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First impressions of Madrid

March 31, 2025November 22, 2024 by
apartment buildings in Madrid

All of the planning (here and here), the time leading up to my first trip to Europe in 12 years, and I’ve arrived in Madrid. But between exiting the plane, going through customs, making my way to the metro station, riding underground to my destination, and coming up out onto the streets … I wanted … Read more

Categories Travel / Explore Tags architecture, El Rastro, Madrid, Spain, street art, Tirso de Molina

Next stage of planning for Spain

March 31, 2025November 9, 2024 by
My marked-up map of Barcelona and metro trip planning

I was so excited for my trip to Spain that I think my planning elevated to a near obsessive compulsive level. As I mentioned in the last post, it started with an old school approach, reading and taking notes from Fodor’s Travel Guides checked out from the library. But once I had my list of … Read more

Categories Travel / Explore Tags Barcelona, Madrid, maps, Spain, trip planning

Planning a trip to Spain

March 31, 2025November 6, 2024 by
Madrid Al Cubo store in Madrid, Spain

For a while now, I have had an urge to go to Spain; I want to see the masterpieces of my college art history days at The Prado in Madrid, and I want to see the architecture of Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona. I have long had an appreciation for the act of improvisation when taking … Read more

Categories Travel / Explore Tags Barcelona, Madrid, Spain, Toledo, trip planning
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