Sunday October 3rd, 2004 by Brian
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 instead of a 3 hour drive to Valencia, we’re taking a 4 hour drive to Granada…” “how about this hostal? No this hostal? No this hostal?”
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L-R, (?), Claudio, Evelina, Me
Luckily I was just along for the ride, because five of us crammed into a hatchback and headed off to Granada in the south to see la Alhambra, an ancient Moor fortress …
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Thursday September 30th, 2004 by Brian
What I thought was my phone being delivered actually did come today. It was a care box from Jennifer with a bunch of bathroom-related things that I had apparently lost forever on our trip from Santorini to Athens. There is aspirin, a nail kit, a little sewing kit, a couple bars of soap and even a first aid kit. Very thoughtful and good timing because actually I did get my bag back last night from Gabriela. The post office has had it for the last few weeks and she finally picked it up. So now I’m back in the saddle… shaver, cologne, sunblock, various drugs, AND a fresh supply of things I either didn’t have …
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