Blogs from Spain, Europe - page 1375

The past few days have been among the craziest of my life. The Running of the Bulls is, by far, the most insane festival I've ever been to! So, I sat with Dan en route to Pamplona and we drank sangria (as did the whole rest of the bus) and got pumped up for the festivities to begin. Dan and Paul actually got pretty wasted, Paul was a nice shade of green by the time we got there. We arrived at the huge campsite/hostel, El Molino, around 9pm, and were exhausted and hungry. Dan and I were in the same room, along with a really nice girl named Miranda, who had been in my hostel room at the Andre Gil in Paris. We dropped off our stuff and went down to the "restaurant" to have an ... read more

Well, the boys (Wingnut & Mantis) decided it was going to be a great farewell for them to depart the house, and for us to all go and work for 2 weeks in Spain. Sadly Mantis got diagnosed with cancer and flew straight home for treatment leaving Wingnut and I to complete the trip without him. (Good news now is that Mantis is back on track and recovering - updated from 4th July 2006) We arrived at the wrong airport in Spain and spent 1 full day thinking we were in a completely different town, this hit home when we had to get a train the next morning which was over 100km away - shit. The rest of the trip can be summed up as follows - 400 tents erected over 3 days Drink Drink Drink! ... read more

Hola Amigos! I have finally found me a hard drive and i bought another camera (with a case). Barcelona rocks!!! Its by far the best city i have been to...although i heard some stories about Ibiza...but will believe it when i see it. A city thats alive, close to the beach (i got the burn to prove it) and happening clubs that dont get goin till 1 am. Do these people sleep here? Probably not...they take midafternoon naps, something we need in the states! My days here are spent on the beach, gazing over countless number of topless women (better than france), and listening to the incessant amount of indian peddling "Agua, Fanta, Cerveza, Cold Beer" (w/ indian accent). But anyways enough about the topless women, wait what am i saying....forget the last part. Las Ramblas, ... read more

espana has been treating me well. apart from intense heat and euros that just seem to disappear into thin air, i am having a great time. apparently, i speak spanish well enough to not be laughed at. so there are about 50 of us in the program here in madrid, and about 80% of us ventured out on a group trip the other day to the palacio real in the city. needless to say, i remembered why i like traveling alone or in smaller groups. so yesterday about 5 of us took off downtown again, walked along the labyrinthial metro system, explored el plaza de espana, ate a fantastic meal, and so on and so forth. so down in the plaza there was a statue i guess saluting the glory and power of spain, and at ... read more

So today was amazing because I got some sleep and alone time. I did my homework on the terace by the pool, then laid in the sun, ate lunch, took my seista, took a walk, took a second seista, dinner, and then the fun began. We didnt really do much, we just walked to the palace and drank 2 bottles of wine (between 6 of us, so nobody was drunk drunk) and did our homework. It was so much fun, even if it wasnt super touristy. Anyways, its bedtime! Goodnight!... read more