Blogs from District of Madrid, Spain, Europe - page 175

Hola Immediate problems which is nice. Not the best start to our trip. If the rest is anything like the first bit then we going to have a trying time! Checking in online last night for a 7am departure, we gound that those lovely people at Iberia Airways indiscriminately decided to cancel us off our flights to Madrid and then the connecting flight to Quito without telling us!! After a period of panic where we found there was no way of getting those flights we managed to get BA to sort it for us, so we got a later flight out to Madrid with BA, had to fork out for a hotel then get a flight to Quito the next day (6th). Luckily our tour doesn’t depart until the 7th at 10 am. And Iberia will ... read more

Allow me to introduce you to the new members of the Mateo Inurria household. Mac, short for Mackenzie and Cheese, short for Chester. I actually don’t know what kind of turtles they are, I need to do some internet research, but they like their crunchy shrimp, their mommy and aunties. They are so much better to watch then T.V. So cute. I have to admit though, I have gone through a bit of post modem depression. I just wasn’t sure if I was able to take on the responsibilities that these two little ones needed. I realized that I could do it. I may not be perfect, but it is a work in progress and we will all learn how to cope with whatever may arise. We go for long walks to the park. We have ... read more

The 56 hour Tour of Madrid Anyone who tells you that you should take an overnight bus somewhere so you won’t have to find a place to stay for the night, is either a chronic insomniac anyway, or a college student. Either way, it’s highly unlikely that they have your health or well-being in mind, and you should keep that in mind when making plans with them in the future. That being said, I will now proceed to give my advice for how to see all of Madrid and Segovia in only 56 hours, starting from the Plaza de Armas bus station en Seville on a Thursday night at midnight. First, buy your tickets several days in advance because it’s a very popular bus: its departure time allows for a 7am arrival in Madrid. Otherwise, you’ll ... read more

I must apologise for how slack I've been, since returning from Spain I've been on the go but now I will complete what I had started. Basically arrived in Madrid and trekked my way to my hostel. Still not to well I wasn't really in the mood to talk to many people and go out partying so I settled myself in and wandered around for a little while checking out the area. My hostel was located very close to the Opera house and the Palace. While sitting in the Plaza de Issabella I met a lovely girl from the USA who had been living there for the last year. She gave me a few tips of places to go including all the obvious sightseeing spots and a couple of places I wouldn't of considered going to. ... read more

Madridig mar sikeresen eljutottam :-) Az ut nem volt esemenytelen, tobb dolog is szinesitette. Peldaul az, hogy marmar a Marburg-Giessen vonatuton (20 egesz perc) tarsasagom akadt. Egy bacsi csapott le ram, latva a hatizsakjaim. Kiderult, o Kanada es Nemeto. kozott ingazik. Ennek ellenere Del-Amerika hallatan megkerdezte, hogy ,,ott lent meg milyen nyelvet beszelnek? Angolt?''. Ezek utan Kolnben a 18-as villamos, amire felszalltam, 2 megallo utan 16-a valtozott. Tetejebe, elalaltatando ebredezo gyanakvasom, a helyi kozlekedei vallalat szakemberei olyan helyre tettek a kijelzot, hogy csak a 6 es 8 szamjegy kozotti egy vonalnyi kulonbseget nem lattam onnan, ahol ultem. Ennek ellenere elertem a gepet, sot, a repteren meg volt idom kiszurni es leszolitani egy barna leanyzot, potolando hianyos (=0) felkeszultsegem Madridbol. Jol sejtettem, Erasmusos spanyol, segitett is :-). Ba... read more