so many don Quixote statues! More on flickr
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Toledo shade sheets
toledo had big fabric strips hung up over some of the streets which gave a nice path of shade to walk in. Aso fancy lanterns and garland type things were hanging all around. Woot.
Living wall in madrid
hello,
Here is a picture of a living wall in Madrid. It is part of the CaixaForum building. I had actually seen an article about living walls that featured this building and totally forgot about it until we walked was it on the way to the museum. Cool!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Toledo
Hello
Sorry Toledo family, but this Toledo in Spain wins. All of the buildings are old and gorgeous. I haven't gotten those pictures off my camera yet, but I took tons! Small winding streets and huge stone buildings. Amy and I started off by following a group of Asian tourists around just to make sure we were going the right direction. Sorry strangers, we are creeps.
There was a lot of don Quixote things to look at and a large collection of weapons in each store. Think cross-bows and daggers. Amy and I each bought a hand fan, because it was a billion degrees and totally acceptable to use hand fans here.
Got back from Toledo and did a tapas tour. For nine euros you get tapas and a drink at three different bars. Shhh, don't tell the tour guide, but he forget to make us pay. Boom, free tapas and drinks. Then Amy went home and read and chatted with her family because she was tired from the day in Toledo, I had taken a siesta so I way ready to roll. I met our friend Jenna in sol and we went on a pub crawl for a little bit, then broke off and hung out with her Australian friends. The were very generous/ insanely wealthy. Brilliant. We found a late night burrito place. Five am burritos? YUM. Then one of the guys paid for our cab home so we didn't even have to walk. Score.
Today Amy and I went to get our train tickets, and you have to get a number similar to getting meAt in some grocery stores. We had to wait through 200 ish other people, so we had some food and walked around the station. It was huge, there was a rainforesty jungle type situation in the middle and tons of food and touristy stores. Finally got our seats reserved on the AVE rapid train to valencia. Came back and worked on shoving everything in to our backpacks again. I'm 47 percent sure I will get it to close tomorrow. So not too bad.
Adios!
Sorry Toledo family, but this Toledo in Spain wins. All of the buildings are old and gorgeous. I haven't gotten those pictures off my camera yet, but I took tons! Small winding streets and huge stone buildings. Amy and I started off by following a group of Asian tourists around just to make sure we were going the right direction. Sorry strangers, we are creeps.
There was a lot of don Quixote things to look at and a large collection of weapons in each store. Think cross-bows and daggers. Amy and I each bought a hand fan, because it was a billion degrees and totally acceptable to use hand fans here.
Got back from Toledo and did a tapas tour. For nine euros you get tapas and a drink at three different bars. Shhh, don't tell the tour guide, but he forget to make us pay. Boom, free tapas and drinks. Then Amy went home and read and chatted with her family because she was tired from the day in Toledo, I had taken a siesta so I way ready to roll. I met our friend Jenna in sol and we went on a pub crawl for a little bit, then broke off and hung out with her Australian friends. The were very generous/ insanely wealthy. Brilliant. We found a late night burrito place. Five am burritos? YUM. Then one of the guys paid for our cab home so we didn't even have to walk. Score.
Today Amy and I went to get our train tickets, and you have to get a number similar to getting meAt in some grocery stores. We had to wait through 200 ish other people, so we had some food and walked around the station. It was huge, there was a rainforesty jungle type situation in the middle and tons of food and touristy stores. Finally got our seats reserved on the AVE rapid train to valencia. Came back and worked on shoving everything in to our backpacks again. I'm 47 percent sure I will get it to close tomorrow. So not too bad.
Adios!
Monday, June 27, 2011
Not enough deodorant in the world
Hello
Went to the palace today. It was so extremely decorated that I don't think I could stand living there. But I guess if Spain asked me to move in, I couldn't really say no... Brocade cloth on the walls that matched the drapes and couches and things. And detailed paintings or carving on the ceilings. It was gorgeous though. Lots to look at. The apothecary section was cool, lots of bottles and jars and labels. Love a good label.
It was super hot out though and I almost took the guy near the line up on his offer for cold water. My water is hot by the time we get anywhere. On the way home we had to stop and put our feet in the fountain for a little bit.
I don't think Amy or I have ever put on so much deodorant in our entire lives. I thought the one stick might last me most of the summer. No way. But it is better than being one of those people you walk by in the street who smells horrible. Hey mom, super glad I packed my perfume in my quart sized bag. So much easier than laundry. Boom.
Last night Amy and I went out with some English guys from the hostel. Talked about Harry potter a lot. Ended up at some place called "laser karaoke" the seven of us sang a beautiful rendition of bohemian rhapsody. Killed it.
Taking the night off so that we have a chance of waking up in time to go go Toledo tomorrow.
Adios!
Went to the palace today. It was so extremely decorated that I don't think I could stand living there. But I guess if Spain asked me to move in, I couldn't really say no... Brocade cloth on the walls that matched the drapes and couches and things. And detailed paintings or carving on the ceilings. It was gorgeous though. Lots to look at. The apothecary section was cool, lots of bottles and jars and labels. Love a good label.
It was super hot out though and I almost took the guy near the line up on his offer for cold water. My water is hot by the time we get anywhere. On the way home we had to stop and put our feet in the fountain for a little bit.
I don't think Amy or I have ever put on so much deodorant in our entire lives. I thought the one stick might last me most of the summer. No way. But it is better than being one of those people you walk by in the street who smells horrible. Hey mom, super glad I packed my perfume in my quart sized bag. So much easier than laundry. Boom.
Last night Amy and I went out with some English guys from the hostel. Talked about Harry potter a lot. Ended up at some place called "laser karaoke" the seven of us sang a beautiful rendition of bohemian rhapsody. Killed it.
Taking the night off so that we have a chance of waking up in time to go go Toledo tomorrow.
Adios!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Polka dot balls
i liked this installation at the reina Sofia better than the strange empty room one. They had a lot of work by This artist...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayoi_Kusama
It was interesting to see the different types of work she has made. Some of the painting were really intricate. Super detailed repeating lines and dots and things
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