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The World’s Greatest Team TM
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 16 November 2009
Below are the Shower count statistics for Madrid. Dan – 3 James – 0 Pekka – 2 Topi – 3 Remember also that jolly Pekka and Topman arrived a day after me and Jimbo. Poor show Jimbo, poor show. Pekka and James checked out this morning but as both of their flights weren’t until late [...]
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Colonel mustard, in the cafe, with the plastic bottle
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 15 November 2009
After the late one last night we only got about 3 hours sleep and spent most of the day in some what of a haze. First up it was time to replenish our energy levels and tapas was on the menu again, literally obviously. I wanted a ‘touch’ of mustard but unfortuneatly got considerably more [...]
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Calderon cauldron
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 14 November 2009
Unsurprisingly, me and Jimbo didn’t make it up for breakfast. So when the Finns arrived at about 14:00, food was our number 1 priority. We had some beaut tapas between us all at a local cafe. Chicken wings, some sort of minced spicy beef, chorizo and tortilla with potato in. Yummy yumsters. We were discussing [...]
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Cause for complaint
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 13 November 2009
If they were to ever revive Room 101 and the acidic (in a good way) Paul Merton (who is married to Mrs Merton) was to say “Dan, what’s the first thing you’d like to propose goes into Room 101″, I’d say “Well Paul, reclining bloody chairs on coaches, trains, planes and any other communal method [...]
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Halloween in Spain
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 2 November 2009
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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 … Continue reading →
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Segway Touring in Spain
Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 19 October 2009
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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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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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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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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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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 [...]
