Sarrato Sallent de Gallego - Formigal

... cost was 6EU only but 2 hours of ride. My return was with the fast Renfe Avent train for 10EU but I would get back to Madrid around 9pm. Yak...

Segovia in my opinion is a lot nicer and scenic than Toledo and less populated with tourists which makes it great for photography. I went crazy again on the photo shots again!

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... out of the nation out of fear of the Inquisition. Since her parents were paranoid about being associated with their father, they too turned into fundamentalist nut jobs, and sent their daughter, Teresa, to a convent to live out her life in solitude. This made sense, given Teresa's chronic illness which could have been treated in a hospital had she been sent there. Teresa, apparently worried about carrying on the family tendency to be a nut job...began having ...

... a nous !! Ils mangent leurs repas bien apres nous. Les restos n'ouvrent pas avant 13h00 !! On avait remarque deja ca á Madrid, mais quand on a faim, ca fait plus ch.. !! On a fini par un sandwich, heureusement en interieur quand meme, car comme je vous le disais, il faisait froid !!! Dans l'apres-midi, retour ŕ Madrid. Camille avait une commande de bonbons pour un copain, alors l'achat est fait, on peut ...

... Anyhow, my bubble was burst once I took my Spanish level test to determine what class I should take. The tester very condescendingly told me in poor English that my Spanish was very bad and I was to start in the beginner class. The class begins the first week of February and I'm eager to learn. It will be 4 hours a day for 2 weeks, with a few extra hours of cultural activities. Hopefully I will ...

(Fireworks and candies in the park) (Watch out, I'm long-winded) Last night I went out with some friends to go dancing, but that pretty much fell through since we only had one guy with us. We ended up heading over to La Luna for a while. Things were somewhat lame there until some of Lisa's friends from the university showed up. (Lisa is the girl from Belgium that befriended us.) In this group of students, there were people from Italy, France, and even one girl from ...

... with connections is that you get served extra tapas. I tried everything that they brought us, including fried miniature squid and some type of cold, pickled fish with olives. I like the tast of the squid but it was very difficult for me to eat because it looked so horrible. On the other hand, although I ate a whole slice of the fish, I am now positive that I hate the taste of that particular tapa. We were also served chorizos (sausage) in a sauce, a type ...

... pero como voy a comprar billete de vuelta, si me voy como estudiante, seis meses y no se quedia vuelvo!!!!- conteste yo. Bueno al final despues de poner cara de pena, llamo a alguien y al final me dejo pasar. Uffff!!! que manera de sudar. Una rapida despedida de Jaime y Nacho. ( No me gustan las despedidas, y a veces puedo llegar a ser muy frio, pero es parte del viaje aunque intento que sean un hasta luego como ...

... to meet them both. Steve's excellent Spanish skills saved us from using too much embarrassing body language. Johana was just getting started with English and our Spanish was as mentioned, still at the beer-ordering level. We liked Madrid quite a bit. It's pretty much in the middle of Spain at 2000 meter elevation. Steve even claims you can go skiing in the winter in nearby mountains. The city's buildings are more modern than Barcelona and with wider streets, which seemed to ...

... to spanish painters and it reminds me a lot of the Met in NYC. However, all the paintings' descriptions (except for in 1 room) were entirely in spanish so, while the guide I had explained a few things to me, I was in the dark in most cases. Probably a good thing though, cuz I was therefore able to see most of the museum by the time is closed for christmas at 2pm in the aft! Another thing worth metioning (that was the case in Bcn and ...

... and Toledo (from OK Paella) and this time I chose the Paella Mixta instead. (EUR 12.25 including a glass of coke) Honestly it was better than the black Arroz Negro before.... but just marginally better. After this I decided I am not ok with OK Paella anymore. I went back to the hotel ...