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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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