Spain Day 3 - Arriving at Vaughan Town in Gredos
- *Please note I wrote this while traveling a few weeks ago on February 17th, 2013 Its 9:30 in the morning here in Madrid and I am on the bus on my way to the Vaughan Town program in Gredos. I woke up this morning after 5 hours of sleep, I'm finding the midnight dinners followed almost immediately by sleeping pret[...]
Spain Day 2 - Madrid's Sights
- *Please note I wrote this while traveling a few weeks ago on February 16th, 2013 I woke up this morning in Madrid, Spain with the warm sun streaming in the window. I had a comfy sleep at my cousins apartment which is located in the suburbs of the city, kind of like Yonge and Eglington in relation to downtown Toront[...]
Spain Day 1 - Arrived and exploring Madrid
- *Please note I wrote this while traveling a few weeks ago - February 15th, 2013 I’m here! I arrived safely in the Madrid airport and was very surprised that they don’t have a customs area to go through. I just got off the plane, picked up my luggage and met with my cousin Todd. He kindly picked me up from the air[...]
Spain Day 1 - Traveling to Spain
- It's Friday Feb 15th, 2013 and I've been awake for 20 hours so far. Its 5am for me Toronto, Canada time, and I think it's 9:30am London, UK time. I'm feeling pretty foggy as I sit here on my second flight of the day, but I wanted to share some of my experience so far. Matt brought me to the airport in Toronto and [...]
Sneak Peek - Spains Magic
- Last week Friday there was a light drizzle of rain in the air as I put my suitcase on the bus. It was my last few minutes standing in the Spanish countryside. I looked one more time to my left, out towards the hotel and the snow capped mountains. That was when I saw something that solidified this experience as truly[...]