Yesterday I went to Toledo with Idoia. You take the metro to the Mendez Alvaro station and from there you take a bus that takes you to Toledo in 1 hour. The city is amazing. Is a maze with streets facing all directions and with great buildings all around. There is a big cathedral, mosques [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Trip to Spain: Madrid
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Today I got to Madrid. The flight from Barcelona only takes hour and a half, but I spent 6 hours including trains, metros and airports. Finally I got to the Hostel in Madrid and I took a cold shower and then I called Idoia and met her and her friends (Monica and Vanessa) in the [...]
Trip to Spain: Barcelona day 2
Saturday, November 18, 2006
The flight to Spain was very loooooong, but everything work out very well. I arrived to Madrid at one of the old terminals and then had to take a bus to Terminal 4 which is new and works exclusively for Iberia. The terminal was very nice.
Carolina was waiting for me at Barcelona´s airport. We took [...]
Trip to Spain: Episode II
Sunday, November 5, 2006
In case you wondered about how expensive is to go to Spain for 2 weeks, here is my expenses report so far:
- Plane tickets (Austin - Barcelona) $676
- Health insurance $30
- Plane ticket (one way Barcelona - Madrid) 47.9 €
- 1GB SD memory for my digital camera $24.99
- Refurbished iPod shuffle (present for Carolina my [...]
Requiem
Sunday, November 5, 2006
Last night I went with Lucia to see an amazing show called Requiem perfomed on an abandoned building that Intel was building a few years ago, but never finished it.
The show is very beautiful and dramatic and it has great music and lights. I highly recommend seeing it. I think tonight is your last [...]
5 years living in Austin
Friday, November 3, 2006
I moved to Austin 5 years ago (Nov. 3rd 2001) and started working for National Instruments on Nov 12th. Back then I had a short-term (5 years) and a long-term (20+ years) plan: the short-term plan was to get my masters at UT and to save a good amount of money to start my own [...]