Note from Kelly Monday, April 8, 2002 14:50 Weather: Cool, clear and comfortable Location: Internet shop in the student district of Santiago de Compostela My heart goes out to Tom for the loss of his goretex jacket; I contrived to leave my Santiago pilgrimage history on the night train from Madrid and have been kicking […]
Saturday, April 6, 2002 20:22 Weather: cool & cloudy Location: restaurant of the Warwick Hotel, Geneva, Switzerland I got up early this morning and tromped up to the Sants station for my train. I was running a bit short of time, so I picked up a coffee and a salami sandwich and took them onboard. […]
Note from Kelly Saturday, April 6, 2002 11:30AM Weather: Rainyish…but not pouring. Location: Internet café near Plaza S. Ana, Madrid We bade farewell to Tom in Barcelona last night and met Patrick at the train station, where we compared footsore stories and had a beer before boarding the night train to Madrid. We did, indeed, […]
Friday, April 5, 2002 22:34 Weather: The sun´s gone down, but it was a beautiful day, cool and clear Location: Internet café, on the edge of the university district of Barcelona Well, it´s been a busy couple of days. I guess it´ll be best to pick it up where I last left off, at La […]
Thursday, April 4, 2002 13:15 pm Weather: Sunny again! Location: On the steps of La Sagrada Familia We spent yesterday afternoon visiting Barcelona in a low stress way, strolling around the Barri Gòtic in the rain, reading newspapers in a Spanish fast food restaurant, and rambling northwards in search of a bookshop (closed for a […]
It´s raining in Barcelona, but our spirits remain undampened. Not even the lack of sleep on the overnight train from Madrid has been able to keep us down (though a nap wouldn’t go amiss…). I think I´m going to like this city very, very much. Anyplace you feel positive about in the pouring rain on […]
Wednesday, April 3, 2002 11:40 Weather: Gloomy with persistant drizzle Location: Hostal Goya, Barcelona, Spain I had a nice afternoon yesterday, strolling around Madrid. I had an ice cream cone near the Palacio Real and sat under a tree in the Plaza de l´Oriente to read my newspaper. A busker set up in front of […]
Tuesday, April 2, 2002 14:47 Weather: Some high haze, but still sunny and warm, not too hot Location: Interpublic Communication Services, Carrera de San Jeronimo, Madrid Today we´ve got a long techno soundtrack in the ´net café, which is almost at capacity. Yesterday went on according to plan. I walked down to Atocha with Paul […]
Monday, April 1, 2002 13:47 Weather: Perfect! Location: Interpublic Communication Services (web café), Carrera de San Jeronimo, Madrid The sound track here is Madonna, currently playing ¨Like a Virgin¨. Travel´s a funny thing… Yesterday we got up quite late. We´d planned on getting up at 9 after our late night the night before, but when […]
Sunday, March 31, 2002 10:10 Weather: Blue skies, cool breezes, warm sun Location: La Suiza patisserie Paul and I made it up and out around 9am yesterday, had breakfast at La Suiza, and were at the Prado shortly after 10. At first, it looked like it was closed again, and I despaired. Then we saw […]