La Canada De Horche Guadalajara

... watch the sunset - spectacular!!
- Athens - the best hotel and so many cool sights in such close proximity (Acropolis, Site of the first modern Olympics, Roman Agora etc)
- Ben Cousins lookalike waiter serving us in a Stockholm pub
- Hot springs / spa in Budapest
- Feeling totally exhausted after a massive day of walking / sightseeing in Paris (Arc De Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, Louvre, etc etc) and Rome (Vatican City, Colloseum, etc etc)
- Driving all ...

... Les montees ne m'embetent pas, en fait, c'est mieux pour moi, car mon poids est plus concentre sur mes talons et chevilles quand je monte (au lieu de mes orteils). Je me prend quelques choses a manger au supermercado et je me mets en route. Il n'y a pas grand chose a raconter de ma marche d'apres-midi, sauf pour dire que ca a assez bien ete. Ca m'a pris environ 4h30 et je suis arrive a Agčs vers 17h00. J'ai eu beaucoup de temps pour reflechir a ...

Hey Hey. Back from La Puerta del Sol, a tourist hot spot and a good place to get mugged...not for us...thank goodness. Highlights: booty flashing drunk girl. Missing the last train home. Sour lemon soda. Ice cream Mango. Meeting the rest of our group. Pregamed and ready for Dreams. Puerta del Sol. Don't go to changer right by the metro. Change checks on Monday. Find cheap place to eat on Sundays. Run around naked. Work your butt off. I also ...

Our first 24 hours were spent travelling - literally. Our plane left Portland around 4:30 PM local time and arrived in Amsterdam 10 hours later, where it was 11:30 AM the next day (2:30 AM portland). Dinner on the plane was actually pretty good, AND included a small bottle of wine PER PERSON, which was totally sweet! I passed the time watching 3 movies and chatting with the woman sitting next to me (I believe her name was Monica) and she happens to be ...

... area of Madrid called Barrio de Salamanca (which is the picture my opening picture), which I am told is very nice, lots of shopping - especially designer stores. I'm also right near the Parque del Retiro, which is sort of the Central Park of Madrid. It's a beautiful day outside - much warmer feeling than I expected as they high today is only in the upper 50's. But ...

... and krystie has described it in her travel pod.. www.travelpod.com/members/krystiemclell an but anyways.. basically they get this ****** off bull into a big ring, insisde this really big stadium to come out and then there are about 8 guys dressed up in weird outfits waving capes around so the bull will charge.. but the bull gets really confused when there is more than one cape to charge at... so it tires itself out.. charging over and over agian.. and the guys get it to a certain ...

... I went to the Sofia Reina, the modern art museum, which had, as you might imagine, a great collection of Picassos, Miros, and Dalis, and a lot of *****. As for Madrid itself, it is a big sprawling city, but you can walk most of what you want to see (although the subway is airconditioned, a big plus), with plazas, churches and cafes. The same Spanish lifestyle and timetable applies. One night, I finished dinner at 11:30 and went to one of the numerous Irish pubs (although only some ...

ahh Madrid. . . lovely to be in Spain again! Madrid wasn't as exciting as I'd hoped, perhaps we just didn't know where the kids hang out. the Reina Sofia museum was fantastic though. and Cat's Hostel was fun/funny. Our daily schedule consisted of tourist stuff in the mornings, followed by finding a spot to watch World Cup futbol, followed by walking around exploring, followed by tapas and sangria. . . that's the life.

... tourist here in Madrid and it's surroundings. I am already here on the sixth day. Currently I am sharing an apartment with a few friends. In fact they told me that I can stay as long as I like, as they got a spare room. I am used to having my own place, but figured I'll stay with my friends this time. It's both very social as well as very good for my Spanish. And then my friends are all excellent cooks, so I guess I'll just have to be the dishwasher boy...

... for its flamenco - a style called Sevillana - and so we decided to take in a flamenco show that evening. Unlike many of the touristy shows, this one was set in the courtyard of a classic Seville home with only three performers, as is traditional. The show started with an unsurprisingly brilliant guitarist. After 10 minutes of playing, the singer chose the right moment and starts the "cante" or song with a wailing voice. But the real ...