Blogs from Madrid, District of Madrid, Spain, Europe - page 99

Here in Madrid everything can happend, because in this City that are so big, you always can do something... in you want of course... Another day we were with friends to listen to a spanish group - Zyclope that wasnt so bad at all... one of my friends told me that this band had realese 3 CD:s :O)... read more

Happy 2008 all of you .... :O) Here in Madrid the Christmas with the Santa is the past you think, yes is true but the spanish childrens are still waiting for "Los Reyes Magos" that will arrived to Madrid 6 of Januari 2008. In the Park of Retiro we still have the tree with about 50.000 ballons in it - with all the wishes from people from Madrid. This tree: "El Arbol the los deseos" will be released from all the ballons on the big day of the arrival of "Los Reyes Magos", 6th of January 2008 at 18.00pm ... read more

After a really long flight, I made it to Madrid. I will be here until tomorrow night. When I finally leave for Africa. I am not too stoked about the exchange rate from Dollars to Euros. Everything is extremely expensive here. I am glad I won't be here for long. I was hoping it would be warm here... It's not. And the people here are very impolite. Perhaps this is because I am American? Makes sense...Well see ya later. I need to catch up on some sleepy time. ... read more

Well, the blogs are much more sparse than I had hoped because I can´t get my phone connected to the internet. I have been blogging there off line, hoping to upload. Anyway, we´re fine and having a good time. Yesterday we spent in the Prado and Reina Sophia museums...they were great, we say Grecos, Goyas and Valaquez .... it was a lot more exciting than it sounds. The modern art was really nice and we found a few photography exhibits, which were the highlight of the day. Stayed out late and had some paella on the way home. We are quite acclimated and sleeping well and getting around on the metro easily. Oh, the BAGS are still lost, we are surviving on very few clothes and stuff, today, we have to get some supplies, the 2 ... read more

We land half an hour early at Heathrow airport thanks to some good tail winds. So another few hours to spend in the airport terminals. We head straight through to the terminal bus to transfer from Terminal 4 to Terminal 1. Then through the cues for Security at the airport before having 1.5 hours to kill in Heathrow airport with no Pounds to spend. Main thing of note is the “World of Whisky” shop where they have a fine collection of Scotch and Irish whiskeys. Now most of you know I appreciate a good Whisky, but here I found what can only be called extravagance. There were a few Glenfidch whiskies of real note. - A 64yo for 10,000 pounds and a - 51yo at 52.5% for 5,000 pounds. With the flight departing Heathrow 30 min ... read more