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Friday Postcard: Madrid, Spain

Friday Postcard: Madrid, Spain

Posted on 10. Sep, 2010 by .

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This sparkling oasis is actually a hidden corner of El Parque Del Retiro, the main city park of Madrid. The stream and the waterfall are entirely man-made, although this doesn’t make them less gorgeous. On a seething hot June day it was a miracle to find this shady deserted spot to relax with a book. [...]

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The Mapless Spanish Road Trip

The Mapless Spanish Road Trip

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by .

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Today’s guest post come from Katelyn Davis, who spent last semester studying in Alicante, Spain. She wrote about one of my favorite kinds of trips, the spur of the moment road trip: It was a typical Friday. Typical in the fact that I was studying in beautiful Alicante, Spain, a smallish beach town located right [...]

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Friday Postcard: Madrid, Spain

Friday Postcard: Madrid, Spain

Posted on 20. Nov, 2009 by .

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Temple of Debod, originally uploaded by StephYo. Did you know that there is an Egyptian Temple in the center of Madrid? The Temple of Debod was given as a gift to the people of Spain by the Egyptian Government in 1968 as a thank you for their involvement in saving archeological treasures from flooding. The [...]

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