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... he ordered the construction in the mountains behind Madrid of a massive memorial to those who died. The number is quoted as a million. It was built largely with the hard labour by prisoners on the losing Republican side who "needed to redeem themselves with honest toil". It consists of an ornate marble front in Greeko/Roman style which leads into a 300m long huge tunnel ornately finished in marble and stone with alcoves down the whole length, a high alter at ...

... originally from Weston, FL. We have a few Orlando friends in common, including his roommate Aaron who went to Lake Highland Prep. As it was still fairly early, we decided to take an impromptu walking tour of the city. This time we took a less scenic route to Retiro and saw different parts of the park. We were all so tired by the time we got back to Sol that we all slept soundly when we got home. Both of my house mates arrived yesterday, though the latter did not get in until about 5 ...

iHola! and greetings from Madrid. We've only spent 2 days here so far, and by no means feel like it will be the strangest place that we will stay, but sometimes it feels like it will be close. Without meaning to offend anyone, Madrillenos are a little strange to say the least. Proof follows... We met Kim and Magdalena, some portuguese friends on Saturday. Off to a good start - we soon found we had left the camera at home, so ...

... with almost every company in the world, trying to organise replacement everythings. Then to bed early (about 11.30pm - that seems to be early for me these days) to prepare for my nice long bus trip in the morning to Madrid. The bus trip was extra boring considering I had no music, though I sat up the front of the bus and listened to what the guide and driver were playing. Our bus driver was like African-American, and we were listening to all this gospel chill out oldies music ...

... apothecary equipment. One room had a still and various equipment for preparing medicinal plants (like a root cutter.) Thursday we went to the Museo de Thyssen-Bornemisza, which is the private collection of the baron and baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza. We were there for three hours, and we kind of glazed over the last hour. I was impressed how big it was. Fritz found a Kandinsky that is going on his wish lis

... solo 300 vuelos (es lo que nos comenta el pasajero). Nos sentamos en los asientos de business, cojonudo, con kit de noche y empiezan a darnos que si champagne, que si zumito, que si canapes, etc. Son las 12 y pico de la noche, el avión despega sin problemas y ya vamos rumbo a Moscú. Son 5 horas de viaje, una vez terminamos la comida, nos sentamos bien y nos ponemos a dormir un poquito... ya hay sueño y nos quedan muchos días por delante y muchos sitios para visitar

... the subway station was a fair distance away, and The Beast would have become a Monster over that distance. We were met at the door by Augustin the Security Guard, there exclusively on a Sunday for the purpose of letting us in the building and the training room. Nice, modern facilities, though not perfect for training. But certainly good enough - in fact, better than what we have at the office. First brief moment of panic: we can't log on to the training machines, we ...

... exam until you have passed the written exams.) That meant that instead of relaxing and taking it easy, I kept right on studying. All of the class notes from previous years came out of the box and spread out over the dining-room table. I've reviewed all of them and even re-written some of them. Now I'm going to sort them. Some of the notes will be discarded, either because they represent things I know I won't use or because I have them elsewhere in another form. Some of it I will keep and ...

... the first time) which said it was one fo the prettiest towns in Andalucia, and agreed it would be a good place to crash for the nite. Amongst the mountains on along windy roads hide Spanish villages painted in white (and only white) dotted along the hillsides. It was well into nitefall when we pulled in to Ronda - and found a cheap place to stay for the nite. There were some neat (sorry, meeting lots of Americans) things to see in Rond, and every street ...

Viva Madrid... Well the plane ride from Brussels to Madrid was quite pleasant, no turbulence or delays or anything of that nature. I even had a whole row to myself to stretch out in and read. We got in to Madrid and I caught the metro to the hostel where we were all going to meet up at. (Another 20 Euros saved by not taking a cab). The hostel was actually in a really nice area and the reception people were very nice. It was clean and comfortable and just about what you want ...