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 …
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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 …
June 13, 2012: Barcelona Tour Bus Day
Today is our primary tour bus day. Our chance to really get out and see the sights of Barcelona. While I was out for a walk last night I discovered that there was a playground, just a little one, right down the street from our hotel as a large fountain in the middle of the …
June 12, 2012: Off to Spain
We did nothing this morning but sleep in and stay in the hotel room in Milan until it was time to head out to go to the airport. We walked over to Milano Centrali which was right across the street from our hotel, got a light breakfast at the station and caught the shuttle bus …