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This is it, my 1st day in South America! I landed in the morning, so it really was my 1st day. After landing at the airport, I took the airport bus to the subway, then took the subway to my stop. From there, it was about a 5-minute walk to my B&B. Before [Read more…]
¡Hola! Welcome to my incredible journey across South America! Technically, it was my journey across southern South America–starting in Chile, then over the Andes to Argentina, and finally on to Uruguay. It was such a thrill to head to South American for [Read more…]
I almost included Spanish food in the “must-see” of Madrid. But there is so much to actually see in addition to what there is to eat that I stuck with sights. This is what you get when you visit the capital of what was once 1 of the world’s greatest empires. [Read more…]
Silly me. Having lived a good deal of my life in California, I assumed churros originated in Mexico. I hadn’t realized they were a Spanish export to Mexico. To get churros in Madrid, I went to the most iconic place in Madrid to get them: [Read more…]
On my last day in Madrid, I finally got to central Madrid and saw some of the major sights people usually see on their 1st days in Madrid–Puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor, and the Royal Palace of Madrid. Of course, I took in some lesser known sights as well. [Read more…]