Madrid, Spain, Europe I had a great night’s sleep at Alicia’s last night and got up pretty late. It was nice to just chill and then hang out with Alicia for a bit. She brought me to the train station and I was back in Madrid by about 1pm. I went out for lunch and then spent the afternoon organizing things for my trip to Cuba. I found out yesterday that my flight to Havana has been changed so instead…
Toledo, Spain, Europe Today was a great day in Toledo! I left Vivi’s in Madrid at 10:30am and walked down to Atocha train station to get the train to Toledo. Alicia was nice enough to pick me up at the train station with Rodrigo when I arrived at noon. We went into the old city and parked the car so we could walk around for a few hours. It really is a cool little city, built on a hill, and…
Madrid, Spain, Europe I didn’t do much today besides run around and get nothing accomplished. My goal was to get out of the city to a park called Parque del Capricho, which is where one of Jacquelien’s scavenger hunt photos was taken. Vivi was at work, so I figured it was a good time for me to hop on a metro and go find this monument. Well, that didn’t happen. I got the metro out to Capricho, which was about…
Madrid, Spain, Europe Today was a pretty quiet day. I had one objective, and that was to try and find some new shoe/sandals that I was looking for at the outlets yesterday, but couldn’t find the ones I wanted. I checked out a few different shops but never found the ones I wanted in my size. I walked around the city for another couple of hours, and then just hung out at Vivi’s apartment. We went out for dinner at…
Madrid, Spain, Europe Today was a day full of shopping. I’m not really a big fan of shopping, but today was Vivi’s last day off while I’m here, so I went along so we could hang out for a little while. We went out to a few different outlet malls and spent almost the whole day shopping. I ended up coming away with a couple of shirts from a Columbia shop, but that was it. Luckily, a couple of the…
Madrid, Spain, Europe I got to see Alicia today, so that was a nice surprise. I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to see her while I was here in Spain, but she and her friend Rodrigo drove down to Madrid for the day and we met them for lunch. Vivi and I spent the morning running some errands, things she needs to take care of before she moves from Spain back to Colombia. We met Alicia…
Madrid, Spain, Europe Today was quite a relaxed day in Madrid. Vivi got up and left for work at 6:15am, and I hardly heard her at all. It was perfect because I was able to go back to sleep and not get up until 9am. That was a good rest. I finally got up, got ready and headed out to find the Cuban embassy. I knew I had to get a visa for Cuba, and I wasn’t sure how long…
Madrid, Spain, Europe I got up at 8am with the intention of going to visit these two old churches outside the city. Unfortunately, when I woke up and looked out the window, I realized that it was pouring buckets. I don’t mind if it’s not the greatest weather, but I really didn’t feel like walking around in the pouring rain before I had to get on a bus for five and a half hours. I made the executive decision that…
Oviedo, Spain, Europe I had a good night’s sleep at Laura’s place, got my stuff together this morning, and left before I ever saw anyone in the house. I left my keys behind and grabbed a bus to the city center and got my Alsa bus to Oviedo. It was just a couple of hours to get here and my hotel is only a five minute walk from the bus station, so that made it easy. I’m staying in a…
Santander, Spain, Europe Today was not a very patriotic day, but it was a really good day anyway. I had already bought today’s bus ticket when I was out yesterday, so I just had to get to the bus station for 10:30am which was no problem at all. I got my bus from Bilbao at 11am and I was in Santander by 1pm. Tonight is the first night I am staying in an Airbnb apartment, so I had a set…