Melon and Ham

So strange but so delicious...

July 31st 2008
Since I now know Madrid like the back of my hand, I was dad´s ¨tour guide¨when we were in the city. I took him to all my favourite places, plus a few places I had never been! We took the Madrid tour bus which showed everything, like the Royal Palace, the Prado Museum and Plaza Mayor. We ate dinner that night in this really fancy outdoor restaurant. There was a piano player and fans spraying a ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more

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Yenny van Andel

Yenny

I was consumed by the travel bug during my first summer of university. I had four months of freedom, so rather than apply for a restaurant job in my small (albeit beautiful and quaint) hometown of Port Perry, I applied to teach English in Madrid, Spain. I managed to become an Au Pair for an ah-mazing spanish family, who took me in, and allowed me to travel around Spain with them in exchange for teaching their three children English. I fell in love with Spain, and it will always hold a special place in my heart. Following that summer, I couldn't really just stay at home, so the next two summ... full info

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