hadn't had a chance to do the year before ...

... some tucker at road stops. After checking in etc. we met back downstairs and walked into the main square which was about a 15/20min walk away. We got there at about 7.30pm and then had an hour to explore the square until 8.30 where we had to meet up again to go to dinner. We went for a short stroll and then decided to just sit down and have some Sangria... ahh how i love the Sangria. I think I may even move to Spain just for the Sangria.. such classiness ...

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... being able to run so fast, but the thought of Erik and all his bags sitting alone in arrivals was sobering indeed. I finally arrived at arrivals and there was a huge crowd by the door where people come out. I looked for his flight number on the screen, and much to my surprise and relief, it said that the flight had landed at 11:30. I looked at my watch. 11:45. Whew. I had made it. Good thing his flight was 3 hours late. I asked around to make sure his flight hadn't ...

... have its own club - the have a Fallera (a girl that wears the traditional Valencian dress)! The Ayuntamient gives away prices for the best firework or the best Falla monument. So it's a little bit like a challenge between the areas and its clubs. The Fallas are a week always in March - there are 2 days where all the people from different areas and clubs take flowers to the Plaza de la Virgen of course in ...

... Summer is here, London is hot, hot, hot and the tube is rank rank rank .... so happy to say Ola to Spain for a long weekend to celebrate another hen weekend, this time for my friend Claire who is marrying Glyn in September. Due to fly out on Friday arvo and all going to plan until Wednesdays news that a major terror plot to blow up planes flying from London to the US has just been prevented but with a knock on effect of totally buggering all flights into and out ...

... not to come and have fun in. But no, apparently, as my Dad mentioned later, this was a University town. Actually the oldest University in Spain. Figures. Our first stop was the Plaza de Cervantes, a beautiful square dedicated to the 16th century author of Don Quixote, Miguel Cervantes. A simple bronze statue in his honor stood in the middle of the square guarded by bushes of thick roses of all colors. We walked around for a bit until we felt the first ...

... which helped facilitate communication and fast friendships. I liked it so much i decided to stay another day. I went to a few museums, got a good dose of Picasso and Rapheal, hung out a nice park, and played cards with some fun people (I'm no poker prodigy, but i wiped the table with these people...too bad it was funny money). I had a reservation for a night train to Lisbon last night (Wed) but i missed it because the subway didn't go all the way to the train station and i had to take ...

Monday 7 June 2004 Very lazy day today...went to train station to reserve ticket on the Madrid train, then went to the beach roasted some more, went for dinner and then early night to bed. San Sebastian is BEAUTIFUL!!! Well worth a visit to relax for a few days ...really enough time there. Theres lots of street performers, the weather is glorious, accommodation is reasonable (€20 per night each for twin room) and people are nice. REMEMBER to come armed ...