I’ve been pretty quiet on here lately, mostly as a result of this term being extremely busy, and extremely boring. Various thoughts on things (social networking sites! gays! iPhones!) will come shortly, but first, my travel itinerary for the upcoming break and a plea for advice:
Whereas most of the Americans on the Sarah Lawrence program took advantage of the winter vacation to travel around Europe, staying in dirty hostels and buying kitschy bullshit to scatter around their apartments (see also: a totally impractical stovetop espresso maker that does little other than make a colossal mess when, every other time it’s used, it tips over on the burner and spills brown water everywhere), I went back to Florida and worked at Apple. The upside was that, financially, this puts me in a much better position this term. The downside is that, as far as seeing Europe inexpensively is concerned, I haven’t done much.
This time around, I have a different plan:
21 March — 22 March: London
23 March — 24 March: Helsinki
25 March — 27 March: London
28 March — 5 April: Israel (for Passover)
6 April — 11 April: Spain
Thus far, my plans for London and Helsinki are pretty well-established, but, having been tasked with planning a five day trip in Spain between Barcelona and Madrid, I have no idea where to even begin. Advice or recommendations on places to stay/eat? Also, if anyone will be in or around any of these places when I’m nearby, let me know; it would be great to see some friendly faces.