Blogs turn very lame when you dont post regularly. Recently I haven’t had anything exciting to write about, so my blog has been falling into the lame category. This post is just to summarize some of the things I have been doing recently or that I’m going to be doing in the near future.
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Category Archives: Trips
August update
Saturday, August 4, 2007
Start spreading the news
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
For the 4th of July weekend me and four friends (Alejandro, Andres, Luis and Raffaele) decided to go to New York city. We bought tickets with American and flu on wednesday with one stop at Raleigh (NC). We stayed at the Howard Johnson located in SoHo (Manhattan) and it was a good choice: cheap hotel [...]
Volver
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Volver,
con la frente marchita,
las nieves del tiempo
platearon mi sien.
Sentir, que es un soplo la vida,
que veinte años no es nada,
que febril la mirada…
Ok, lets not be drama queens: coming back to MedellÃn after less than one an a half years is not as dramatic as Carlos Gardel´s tango “Volver”. But I felt like singing and [...]
Christmas in Albany
Thursday, December 28, 2006
My trip to Albany was very fun. It was nice to see my sister and to meet all her friends. We spent the 24th at Fernando’s house eating Ajiaco, drinking Aguardiente and dancing vallenatos, salsas and porros which made the night very colombian-style.
I forgot to bring my camera but my sister took some pictures.
Non-Stop Traveling
Friday, December 8, 2006
As if going to Spain for two weeks wasn’t enough, my sister worked hard to convince me to visit her in Albany for the christmas weekend. I started by looking for tickets Austin-Albany and they were about $500 and I was not willing to pay that much. But then I looked for tickets between Austin [...]
Adventures in Spain
Sunday, December 3, 2006
I started posting a few comments from Spain during my trip, but then it became more difficult to find internet access. Now I’m back in Austin after a very loooong flight back home and I’m very pleased to say that my trip was fantastic. I think Spain is a beautiful country with very nice people, [...]
Trip to Spain: Toledo
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
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 [...]
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 [...]