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  1. Halloween in Spain

    Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 2 November 2009

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  2. NEW New Plan!

    Blog: Half - 23 October 2009

    Okay, so where to begin…Almost exactly 1 year ago the economic crisis stole my life. I was living it up in Madrid with amazing friends, teaching English, tour guiding for Sandeman’s New Madrid and working as the Program’s Coordinator for Club Ivy, helping Spanish students apply to study abroad in English speaking countries. Life was [...]

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  3. Segway Touring in Spain

    Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 19 October 2009

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  4. Never Enough Books and Art Supplies!

    Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 15 October 2009

    Well I can’t help myself – I seem to gravitate to art supplies and books. I have found some more stores in my wanderings in Valencia, as well as two magnificent bookstores specializing in travel in Barcelona and Madrid.

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  5. Madrid: a city as nocturnal as I am

    Blog: mock-heroic.net - 13 July 2009

    Madrid 8th – 11th July, 2009

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  6. We´re Spoiled, and One for RyMac

    Blog: where the wild things are - 31 May 2009

    Today we made lunch, (biggest meal of á typical Spanish day.. six courses ohman,) for Carlos´s parents and 3 of his friends.. and us of course. There were 9 people, so you can imagine Louie, Carlos, Victoria and I have been up since 9am cooking. It was alot of fun though. Sorry to keep it short but pictures are better, and I´m in a rush because Carlos and Louie are going to eat my dinner, lol.- Anyway, here are some photos of the country side, the mountains and Carlos´s house there. oh ps..

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  7. day 4, Madrid

    Blog: where the wild things are - 30 May 2009

    Carlos took us to Retiro Park yesterday to check out the cool statues, but first we went for Tapas. Last night, his friends came over and we had dinner together. We´re so lucky that everyone speaks such fluent English! If you´re from del´s I´m sure you´ll recognize the primavera alio olio.. i was jonesen.. Also, (and forgive me for not having any photos,) two nights ago after the gym, we went to a bar called Casa Pepe which is where they serve Spanish beer in 1.60 €, 5oz glasses, and FREE chicken wings! As you can imagine, the place was packed. Sure..

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  8. Review of the Madrid Confessions - from Ben Curtis at Notes from Spain

    Blog: Heather on her travels - 27 May 2009

    Read on for my review of the new audio book, Madrid Confessions, from Ben Curtis of notesfromsspain.com. I’ve been enjoying Ben and Marina’s podcasts on Spanish life for a while now, following them into local markets, the green delights of Asturias, the bars of Madrid and the fiestas of Jerez and Valencia. I even got to see [...]

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  9. week 1- Madrid, Spain

    Blog: where the wild things are - 27 May 2009

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  10. Restaurante Jose Maria, Segovia, Spain

    Blog: An American in London - 1 March 2009

    Our one wine-free day during our Ribera del Duero trip last week was when we flew into Madrid and hopped on the AVE train to meet our friends Colleen and Mike in Segovia. We spent a day there to eat a long lunch and do a little sightseeing before driving to Castrillo de Duero, our [...]

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