Yesterday, I had the opportunity to ride a horse for the first time. I do have experience though, in the past, I have ridden a bull a couple of times, a fake one at a bar while drunk. A friend of mine, Marta (the daughter… Read More »Horse Riding, for the First Time
Friday, Saturday and Sunday of last week I went skiing in Sierra Nevada with some friends. Alberto (one of the teachers I work with), his wife Maria, Mario (Alberto’s brother), Mario’s girlfriend and two other friends Virginia and Caste. Sierra Nevada is a mountain… Read More »Skiing in Sierra Nevada
Seville, like Cadiz is located in the autonomous community of Andalusia and about an hour 45 min train ride north. It is an amazingly beautiful city with warm weather all year round. I think in general, it’s not as big as a tourist destination as… Read More »The City of a Thousand Orange Trees, Seville
Cadiz is a port city located on the south western tip of Spain in the Province of Andalusia. Also in Andalusia are the towns of Seville, Granada and Cordoba.. It is the longest longest inhabited city in Western Europe at about 3,000 years old. It… Read More »Carnival in Cadiz
Saturday I woke up at the crack of dawn, ate breakfast and prepared myself for what I thought was going to be a fast-paced vivacious day soaked with the blood of rabbits. Boy was I excited. The hunting took place about 40 min from Tomelloso in… Read More »Rabbit Hunting
It’s cold. In the mornings and nights it’s below zero (Celsius) or around it. Every Tuesday and Thursday’s when I walk home from class around 7pm, I walk past the same homeless man. He is always in the same spot, sitting on a sleeping bag,… Read More »If You Give a Homeless Man a Pair of Gloves He…… Won’t Wear them?
My last stop on the Journey was Amsterdam. Amsterdam was only about a three hour train ride from Ghent. In Amsterdam I also stayed with a couchsurfer. His name was Jabu and he was oringially from South Africa. He has lived in Belgium for the… Read More »Amsterdam
Of course I had to visit both Bruge and Brussels while in Belgium; Bruge because it’s famous and wanted to go after seeing the movie In Bruges and Brussels because it’s the capital. Bruge: Bruge is located only about a 30 minute train ride from Ghent.… Read More »Bruge and Brussels
I spent my New Year’s in Ghent with a couchsurfer I met the night before. Why Ghent? Why not Ghent. I chose to spend to spend my New Year’s in Belgium for a few reasons. For one, I had to get closer to Madrid after… Read More »Ghent… for the New Year’s (It’s in Belgium)
On my third and final day in the Czech Republic I decided to take a day trip to the town of Pilsen. It is located in the western part of the Czech Republic about an hour and forty minutes by train. Pilsen is famous for… Read More »The Birthplace of Pilsen Beer, Plzeň Czech Republic