First pictures of Spain...
No time to blog, but here is a taste of some of my trip!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Planning a Trip
I finally got together with my Christmas travel buddy last night to work out the details of our trip. It took much longer then I expected it to and we are still not finished!
It turns out that my friend who was supposed to be in Germany over Christmas will not be there after all. Her boyfriend was playing professional hockey out there and was injured so they will be back in Winnipeg by Christmas. I’m disappointed because it would have been really cool to spend Christmas with someone from home (and one of my oldest friends!), and also because she will no longer be able to visit me in the future. And of course it sucks for them that they have to cut their adventure short!
It turns out that my friend who was supposed to be in Germany over Christmas will not be there after all. Her boyfriend was playing professional hockey out there and was injured so they will be back in Winnipeg by Christmas. I’m disappointed because it would have been really cool to spend Christmas with someone from home (and one of my oldest friends!), and also because she will no longer be able to visit me in the future. And of course it sucks for them that they have to cut their adventure short!
Well everything happens for a reason. This means we have much more time in Spain and Italy which we will definitely put to good use!
Kim and I went to The ACE Club to plan our trip. Kim has an internet stick which usually works and I was going to use the ACE’s Wi-Fi. Well of course nothing is as easy as that. The internet was in and out all night, but the ACE is a nice place to sit and chat. There is no pressure to buy any food or drinks (but we usually do) because it is a private club where we paid for a membership. We also have gotten to know much of the staff so they make us feel welcome.
After four hours of planning this is what we have come up with:
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| | | | | 23 Leave Cairo at 945am Arrive in Madrid at 2:00 pm | 24 | 25 Leave Madrid at 11:00 pm Bus to Barcelona |
| 26 Arrive in Barcelona from bus at 7am Shop until we drop!! | 27 | 28 | 29 Leave Barcelona at 9:48am Arrive in Venice at 11:15am | 30 | 31 | 1 Leave Venice at 920am (yuck!) Arrive in Florence at 12:15pm |
| 2 | 3 Go to Rome (Haven’t figured out which flight or anything yet…) | 4 Sight seeing | 5 Shopping | 6 Leave Rome at 1:45pm Arrive back in Cairo at 6pm | | |
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
a note about hockey for those who might be interested...
Here is what happened:
Lisa and I went skating, but we were really disapointed because both of us could hardly skate due to how shitty the skates were. We took them off and the guy "sharpened" them right in front of us, put them back o n and tried again. I had one skate that had sort of an edge and lisa still had none. There were hockey sticks behigd the counter and we were so excited and asked if we could use them and he said no eventually he told us it would cost an extra 35 piunds (7 bucks) to rent them. As if. He did tell us about a hockey "league" where guys come on friday and play a game. He told us we were invited to come. Lisa and i were skeptical because of how bad the skates were and he didn't have a lot of information but we decided we would check it out sometime anyway.
So while the idea of skating was awesome the actual skating was less awesome. But even with our bad skating we impressed three girls who came to watch. I invited them to come skate with us so they did. Back to the horrible skates... before sharpening the skate blades are completely rusted over. But the guy refused to sharpen the skates for these Egyptian girls. So even if they had the skills (or we taught them the skills) to skate they couldn't because of the horrible skates. It made Lisa and I sooo mad. The girls seemed to really like it anyway. we were trying to explain that it was extra hard to skate becasue of the skates but we aren't sure if they got it or not. One of them spoke English pretty well the other 2 didn't speak a lot. But we went bolwling and then for dinner with them. It sure is nice to meet people other then people we work with. It is even nicer to get out and do somethign different.
After dinner lisa and I were going to a movie. As we were buying our tickets we hear someone calling our name we look over and he says "hey are you guys the ones who want to play hockey?"
We went over and talked to him and he seemed like a really nice "normal" guy. he told us that he had different skates that we can use and he would sharpen them for us. He said that they have a coach fro the states (now i wonder what exactly this means). He said that he lived in the UK for a while and played there.
After talking to him Lisa and i are really excited to play. We exchanged information and he texted us to tell us there will be a game this wednesday. Lisa and i are deciding if we will go or not. We would have to go straight off the bus... the other thing is it costs 35 pounds each time. but for now I think it is worth it...
Lisa and I went skating, but we were really disapointed because both of us could hardly skate due to how shitty the skates were. We took them off and the guy "sharpened" them right in front of us, put them back o n and tried again. I had one skate that had sort of an edge and lisa still had none. There were hockey sticks behigd the counter and we were so excited and asked if we could use them and he said no eventually he told us it would cost an extra 35 piunds (7 bucks) to rent them. As if. He did tell us about a hockey "league" where guys come on friday and play a game. He told us we were invited to come. Lisa and i were skeptical because of how bad the skates were and he didn't have a lot of information but we decided we would check it out sometime anyway.
So while the idea of skating was awesome the actual skating was less awesome. But even with our bad skating we impressed three girls who came to watch. I invited them to come skate with us so they did. Back to the horrible skates... before sharpening the skate blades are completely rusted over. But the guy refused to sharpen the skates for these Egyptian girls. So even if they had the skills (or we taught them the skills) to skate they couldn't because of the horrible skates. It made Lisa and I sooo mad. The girls seemed to really like it anyway. we were trying to explain that it was extra hard to skate becasue of the skates but we aren't sure if they got it or not. One of them spoke English pretty well the other 2 didn't speak a lot. But we went bolwling and then for dinner with them. It sure is nice to meet people other then people we work with. It is even nicer to get out and do somethign different.
After dinner lisa and I were going to a movie. As we were buying our tickets we hear someone calling our name we look over and he says "hey are you guys the ones who want to play hockey?"
We went over and talked to him and he seemed like a really nice "normal" guy. he told us that he had different skates that we can use and he would sharpen them for us. He said that they have a coach fro the states (now i wonder what exactly this means). He said that he lived in the UK for a while and played there.
After talking to him Lisa and i are really excited to play. We exchanged information and he texted us to tell us there will be a game this wednesday. Lisa and i are deciding if we will go or not. We would have to go straight off the bus... the other thing is it costs 35 pounds each time. but for now I think it is worth it...
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