RETROACTIVE TOUR DIARY: TEN THINGS I LOVE ABOUT DAYS 2 AND 3 IN MADRID

Jan 30, 2008 11:11

1. Monumental architecture. If every city had been the capital of a world-spanning empire at one time or another, we'd all be better off ( Read more... )

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oneirocritic January 30 2008, 18:24:49 UTC
oh man, reading this brought a little moisture to my eye. it sounds lovely over there (and brooke's pictures look lovely, too). so many places to visit in my lifetime!

are you coming back with them, or continuing to travel?

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martropolitan January 30 2008, 18:29:15 UTC
Continuing! I'm in Innsbruck right now, staying with my uncle's family. Further plans be brewing.

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dios mio! twoheaded_boy January 31 2008, 01:43:13 UTC
you went to the prado, but you didn't say anything about the goyas?

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Re: dios mio! martropolitan January 31 2008, 12:17:18 UTC
Yeah, I was trying to be one of those ironic hipsters with the "all the highlights" remark, seeing as I didn't comment on anything actually important.

But since you ask, I'll tell you the tragic story behind the music: We didn't actually get to see the Goyas. Spent too much time on the first floor (damn you, Velazquez!) and then we had to go. Heartbreaking, for real.

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hjasper February 1 2008, 04:11:18 UTC
Cold fish... bah!

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martropolitan February 1 2008, 12:00:56 UTC
Jaspi, you would have loved it. The wine was way better than in Japan and there were rolls. And our friends were just as cute and short and black-haired.

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other cool unrelated things hjasper February 1 2008, 15:58:01 UTC
Martin, the other day i was walking behind this big group of you-know-whats (well, you'll know in a moment), and this one girl proclaimed "I'm a Raver, not a Candy Kid." And she totally was! And they all were to varying degrees. Amaaaaaazing.

Anyway, if this is wrong, I don't want to be right.

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Re: other cool unrelated things martropolitan February 1 2008, 21:05:28 UTC
Candy kid? It's 2008!

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