Saturday, March 30, 2002 08:30 Weather: Blue skies Location: Hostal Delvi, Madrid Paul finally showed up around midnight. I´d given up waiting inside and went down to see if he was lost in the square. There seemed to be a lot of police activity around. Then, off to my left down the narrow Nuñez de […]
22:25 Back at the hostel. A great day, full of memorable little moments, many of which I’ve already forgotten… such being my memory. After breakfast at La Suiza, I went back up to my room and optimistically washed only a single day´s laundry in the home that the laundromat would reopen tomorrow. Then I set […]
Damn. Having trouble with the archives. There´re all still there, but the index page doesn´t show them. I´ll fix it… later.
Friday, March 29, 2002 9:50 Weather: Cool and sunny Location: La Suiza coffee shop, Plaza de Santa Ana, Madrid I´m enjoying a distinctly un-Lenten pan chocolat, oozing with dark chocolate and covered with slivered almonds, with a fresh orange juice and cafe con leche on the side. La Suiza is basically right outside the hostal […]
Thursday, March 28, 2002 16:58 Weather: Cool and overcast Location: Train from Algeciras to Madrid So: Holy Week is a Big Deal in Spain. Buses and trains run on reduced holiday schedules. At the same time, all the hostels seem to be full, with all these travellers getting around on fewer transport options. This is […]
12:37 (1:37 Spanish time) Well, my travel plans for today have gone a bit ¨pear-shaped¨, to quote my English friends. That is to say, they´re messed up and I´ve got to figure out what to do next. In retrospect, I should have gone straight to the port and headed for Spain. But I forgot about […]
Wednesday, March 27, 2002 07:35 Weather: Sunny and cool Location: Salon de Thé Metropole, Tangier Although there were apparently no places to be had in the couchette car (see previous post) my compartment (with 4 couchettes) only had two occupants: me and a Moroccan woman from Marrakesh who was going on holiday for a few […]
Tuesday, March 26, 2002 19:44 Weather: Cooler, high clouds Location: Restaurant of Hotel Ibis, Marrakesh I’m in the restaurant of the big hotel next to the train station. Coincidentally, it’s the same hotel I came to Sunday afternoon with Robin, Chloe, Alison & Bob, to swim in their pool. Now, I’m going to eat a […]
23:01 Weather: Damp, but warm Location: Hotel Beau Rivage, Essaouira, Morocco The young man next to me on the bus to Essaouira was a Moroccan named Rashid. He was on his way from the desert, where he lives most of the time, to Essaouira, where his brother has a carpet shop that he can work […]
Monday, March 25, 2002 10:52 Weather: Hot & sunny again Location: Bus, on the way to Essaouira I missed making a diary entry yesterday: I spent the day hanging out with my new English friends. After a late start in the morning, we walked south, hoping to stop in at the tourist office. Unhappily it […]