Tweet 4/16/09 Even though it was raining when I went through these places and so I didn’t stay…I liked the feel of them. These were perhaps the most magical areas I’ve been through in Europe so far. Very different places in different countries with different cultures, but unified by being Basque. The Numbers inThe Vago [...]

Tweet 4/15/09 Ah, yes, here I am in Paris. I’m going to enjoy it, but I’m slightly pissed at the moment. Several days ago, Paypal decided my account activity was strange since I was in France (and yet they didn’t find it strange that I was in Morocco, Spain, Gibraltar, or Portugal….) and they shut [...]

Tweet 4/6/09 Another nice day here. As usual, the rain followed me here and I woke to gray skies. Got rained on a bit but it was actually pretty nice. Then it cleared up. I’m going to head north to Porto tomorrow. Today I checked into the Easy Hostel and while it is less fancy, [...]

Tweet 4/6/09 Last night was a very different hosteling experience for me than I’ve had. Read this description of this hostel and you might get the idea: Living Lounge, Lisbon’s newest hostel, takes hostel art and traveling life to a whole new level. Each double, single and dorm room at the hostel is aunique work [...]