Nothing backpacking-wise today was so spectacular that it can’t wait for tomorrow’s post, which I can tell you already is going to be a long one. Instead, 27 hours after being Freshly Pressed, I’m stunned and ecstatic that Round Two is kicking Round One’s tail. 3,600 hits, the post has been read over 2,100 times, […]
December 12, 2011
At five o’clock today, the post was going to be called “Greetings from Cordoba, where not much is happening.” Things changed. Tonight’s post might be long, but broken into two parts told in reverse order. First day off the Semester at Sea ship in June 2009, in Cadiz, Spain. It was my first time in […]
December 11, 2011
With four travel days to go, had I been smart, I would have been on the 8a.m. train from Madrid, or at the very latest, the 9a.m. That said, I got to the train station at 10:15a.m. for the 11:00 train. I’d spent the night up in my room hanging out with a group of […]
December 10, 2011
I love when people write me saying they’ve enjoyed taking the journey, too, and are sad to see it end. With that in mind, here is what we all did today. We were really sad to leave Lisbon last night. House Grandma fed us soup and cake and gave us a big hug. We’ve loved […]
August 23, 2011
Facing backwards on the train, Backwards on the train… Sittin here and gettin puke-y Moving backwards throughout Spain. We spent Saturday night getting lost in Madrid and stumbling upon hundreds of bars, restaurants and an energetic, vibrant nightlife. Up and down the streets we went until we ended up far enough away a taxi sounded […]
December 13, 2011
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