Day 3-5: Lisbon in pictures

Day 3: Lisbon. Trying hard to look on the bright side of life.

mi portugese is SUPREMELY nonexistent. though i can read and understand.

my bag. still lost.

Lisbon. BEAUTIFUL.

my hostel. AWESOME.

my hostel owner...effing hot. AND...wait for it... NOT older than 30. lol. You can now breathe a sigh of relief (Candice, Christina, Basilly, etc.)



So Iºm just praying and looking at the bright side. That I didnºt have to lug around a 16kilo bag.
Now I know iºm a minimalist when it comes to travel packing, but jeez. Some ammenities are just necessary. ie. flip flops.


Ah well, will drown my sorrows away with Port wine on the sandy beaches tomorrow under the wonderful hot 85degree sun.

wish me luck.



...if i can take home Joe, the hostel owner, i would.

day 1- Madrid: let the misadventures begin

a) flight 2 hrs delayed from departure due to FREAK LIGHTNING STORM in NY that lasted...oh...since we were taxiing to depart till oh...2 hours after on the runway.

b) arrived in london 3 hrs late thus missing flight switch. but was quickly given new flight.

c) arrive in madrid 5 hours late. bags took 2 hours to unload... and LO AND BEHOLD, my ONE AND ONLY BACKPACK gets lost. (british airways... i chose you for reliability. b*tch failed me!)

d) stood in line for AMEX cash exchange. annoying americans before me took a good HOUR to cambiar la moneda. no clue why. it only should take 5 mins. ugh thus was stuck in AIRPORT till 8pm. no clothes. no ammenities. just me, myself, and my TATE MODERN tarp little bag and hostel accomodations. thank goodness i´d decided to take my eurail pass with me.



ahh well, as Shakespeare would teach us, All´s well that ends well.

Was able to see AARON HEREDIA. Didnt get to do much. >Hostel was okay, no bed bugs, thank goodness. Now just wishing my bag would arrive. I pray I pray it does!

More later. Now walking around madrid for a bit before heading up to Madrid Chamartin station to take overnight HOTEL TRAIN to Lisbon, Portugal.



PS - mi espanol es MERDE. *sigh*

madrid-lisbon-lagos-seville-lleida

The housing situation:

22 Jun 2007
Huespedes Amanda 2
c/ Colmenares 5, 2 iza
Madrid

23 Jun 2007
Hotel Train, overnight
Madrid-Lisbon

24-25 Jun 2007
Goodnight Backpackers Hostel
Rua dos Correeiros 113, 2?
Lisbon

26-28 Jun 2007
Carlos House
Rua Jogo da Bola 8
Lagos

29-30 Jun 2007
Seville Backpackers
Santas Patronas, 31
Seville

1-28 July 2007
La Cova Gran Archaeological Excavation
outside Lleida

summer 2007

Thus begin preparations for summer of 2007. Two excavations and 3 different trips. This should be one interesting summer... Just wish I had a bit more time to plan things out without having 2 deadlines right on me. So here goes the itinerary for my fams:

Jun
21, 8pm - Flight JFK->Madrid Atocha (arrive Jun 22, 12:59pm)
22-23 Madrid
23-24 overnight Hotel Train Madrid-Lisbon,Portugal (arr 8am)
24-25 Lisbon, Portugal
26-28 Sagres/Lagos/Faro, Portugal
29 bus Lagos/Faro-Seville, Madrid
29-30 Seville, Madrid

July 1-28 Lleida, Spain
La Cova Gran Archaeological Excavation
Lleida, Spain
Pre-pyrenees, northwest of Barcelona

July
29 Algeciras, spain
30-31 Tangier, Morocco

August
1-2 Casablanca, Morocco
3-5 Marrakech, Morocco
5-7 Fez, Morocco
8-9 Tangier, Morocco
10-14 Somewhere in southern Spain???

August 15-Sept 15
Perilla del Valle Archaeological Excavation
Madrid, Spain (just north of Madrid)

Sept
16-17 Bilbao
17-18 San Sebastiano
19-20 Barcelona

Sept 20 - Flight Barcelona-JFK (arrive in the afternoon)



Will update on living arrangements, digs, pics, etc. etc.