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March 30, 2002NiceFrom Avignon we took a train southeast to Nice on the Mediterranean and stayed there in a virtual apartment in the Hotel Constadt a block from the water. Spent...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on March 30, 2002 06:07 AM
Category: European Union, France, Hostels & Guesthouses March 28, 2002Avignon FranceTook the train from Barcelona to Avignon in the Provence area in the south of France. Stayed at Hotel Mignon on rue Joseph-Vernet. Cute little French hotel room but...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on March 28, 2002 03:06 AM
TrackBack | Category: Culture, European Union, France, Restaurants, Trains March 25, 2002Barri Gotic BarcelonaIn Barcelona we stayed in the Lower Barri Gotic area at Hotel Peninsular at Carrer Sant Pau, 34. Two single beds; sink; window opens into central court; very clean and...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on March 25, 2002 12:02 PM
TrackBack | Category: European Union, Hostels & Guesthouses, Spain, Worst Experiences March 23, 2002The New Young BritsIn the train, before crawling into my compartment, I stood out in the hall and had a great conversation with a bright energetic young Brit (Richard) attending Cambridge. He had...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on March 23, 2002 06:15 AM
TrackBack | Category: Culture, European Union, Food, Morocco, Reflections 9/11 & Two MuslimsThe next day, we spent the day in Marrakech waiting for our favorite night train back to Tangiers. I spent all afternoon at the Ali Hotel Internet Cafe while Bob...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on March 23, 2002 06:12 AM
TrackBack | Category: Conversations, Culture, Morocco, Politics, Touching Experiences March 22, 2002What Travel RevealsBefore we began our first round the world journey, a friend asked us to "report back to us at home what your travels reveal about the human heart and what...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on March 22, 2002 03:45 AM
TrackBack | Category: About the Nomads, Reflections March 21, 2002The Atlas MountainsWe took an excursion trip south and east past incredible green terraced fields and old Berber kasbahs (ancient Moroccan self-contained communities made out of the rust colored mud of...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on March 21, 2002 06:00 AM
TrackBack | Category: Alternative Transportation, Best Places, Climbs & Walks, Excursions, Food, Hostels & Guesthouses, Morocco, Seven Must See March 20, 2002Pink & Tent-like MarrakechThere is no chance of an American avoiding his/her cultural filters in a country like Morocco-just as I suspected! “Lets Go” travel guide describes Marrakech as a “city of immense...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on March 20, 2002 05:55 AM
TrackBack | Category: Hostels & Guesthouses, Markets, Morocco March 19, 2002Night Train To MarrakechThe night train to Marrakech really gave us an opportunity to stretch our cultural boundaries! You have a 9 foot by 9 foot compartment with three “beds” or platforms...Read this update Tangier $40 Taxi RideI think it is more difficult to ignore your own cultural filters when in a country similar to yours-for example-Europe as to America. There is a tendency to want...Read this update March 12, 2002AlgecirasFrom Seville we took a bus to Algeciras on the south coast of Spain and saw hundreds of windmills that reminded Bob of Don Quijote. In Algeciras we took...Read this update March 11, 2002Seville SpainIn Seville, found a charming pension-the Hospedaje Monreal at Calle Rodrigo Caro, in Barria de Santa Cruz-about a block from the cathedral right in the middle of maze-like Barrio...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on March 11, 2002 05:03 AM
TrackBack | Category: European Union, History, Spain March 10, 2002Lagos, PortugalBob was hell-bent on going to Lagos, a resort area on the south coast of Portugal thinking it would be a nice break from the cold wind and one...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on March 10, 2002 04:57 AM
TrackBack | Category: Buses, European Union, Hostels & Guesthouses, Portugal March 09, 2002European Popular CultureMost days in Europe you would see at least once a wonderful display of affection between two young people-playful and sensuous-mostly kissing-but never offensive. And then they walk on as...Read this update LisbonRoosters are symbols of Portuguese culture so we felt that it was appropriate that after staying one night in a boring part of Lisbon, Portugal in a hotel room...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on March 9, 2002 04:45 AM
TrackBack | Category: Culture, European Union, History, Hostels & Guesthouses, Portugal March 08, 2002Spanish TrainsSpanish trains have compartments with room for six people. Luckily ours had two young Swiss girls that we recruited, a young guy from Japan that was studying Spanish in Salamanca...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on March 8, 2002 07:24 PM
TrackBack | Category: Culture, European Union, Spain, Trains March 02, 2002Salamanca SpainI just walked out of the jaw-dropping Cathedral in the beautiful old city of Salamanca a few minutes ago. Made Notre Dame in Paris look pretty tame. And there are...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on March 2, 2002 07:26 AM
TrackBack | Category: Best Places, European Union, History, Spain Through Others' EyesIn the hotel in Paris at breakfast one morning. I struck up a conversation with a woman that wasn´t speaking French to the waiter and she had avoided talking to...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on March 2, 2002 06:55 AM
TrackBack | Category: Culture, European Union, France, Funniest Experiences March 01, 2002Bayonne & BiarritzBayonne is a beautiful Basque town in the south of France. I would not be surprised if the movie "Chocolat" was made here. We were told that Bayonne had...Read this update Posted by laughingnomad on March 1, 2002 07:14 AM
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