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 […]
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 […]