My first impression of Madrid by daylight wasn´t great. We headed straight to the Prado (Spain´s major art gallery which includes Las Meninas, a work often called the greatest painting ever). Unfortunately, it was raining and we didn´t have an umbrella. We also weren´t expecting queues that snaked around the building (damn you Lonely Planet for […]
Read more "Day One in Madrid: The Rain in Spain"Today, at 3:00am, I snuck through three locked doors into an enormous dorm in a Spanish hostel without checking in, picked an empty bed, and slept there. It all started when we forgot to check which gate our Ryanair flight to Madrid was leaving from. At most airports you’d be fine, but at Stansted they […]
Read more "Life Lesson #24 – Life is Like a Box of Dominos"I had a Skype interview today. Literally, an interview with Skype. It’s not as cool as it sounds, I was just there testing their new product for an hour for £40. I signed up with some research companies a few weeks ago in the hopes of earning some cash to make being unemployed sting a bit […]
Read more "Not Working"Our last day in Gothenburg is the one I’ve been looking forward to the most. The West Coast of Sweden is made up of a series of rocky archipelagos, and near Gothenburg many of them are inhabited, so its quite easy to catch a commuter ferry from the last tram stop out to see the […]
Read more "Archipelagos and Cinammon Buns"Today I learned that Mayday is more than just a maritime distress signal. Turns out it’s quite important to the Swedes, they hold enormous public parades, and it’s a bonafide holiday so they even close half the city down for it. Including the museums, art galleries and markets. No prizes for guessing what we were […]
Read more "Life Lesson #23 – Mayday, May Day"Early rise this morning. 3:45am, to be exact. I always find it funny how a two hour flight can take nine hours travel, but I suppose that’s budget airlines for you. We’ve been looking forward to coming to Gothenburg (aka Göteborg, and pronounced yer-te-borh) because we haven’t had much of a chance to get off the […]
Read more "Gothenburg"Did you see me on the telly today? I’m sure you must have… I was standing right here: …in front of these people: …near this guy: …just behind this big brick thing: Didn’t see me? That’s a shame. We had an excellent view through that little gap in the archway you can see in the photo […]
Read more "Life Lesson #22 – Sometimes a Glimpse is Enough"