This is part of a series I have been working on. The Introduction is here. the arrival I was supposed to take the train from Paris to Madrid. It was one of those things that I had planned out well in advance like the responsible adult I had thought I was. I bought my Eurail … Continue reading Travel and the Art of Mental Maintenance: II. Madrid, the Arrival
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Black Paintings in a White Wing
Sometime in the late summer of 2008 - right before the crash - I was in Madrid. Madrid is home to one of my bucket list items (if I actually had a bucket list): Picasso's Guernica. Housed in the Museo Reina Sofia, Guernica is an absolutely astonishing sight to behold. The impact of such a piece … Continue reading Black Paintings in a White Wing
Pueblo Ingles
Ah, finally some free time, for the first time this week. This week has been amazing. I don´t have a lot of time to really write, so this will be short. Pueblo Ingles has been a blast, and I whole-heartedly recommend it to everyone. Spending the entire day talking to people from all over the … Continue reading Pueblo Ingles
Espagne, so far…
So I've been in Madrid for three nights now, but it's flown by. The first night I flew in, but hadn't had my hostel booked, so there was one that I looked up on the internet, that looked like it had free beds. After I got off my flight and got into town on the … Continue reading Espagne, so far…
Off to Spain
I'm leaving Paris today, and am off to Spain. I knows it's been a week, but I feel like I've been in Paris forever. I don't know if it's in a good way or not... hm. Anyway, I did like Paris, but it's PARIS. You expect so much, you know? It was really cool, and … Continue reading Off to Spain