Hello folks, Another blog... yup, I´m doing it again. Mostly for selfish reasons as it makes remembering things when I scrapbook a trip MUCH easier afterwards. But, I also hope you enjoy reading it too! I´ll apologize in advance if the blog is a little less amusing than usual as I don´t have Brad by my side interjecting his witty little comments as I write. I hope you´re not too disappointed and still find some enjoyment in the adventures of Debra solo. So, yes, I am traveling on my own this time! Here´s the basic itinerary: Leave November 9th, back on [View Full Entry]

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So, this is very, very overdew. I went to Granada, probably over a month ago now! It was so amazing. My parents were there for that weekend of their trip here in Spain, so I went with my house-mate, Jennifer, to meet with them. The coolest thing by far was the Alhambra. It was so amazing! We also went to the cathedral and chapel, which contains the tombs of Ferdinand and Isabella, but they did not compare to the Alhambra. The Alhambra contains the Moorish Palace and the Citadel (Alcazaba). Also, it has the Generalife, or the summer home for the [View Full Entry]

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As we mentioned yesterday this hotel on the University campus is stylish.And we have a bidet!! We are now starting to rank our hotel stays in Europe by whether our bathroom has a bidet or not and we are seriously thinking of getting one installed when we get home!!Without getting into too much detail for those who haven’t experienced a bidet in their bathroom,they are a delight and so hygienic!!They are one thing that Europeans have over us Kiwis!! Anyway onto things more serious and our day in Barcelona. The weather forecast is for rain later in the day but we [View Full Entry]

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Sorry for the delay on this blog, but due to camera cables being swiped i've been unable to get to my pics!! So, the end of the trip, and i decided early on, as my flight was passing through Madrid, to stop there for a few days, as its a great place. I landed early afternoon after a duff flight in which the baggage handlers helped themselves to items in my bag, and found the hotel my parents had booked, quick tram ride away. Nice hotel, very 70's, but nice. I dumped my bags, had a shower and headed for the [View Full Entry]

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Hola from Toledo. After a very short week in Virginia, we were off on Monday afternoon for Spain. Unfortunately, Alec's trusty MacBook Pro went South on Sunday, rendering it unusable for the trip. Fortunately, we purchased an extended warranty from Best Buy, so we stopped there on the way to Dulles to drop it off for repair, and to purchase a new MacBook to bring on the trip. Andrew was about due for a replacement anyway, so we'll use it on the trip, then pass it along to him for the Spring semester. Our flight to Spain was via Amsterdam. I [View Full Entry]

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Thursday 5.11.2009 Day 21 We had bfast with the Pramax, Ducati, Yamaha, KTM and Aprilia teams. Then we went to the track for the ride for health day. Ride for health day in Valencia. We did a pit lane walk and saw lots of riders only Kello from the Ducatti teams was there and I got my photo taken with him. [View Full Entry]

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A lot can happen in 2 weeks. To pick up from where I left off from my last blog, I had no idea how what I would be doing over the next few days let alone the next two weeks. Ok, I did end up in Granada the following weekend, but never in a million years would I have predicted that at 6am on November the 1st, I'd have ended up in a fountain (again) with Roisin and Laura, dressed as a zombie in clown pants. That's just the way life goes here, I love the spontaneity of things, spur of [View Full Entry]

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Hola a todos! I went to Salamanca for this past Halloween weekend where I met up with six other auxiliares in my program. Five of them are working at schools in Palencia capital and one is working in the Basque Country (in Vitoria). I had met most of them at my orientation in Madrid and had visited one (my friend Brooke) in Valladolid the weekend before (she is living in Valladolid, a much larger city, and commutes to Palencia for work.) Salamanca is known as Castilla y Leon's most beautiful city and it is one of its liveliest as well due [View Full Entry]

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Just uploading a better map of Spain with the city of Caceres highlighted. More entries to come soon... [View Full Entry]

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Ce soir je vais essayer de commenter un peu plus mes photos. Ce n'est pas un récit de voyage comme tel car je ne peux avoir cette prétention. Ce blog est surtout un moyen que j'ai de pouvoir partager avec vous quelques moments de ce voyage et aussi de recevoir de vos nouvelles selon vos humeurs. Barcelone est une ville culturelle, multiethnique et dynamique à tous les points de vue. Ici on se sent chez soi parce qu'on y retrouve des gens de partout et on entend parler plusieurs langues. Ily a encore beaucoup de touristes à ce moment de l'année [View Full Entry]

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