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Safe arrival

A travel blog entry by mechita_pr

After a short layover in Atlanta, we were on our 8 hour flight to Madrid on Delta. Even though we were pretty cramped (especially since it was a full flight) we enjoyed watching a couple of movies on the personal little TV at each seat. We watched "the men who stare at goats" (2.5 out of 5 stars from me) and some other movie Mike will remind me of …

Nov 18, 2012

A travel blog entry by daveygreener

"Boozy lunch" to say goodbye to Alex at 100 mete-something that sandwich/cervaca chain again. Way too much food. Shopping. Probably a sleep after. Cathryn turned up again. So many myerbeer-ers floating around. Aviva and I got Raman for dinner then ...

Slow train and washing day blues

A travel blog entry by jenny.fisher

... compress and archive a few files for later. The Turkey, Greece, Croatia files could be transferred to backup until we get home. On the other hand maybe they already have. Back on the train, two hostesses arrive and explain they will be serving breakfast, must be compensation for being on a slow train. The track gauge between Granada and Madrid only carries slower trains so our journey will be 5 hours. Hot towels and a bilingual menu are provided. It is almost 10.30 when ...

Dubai-Madrid-Cordoba

A travel blog entry by danialw

... city. The main bus station for long distance buses is the "Estacion Sur", so if you ever go to Spain make sure you keep that in mind as most long distance buses depart from there.

The drive to Cordoba is quite scenic. The endless fields and rolling hills are a pleasant site to see.
Time to check out historic Andalusian Cordoba!

Till next time,
Danial
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... and a fantastic time was had by all!

A travel blog entry by rmhtraveller

... peri chicken, which we also tried. Throughout Spain and Portugal, you get the wonderful Jamon, which is the traditionally prepared hams, very finely sliced, and similar to the Italian prosciutto. In all three countries, the pastries and biscuits were sublime. But wait – there is more to all three countries – the olives. Most of you know that I love olives, but to come to these three countries and taste the locally prepared ones was an ...

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