Novotel Madrid Puente de la Paz

how cold it is here!! The temperature has dropped so much so quickly. Today and yesterday, it rained, and everyone had to wear either a sweatshirt or have an umbrella with them, which I didn't actually expect in Spain. I heard it rained, but you wouldn ...

... reaction I had because I wasn´t all that happy with Bill
in the first place. I was most upset for another failed relationship
then the relationship itself.



All I have ever wanted in life was to be loved unconditionally by
someone who in turn I could love the same way. But boy is that easier
said then done. However after that failed raltionship I learned a very
important lesson. 1st agape or unconditional love only comes from God
and we can only love someone ...

... the 4 of us.(Well, the 3 of us - Andy had a coke). The meal also included dessert - I had something that tasted like mike whey and it was served with honey to sweeten it. I didn't finish it but Dale liked this. Andy had lemon ice cream that was intensely lemon-ney. After dinner, we again had a couple beers at a bar but I was really tired so we left before people would start showing up - it was midnite but Spaniards really start partying late.

... in ridiculous skintight, yet perfectly sequined pink and blue leotards.. each holding large neon pink capes. They take a few minutes to strut around as they await the entrace of the star of the show: the innocent and unknowing (and largely aggresive) bull. The bull enters and one by one they begin flashing their capes at him... causing him to charge. This was the only good entertainment.... They continue teasing the bull until two flashy dressed ...

... Imagine the enthusiasm, the energy, the popcorn and soft pretzels, the families out with little kids, exposing them to their first baseball/ football game, the cheers from the crowd, the excitment of seeing your favorite player and knowing all their stats, etc. Got the image? Now, put all those things in Madrid, but instead of your favorite sports star, sub. in a matador, and his opposition being a bull. I´m not sure what my expectations were going into this experience ...

... bar, where Dave and I were locked in after hours with the three bartenders of that bar for a night and day (I left at 8:30 a.m.) of Texas Hold Ém. I lost a few Euros, but they waved off my attempt to pay for my drinks, so it was all good. And, I have arranged to meet Dave and a group of the regulars at Tomatina, which should be fun to be with some people I know who speak English and Spanish, and they are making t-shirts. So, with that, I started off for: Malaga, Spain (Feria Malaga)

... Keaton's Italian voice. I power napped and had a really good grilled cheese for din-din. I arrived at my station around 9pm...the transfer wasn't for another 2.39 hours! What? ARGH. The station was cold and breezy... luckily I found a bar within the TINY, ABANDONED station that I was able to sit in and have my pain au chocolate with coffee. This is were I now am typing this entry... in the bar, waiting for my next train. Haha. I should also write about the ...

... overloaded as well, are the beasts of burden. Mules are everywhere, particularly in farming areas and in the marketplaces. In Fes the highlight of our trip is the medina or market, where people shop for virtually everything; it has thousands of tiny booths selling meat, fish, vegetables, silver, brass, and carpets. We were told not to buy the brass because it would discolor in weeks. We now have three guides, Lydia, Najeeb (who stays with us throughout Morocco), and a city guide; we ...