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when i went home last night my roomates in the hostel were out. well they were probably in a bar somewhere - yes i am the only one separated from the guys, oh and alex too. lori, hannah, rubs and ben were together in one room.at about 3am my roomates came - the girl was fucking drunk and tripping over the floor, while her boyfriend just looking at her (good thing i have earplugs but i can still hear her) she was barfing all the time and her boyfriend brought the trashbin from the toilet and s...

Alone When I arrive at the subway(airport) Tirso won't respond at the phone and Lauro also!!! Well I have the hostel reservation, so in the worst case, no problem! Finally at the 3º or 4º time Lauro was in! ok we will meet at Sol under the "Bear" arround 20.30h Nobody is here Once at "Sol" NOBODY WAS THERE!!! I spend like 5 minutes turning arround the Bear and nothing....DAVE!!! He was there! Yeah the meetup had just begin and I'M PISSING  :p  The people where at KFC (tribute a...

I can´t find Lauro and the gang! Maybe because I´m not really looking and instead I´m taking advantage of  this 1euro an hour internet even though my computer is put in front of the door and if I scoot back a little like 2 feet I will be on the streets.  I don´t have phone credits and I did intentionally not put credits on my phone the past two days since I am not a spender really (news!).  I didn´t see them in the hostel we´re all be staying at and I wonde...

i contacted tirso long long long ago - sometime in march i think - that if ever i am in madrid - i would ask for his help to tour me around the city - now why him of all the people in madrid from travbuddy? because he is the most active! hahahahahahahahahahai dont have much time for internet when i was in spain, so i left it all to him - perdona mi amigo. i mean as what jc said - i promoted the meet up and tirso organized it. he asked how many people i can bring and i said 12 people that i kn...

When I looked through the window this morning I saw the blue spotless sky again: Viva Madrid! We left early for breakfast, which we picknicked at the square in front of the Almudena and the Palacio Real. My father turned out to be sick from the worthless diner we had last night, and didn't even finished the walk to the palace. That's what you get with those cheap restaurants... it wasn't a good idea of him to finish my melocoton anyway.My mother and I visited the Palacio Real on our own, and ...

Wow. I have utterly neglected this blog. I have many, many tales to tell and will get to them someday... you know, in between all my days lazying about at cafes and all.... but this story I must tell now. I only hope other girls traveling in Spain hear about my story and heed my advice. Beware of the Lecherous Spanish Old Man... So I love Spain. So much so, that when I go back home... it's only going to be to plan my return. Only I want to make my return as a Spanish Ol...

This last Friday I had the opportunity to meet 14 travbuddies I only knew online! It was a fun day, pitty we did not have the chance to spend more time together! At night we were invited to a big party with swimming pool and a funny castle!

[PL]Dalej zwiedzamy to cudowne miasto pełne życia i wspaniałej architektury. Coraz bardziej żywy i niesamowity z każdym krokiem, z każdym nowo odkrytym zaukiem, za kazdym rogiem czai sie cos zachwycajacego.Odwiedzamy też blokowiska ktore i tak sprawiaja wrazenie o niebo lepsze niz nasze miejscowe, potem park leśny Casa de Campo oraz Planetarium. Potem o 22.oo wyjeżdżamy nocnym pociągiem do Barcelony [EN]We are still in Madrid, the cute and full of life city, now i know,  it'...

 I tell you a brief story about our trip to China of 15 days, that we view  in July - August 2006. We wanted to know something about this great country, its culture, its landscapes and monuments, its religions, but also something of  its presents . Seeing what they offer the different wholesalers, we were decided by whom has Politours, Millenarian Chinese call + Guilin. It includes Shanghai, that is the modern thing, soon Hangzshou and Suzhou, classic of the gardens and t...

Couldn't do much today, except packin my bags. I got myself ready and went down to the park with Lucia while Camilla got herself ready for work. It's still an adventure for me to go down to the park, keeping my feet on the bench just cause I'm so afraid of ants.. I know, it's so silly, but I just got this big fobia for these small "animals" like ants, flies and stuff. While watching Lucia I started to talk to Camilla's neighbour, a really talkactive dude. He had two really beautiful daughters...

Well my flight from JFK was a little delayed, but not too bad. I arrived in Madrid in the morning and still had a little time until my connecting flight to Tangier. I finally arrived at  Tangier airport, went through customs pretty quickly. After asking a few of the security guards, made my way to the currency exchange window in the airport to change some of my U.S. dollars into Moroccan currency. To my dismay (okay it was more like "what the hell, damn"), it was closed. I arrived the da...

On my second day in Madrid, I already had the city figured out, and since I got a chance to explore the city yesterday, today was about experiencing more of the Spanish culture.  I got my tickets to the bullfight and was really excited. But first, I had the challenge of finding something to eat for lunch during "siesta".   Because of the harsh climate, and the heat "siesta" is observed during which some citizens take a break to cool off. Kids and off from school,...

My friend Noah and I have been good friends for a few years now and have traveled to different places in the US such as Oregon, Washington DC, Florida and Camden, New Jersey.  Yes that’s right, Camden!!!  We figured it was time to branch out and challenge ourselves.  We would go to Europe and see how long it would take before we got on each others nerves.    We thought Spain would be a great idea, because of the Easter holiday coming up   and ...

On our last day, naturally enough, we went shopping and had lunch.  This is not terribly exciting to read about, but it did mean that I got to take the touristy photo of the bear and the strawberry tree.   And I got a great t-shirt with a red headed woman getting out of bed on it - cooler than it sounds, I promise, and the trip home was uneventful.  We stayed in a hotel near Gatwick airport, which stung us more on a courtesy bus than a cab would have cost!  Break...

When I heard that Lauro, Lori, Ruby, Hannah, Alex and Ben will be ending their Portugal/Spain trip in Madrid I made sure to fit it into my itinerary because I wanted to see my friends again but also cause Madrid is my favorite city and I will go there for no reason at all haha... I get in the hostel, no one is here, that is weird since TB's account for half of the people staying here lol... I make myself some food sit down to eat, when suddenly I just have this sense, kung fu style, that some...