I forgot to mention yesterday that my sandals, my secondary footwear while in Europe, have failed. The right shoe has torn out and is no longer really attached. I was able to wrap up the day yesterday but they are done for. I am going to risk them again today as they allow me to …
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June 17, 2012: Lisbon Day One
We have three days to see Lisbon with today being the first one and the only day in which I am not working for the office. Technically I should be on vacation tomorrow as well yet but as I am traveling pretty much all day on Wednesday that is effectively a day off so I …
June 16, 2012: Madrid
Today is our one day, and not even quite a full day, in Madrid, the largest city in Iberia and the third largest city in Europe with over six and a half million people in the metro area making it quite a bit larger than Houston, Philadelphia or the DFW. We got up around eight …
June 15, 2012: From Catalonia to Castilla
Today we are travelling from the Catalan region of Spain to the Castilian region (which is what most people identify as “Spanish.”) From Barcelona, the second largest city in Spain to Madrid, the largest. Our morning was packing, checking out and heading northwest on the Metro from Barceloneta to Barcelona Sants. We made an attempt …
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June 14, 2012: Barcelona Maintenance Day
One of the dangers of long term travel is that you need days dedicated to doing all kinds of utilitarian stuff, stuff that isn’t fun or interesting but needs your attention. Today was not supposed to be that day for us but it ended up being it anyway, much to our chagrin. We got up …