http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/kyleclark/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from kyleclark en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:17:46 +0000 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:17:46 +0000 BrugesSo our last night in Bruges we ate some tapas and Caitlin had some Grimbergen and Bruges beer. Being sick I decided to take the night off from tasting which was awful considering the surrounding. I will definitely return to Bruges at some point. The town is beautiful there is no crime and everything is walkable. We left Bruges for Amsterdam around 830 the next morning arriving at http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Hohenschwangau/blog-407312.html End of FranceWe went out of France with a bang. The second night we met with some people I studied in Madrid with. We had some warsteiner in a mug marked as 'Formidable' in french it was basically a full liter of beer after which we went to the champ de elysees sp and went to a club where beers were 15 euros. Needless to say I only had one and I only paid for it because I had no idea how http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belgium/Brussels-Capital-Region/blog-405949.html Where am I The short answer to that question is no where close. I have received some emails about my absence from this blog so here is another entry Internet was rather expensive in London so we spent those extra pounds on some English ales but more on that later. I am currently sitting in my hotel in Paris after a nice day of siteseeing. Tonight Caitlin and I are meeting a friend we wen http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-404958.html An Update So I have been pretty busy over the past week. In brief Friday we went out in Madrid Saturday we went to El Escorial and the Irish Rover Sunday to Toledo Tuesday to the Prado Wednesday to a bullfight where the matador in the sixth match lost to the bull... and Thursday to Flamenco and then out in Madrid. This morning 630am local time I left for London from Madrid.So in shor http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-403389.html PhotosFor you non facebook folks I uploaded 17 pictures and they should be attached to this post. The other 250 pictures I took are on facebook so for a full account of each city go there. The pictures are from Lisbon and Madrid. Sights include places mentioned in previous posts.Plaza Mayor Last night myself and a few of my classmates met with my sister's friend from Ireland at the Plaza May http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/blog-401160.html Palacio RoyalSo I travelled back to the time without cell phones and got burned. Actually Europeans had cell phones well before Americans but I am just too cheap to by one and anyway who would I call After class concluded on Tuesday we made a group trip to see the Palacio Royal in Madrid. Long story short the group was separated. Enter a cultural challenge. Two of us who speak limite http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/blog-400627.html The last few days Warning I didn't look up any spellings for this post.....So I have been absent since my initial post yet I have been very busy thus far on my trip. I believe I have walked at least 30 miles in the last three days and my legs would most likely agree with that estimate. So far I have been to Lisbon Madrid and the Palacio Royal in Aranjuez the one in Madrid is tomorrow. L http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/blog-400080.html London says it is noon I say it is 600 am Yesterday I left for Portugal at 630 on an entirely different set of flights than I originally booked. Upon arriving at the St. Louis Regional Airport some may call it Lambert the representative for US Airways knew exactly who Mr. Clark was and said he was expecting me. Now at first I must admit I figured he had gotten wind of my recent achi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-399112.html Still at work... My flights for Portugal leaves in I just finished a long full productive day at work. Tomorrow I leave for a month in Europe A nice long break with some international studies goes a long way...I will be visiting Lisbon and spending some time with friends there before moving onto Madrid via night train until May 29th. While in Madrid I will be taking IB596 Case Stud http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Missouri/St-Louis/Saint-Louis-University/blog-398746.html