Blogs from Europe - page 13068

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Hello from Madrid, by way of San Sebastian, and now we are right up the street from the Puerto Del Sol and a beautiful hostel called Adriano. I will be filling these blogs in when I can more fully describe our trip and I'm still working on getting the pics up, or at least create a link, that you can go to view the fun. The 2nd day we decided to run with the bulls turned into the longest, most soul satisying day I can remember. The day started with us getting up early enough to run with the bulls (again!) and this time we were very excited because we were going to use our knowledge of the day before to make our run better - this means get closer to the bulls and run with ... read more

Thom - So its nearly holiday time. Only three days to go at work for me and five for Kayles. Then six weeks of pure unadulterated laziness. This is why we joined the education profession - not for the joy of helping the next generation to learn but for the holidays. We have booked all the camp sites and bought all the equipment. Our itinery sees us go to Barnsley to stay with one of my friends a week on Sunday. Our journey to the north will first see us take in a football game between the mighty Sky Blues and Notts County. We will then move on to York for two nights, then Durham for a night. We will then hopefully stay with some of Kayleigh's family for a night in Geordie land before getting ... read more

Well, It's official...I love Scotland. It is cooler here, nice enough to walk around with just a t-shirt and jeans without feeling like you're melting. There hills all around and a "mountain" just near the dorm I'm staying in. To me, and anyone else from the Appalachians, it looks more like a bump than a mountain...but it is beautiful. Yesterday, we took a 4 hour train ride and arrived in the afternoon. Then we took a literary pub tour, where we had two hilarious guides/actors showing us all the famous pubs in Edinburgh where all the writers hung out...including Robert Luis Stevenson (he is the most famous of the bunch). Then it was dinner in the Cafe Royal, a fun little pub in the new town. This morning we woke early for a good scottish breakfast ... read more

I never knew Munich was so high-class. It´s like Florence in that every high end store yuo´ve ever heard of has a store here. Like Cartier, Tiffany, Gucci (all the designers really) etc. etc. E & I feel a little tacky in our well-worn travel clothes. After 7 1/2 weeks the backpack is getting a little gamey. We´re still shopping though, though not buying much..I don´t want anything more to carry!! We had to buy an additional roll bag in Italy just to carry all the stuff we´ve accumulated. This is another city that has been extensively rebuilt after WWII, but unlike others they put it back the way it was exactly. They have NOT forgoten the war here, every church or historical structure I went into today had pictures up of what it looked like ... read more