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A Coruña, Galiza

Friday, July 25th, 2008

     My train arrived at 23.00 from Burgos (€43) and my friend Uxía and her two friends picked me up at the station. After dropping my stuff off at her house, we went out on the town. There was a Medieval festival going on in the center of town, with your typical stalls of food, jewelry, handicrafts and the like. It was a nice atmosphere, because I’ve never been to a Medieval fest in an actual Medieval city. The fact that there were real stone buildings and churches gave it a much more authentic feel that those in America. While we were out, they insisted on feeding me Galician foods. I wasn’t exactly upset by it. Being right on the sea, they have excellent seafood. We all shared a plate of octopus that was amazing. [read on]

Burgos

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

     At 8.30 on Tuesday I got on a bus and arrived in Burgos at 10.30 (€12). My friend Célia suggested I stop by. There’s not much to do there, but I could make it on my way to La Coruña, so I stopped for a couple hours to see her and the city. The main site is the cathedral. She’s attended the church, and played the organ and sang in the choir there a lot, so she gave me her tour of the place. We ate some pintxos afterwards and then to the old nunnery near her house. We didn’t go in, just viewed from the outside. The neighborhood there is interesting, too. Quite old architecture. I guess the whole area is now an UNESCO area. I could only stay for the couple hours, and had to be on my way. At 14.45 I should have gotten on a train, but it was an half hour late. But once I did, I was on my way to La Coruña. [read on]

Bilbao, Bizkaia

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
     It was a long day of travelling. I'm spending a lot of my summer in Berlin, but needed to take off to Iberia to visit some friends and get some sun for ... [Continue reading this entry]

The Madrid Experience, part dos

Sunday, March 18th, 2007
Maybe... just maybe, I could have just one flight on this trip not delayed. But so far, not the case. I don't even know what the problem was this time, other than they mentioned something about boarding soon, everybody queued ... [Continue reading this entry]

The Madrid Experience

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
Worst.Flight.Ever... Figures. I had a plan. Of course, it goes to shit. The flight was scheduled from Amsterdam to Madrid at 17.00, so I should leave my house and head to the airport around 15.00. ... [Continue reading this entry]

The Mullet Lives

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
Mullets everywhere. Barcelona, and as I've come to find out, Spain as a whole loves the mullet. I've been back in Holland for about 5 weeks now, and have correctly identified many Spaniards here, male and female, based solely on ... [Continue reading this entry]

Barcelona Architecteure and Scenery: A Pictorial Review

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
As I've mentioned in previous posts, I'm rather taken by the architecture of Barcelona. But it's not always just architecture, but scenery in general. The gothic buildings mixed with the funkiness of Gaudí, ... [Continue reading this entry]

Días de los museos

Monday, October 2nd, 2006
The time had come... museums. It was mid-week, less going on... no more carousing in the sun all day. It's time to get cultured. The Picasso Museum was the first (and perhaps obvious), ... [Continue reading this entry]

¡Barça! ¡Barça! ¡Baaar-ça!

Friday, September 29th, 2006
Whilst in the common area eating some food, I was trying to decide how to spend my day. I was figuring on some bumming around and hanging out, but nothing ... [Continue reading this entry]

Gaudí-riffic

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006
I only booked at BCN for 2 nights, because that’s all they available for the cheapest price. I figured in a new city with no hostel recommendations anyway, I should leave myself open so I can move around, check out ... [Continue reading this entry]