June 25th, 2006 by alephnaught
Seville
We got up, ate, cleaned up and checked out – this hotel was very nice. We walked by Iglesia San Marcos (it wasn’t open). We walked over to Convento Santa Paula. We walked back to the hotel to use the washroom and then walked on to San Lorenzo y Jesus del Gran Poder (on the […]
June 24th, 2006 by alephnaught
Seville
We got up, cleaned up, ate and caught a cab to Estacion Atoche. We took an AVE train to Seville – in two and a half hours we arrived, around 1:30P. I finished the book A Cook’s Tour by Anthony Bourdain on the ride south. A short cab trip to our hotel, Best Western Hotel […]
June 23rd, 2006 by alephnaught
Madrid
After cleaning up and breakfast we got a cab to go out to Glorieta of San Antonio de la Florida, which is decorated inside wiht frescoes by Goya celebrating the miracles of St. Anthony. The place is uninteresting on the outside, but the frescoes are amazing! The main scene in the rotunda ceiling portrays the […]
June 22nd, 2006 by alephnaught
Toledo
We got up early, showered, ate breakfast, and then looked for a taxi. And looked. And looked some more. We had to try three places for over a half hour to get a cab down to the train station Estacion Atoche – there’s a large tropical garden with standing water and lillies; its very humid […]
June 21st, 2006 by alephnaught
Madrid
We got up a little late and slow, grabbed breakfast in the hotel, cleaned up and skipped out to a local travel agent to get tickets for the AVE (high speed) train to Toledo tomorrow (30 minutes – can’t beat that); of course, it took almost an hour to get the tickets because friends of […]
June 20th, 2006 by alephnaught
Arrival in Madrid
We flew in with a connection at Schiphol in Amsterdam; our flight to Madrid was a little late. We took a cab from the airport and got to the hotel around 1:30P. We’re staying at the Best Western Premier Hotel Santo Domingo. The room is small but inexpensive – they claim they have wireless internet […]
June 18th, 2006 by alephnaught
Flowers in our garden
I wanted to post a couple of pictures from our garden. We planted a dogwood a while back – I’m from Virginia and its the state tree, you see them everywhere in Virginia. Anyway, its finally taking good root and bloomed: And I made lots of trips to Amsterdam over the last year and a […]
June 14th, 2006 by alephnaught
The Business Guide to Legal Literacy : What Every Manager Should Know About the Law
Title: The Business Guide to Legal Literacy : What Every Manager Should Know About the Law Author: Hanna Hasl-Kelchner Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Jossey-Bass (March 31, 2006) Language: English ISBN: 078798255 I won this book on http://inbubblewrap.com/ , which is a great web site (its a give-away site for 800ceoread.com, which is a great on-line […]
June 10th, 2006 by alephnaught
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Oil: A Concise Guide to the Most Important Product on Earth
Title: Oil: A Concise Guide to the Most Important Product on Earth Author: Matthew Yeomans Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: New Press (January 5, 2006) ISBN: 159558028X On my last trip to visit family in Detroit, Aviva and I stopped at the Bookbeat , a very interesting independent bookstore in Southfield, MI. They specialize in art, […]
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June 26th, 2006 by alephnaught
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