I ran a little further today than I had planned. I had wanted to only run to the Gran Via and back (just short of Sol (the Center of Town) but something told me to go further. I went to the middle of the city (SOL) and I felt like I needed to hear this [...]
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There’s A Flea Market In Madrid!
September 12th, 2010
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There’s a flea market everywhere you go and today we attended the one in El Rastro (southern area of the city) and found it most enjoyable. Aside by being touched by one grandpa and one grandma trying to look for $$$ in my pocket (ah ha Granny and Grandpa, I fooled you. It was elsewhere [...]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLOG!
September 12th, 2010
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Today is my BLOG BIRTHDAY! Four years ago I started this blog when I began my first overseas trip to Italy. My, my the years have taken me several places: Italy (2006)Guatemala (2006)India (2007)England/France (2007)Egypt (2008)Greece/Turkey (2009) And today–I’m in Madrid, Spain! This blog started as a way for people to keep up with my [...]
We Went To Toledo (NOT OHIO!)
September 11th, 2010
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Powered by GoodWidgets.com We knew this would be a full day and after a good breakfast in the hotel we made our way down close to the Royal Palace. We had been here yesterday evening so we were comfortable where we were. The first tour took us all over Madrid–showing us sights that we had [...]
I Attended A Spanish Wedding
September 10th, 2010
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Powered by GoodWidgets.com Ok, I didn’t really attend but I stood outside the church with a group of touristas and watched the event. We made our way down to Plaza Mayor (the large city square) in the center of town. We used the Metro and were very leary of anyone bumping into us and trying [...]
The Longest Day
September 19th, 2009
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I’m on the last leg of the journey home. It began yesterday morning (6AM Italy time, around 10PM Thursday evening Texas time). Sat in the airport for nearly 4 hours and then a 9 hour flight! It wasn’t too bad until you wake up from a cat nap and realize that you have 5 more [...]
