A few days in Spain and I’ve already hit my meat and starch wall. I’ve been snarfing down the oranges from the hotel lobby, but I finally went to a supermercado last night and picked up a bunch of fruit. They had the largest fuji apples I’ve ever seen, I’m crunching one the size of …
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Madrid to Valencia
March 16th, Alaris train There are plenty of people on the street at six in the morning in Madrid. But they aren’t early risers, they just haven’t gone to bed yet. There is still a bit of a party atmosphere as people stumble onto the first metro trains running. Sloppy grins all around. The couple …
Madrid
March 15th, Madrid So much for plans. I took my chemical help on take-off from Miami, but I think I only slept 3 of the 8 hours on the flight. Not exactly the sleep I was wanting for a full day in Madrid. I also managed to forget to charge my mp3 player up, so …
LAX to MAD
March 15th, LAX I’m not sure how much longer I can hold out. They are prowling now, Starbucks in hand. Circling Anna’s empty chair, probing for weakness. I preempt the question with a second propped bag. Ah, the cut-throat cruelty of the airport lounge. Yet at the same time people are fighting to retain their …
Winter weekend in Yosemite
(All photos for this post can be found here) Anna and I met some of her college friends in Yosemite for a long weekend over MLK day. We traveled through the valley in the dark and arrived Friday night. Not having seen the valley on the way in made it all the more impressive to …