Friday September 3rd, 2004 by Brian
It started sprinkling about half an hour ago and now it’s a full fledge rain. I don’t think I’ve heard thunder before in Spain but it sounds pretty close.
For my birthday next weekend, I’m going to Milan to see the Formula One race at Monza. Air Europa has dirt cheap fares to lots of places so the round-trip ticket is only $143 USD. I think the race ticket is more than twice that! My cousin Laura in Milan is letting me crash with her for the weekend so it should be a relatively cheap way to see Grand Prix racing the way it was meant to be seen – admist thousands of cheering tifosi. …
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Thursday September 2nd, 2004 by Brian
This complete stranger just opened her doors to me and invited me to stay. She is either incredibly generous or incredibly crazy.I’ve been back in Madrid now for a couple of days. I’m staying with an Ecuadorian girl named Mariela whose roommate is out of town for a couple of weeks. The people here are so friendly it’s honestly hard to accept. I don’t know this girl at all. She saw my post about the bullfights from a month ago and emailed me while I was in Greece. She said she didn’t like bullfights but would be interested in other things like museums or concerts, etc. I told her when I came …
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