Girona, Spain, Europe AC Hotel Palau de Bellavista This trip started out with something that had never happened to me before, ever. After all the travelling I’ve done, it’s actually amazing that it’s not happened before, but there’s a first time for everything. We woke up at 5am, got a taxi at 5:45am, and we were at the airport by 6:15am. Perfect timing for our 7:45am flight. We had to go to the Jet2.com desk for Melissa to get her…
Madrid, Spain, Europe I got up today and had to get all my stuff packed up. I’ve become so accustomed to living out my backpack, that since I’ve been unpacked for almost a week, it felt strange to have to pack everything up again. I got all that done and then went out to have a big lunch at El Chaparito (the Mexican place I enjoyed a few days ago). I’m not sure what the food is going to be…
Madrid, Spain, Europe Today was my last full day in Europe for the rest of my trip, and that’s pretty exciting! I woke up pretty early this morning but didn’t feel well at all. I had a pretty bad stomach ache and I didn’t move from the couch until about 1pm. Vivi recommended some sort of herbal tea thing as a remedy and it seemed to help a little bit, and then I went out for a walk at lunch…
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…