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Today we were heading to Seward to pick up our cruise ship. The train left at 6:45am. so we needed to be packed up and waiting for our taxi before 6am. The taxi arrived at 5:50am and we headed to the train depot. Unlike the other train trip, this one was crowded! There was a long line, out the door, and then weaving back and forth inside. We finally got our tickets and boarded the train. We were in Car C, seats 2 & 3. They weren't bad seats, but I wish we had the two in front of us, since those seats had a table. The car layout was similar to the trip from Fairbanks, except the cafeteria car in front of us had some balcony type seating, where you could sit and watch the ... read more

We woke up about 6am and packed up. Manoli called for a taxi for 7:30am, and we waited around. Just before 7:30 the taxi showed up, we loaded up and away we went. As you probably already know, if you been reading my blogs up til now, today we were going to Anchorage by train. We reached the depot around 7:45, picked up our tickets, and waited again. While we waited, we checked out the neat model railroad display. It was very realistic, and the guy that managed the display was very informative. Our train was supposed to leave at 8:20am, and about 10 mins before, they open the gates and we boarded. We had seats in car D, the back car of the train. We had checked our luggage bags, and Manoli checked her backpack ... read more

I slept pretty well last night, waking up at about 7:30am or so. My wife woke up at 4am, hoping to see the Northern Lights, but was disappointed again. Well, we have 2 more nights to hope. Today we planned on visiting the Museum of the North, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Again, since there was no bus, we planned on walking there. We left the hostel around 9am, and walked down College Road to University Ave., then followed the phone up and around to the museum. We probably could have taken an easier/shorter route, but we didn't know. There were some nice views along the way. We reached the museum, paid our $16 each entry fee, for seniors, and started our tour. The museum is pretty big, with some cool stuff about history and ... read more

I didn't see much use in taking photos on your way to Fairbanks, so I'll just give you a brief description of the trip. We packed up and were on our way to GSP. Our daughter, Serena, took us there in her car, arriving at about 8am for our 10:50am flight. They called our boarding class on time and we were off to O'Hare International. We landed a little early and headed to Terminal 3E, gate 11, for our next connection, to Fairbanks, Alaska. O'Hare is gigantic, as expected, so the supposed 20 minute walk to the gate was not an exageration. Since our boarding time was in about 4 hours, and it was lunch time, we stopped at McDonalds for a Big Mac and fries. After eating lunch we found out our flight was going ... read more

We left Chipiona around 6pm, heading to my nephew Manuel's house in Facinas, which is fairly close to Gibraltar. We'd be spending two nights in his house, and going to Gibraltar tomorrow. We had a bit of trouble finding his house, since it was basically part of the farming outskirts, but we finally made it. His house may not look like much from the outside, but it was quite nice, with 3 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, and a nice patio. We met his girlfriend, who was quite nice, and worked for a company that was determining the damage done by the wind turbines on birds. Manuel worked as an engineer for Airbus, so he could work anywhere, including from home. The next day we loaded up Consuelo's car, with people, and headed to Gibraltar. My brother-in-law ... read more