Spanish people are indecisive. Luckily that doesn’t get entirely in the way of a nice little trip, but it’s a bit obnoxious. Aqui, aqui, aqui? No, alli. No, alli. No, alli.
“We’re leaving at 8… to then drive around the city, pick up someone who isn’t expecting us, and changing plans so [...]
I just came back from having dinner at my little Mexican restaurant; they make some good tacos there. Not as much food as I would normally eat, but it’s tasty. I don’t know if Madrid once suffered a major power outage but trying to get up the stairs is downright dangerous. My [...]
October 12th is Spain’s Fourth of July, the day they celebrate their independence. They do it in earnest with the holiday falling on a Tuesday, irrespective of packaging it into a three-day weekend. This allows them to “hacer un Puente” or, “make a bridge” and turn it into a four day weekend.
Part of [...]
As it turns out, haciendo puentes is a big deal in Spain. Such a big deal that not only were there no seats left on the train last night from Madrid to Sevilla, there were also no seats available on trains going to Bilbao, Barcelona, Valencia, Malaga… outside of a few first-class seats that [...]
Today is Spain’s Day of Independence so most everything is closed and everyone has the day off. I woke up “early” this morning at 10 and showered so I could go out and catch the parade on Paseo de Recoletos and Paseo del Prado. These people are pretty serious about their nationalism; running [...]
Jerry TamIn NYC’s Lower East Side for the big 3-0.On my flight from Madrid to San Francisco, I negotiated a one-night layover in New York so I could trek into Manhattan and celebrate my good friend Jerry’s 30th birthday. He was throwing a party at a bar in the lower East side and an [...]
Could I make a bigger adjustment than to switch from living in Spain to going to my 10-year high school reunion in Redding, CA? I’m still trying to see if I can 1-up this somehow.
First stop: Taqueria Cancun @ 6th & Market
My first order of business when I first landed in San Francisco: [...]