[gps-talkusers] Hola de Madrid
- From: Michael May <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 06 May 2006 21:31:37 +0200
Peggy,
Well, I am in training for those late hours. Last night, the blind mayor of a
little town near Barcelona called La Palma met me after he got off work at 9 PM
for dinner at 10:30. We wrapped up at 12:30 AM and then I explored Las Ramblas,
a very lively boulevard with shops and people strolling. I didn't make it until
3 AM but I can see how it could happen. Many of the clubs don't even open until
2.
Off to do some POI marking. It is 9:30 and the restaurants should start opening.
Mike
At 08:36 PM 5/6/2006, you wrote:
>Mike, you're making me miss Espana. I lived there for a year in my college
>days, doing graduate studies, and loved every minute of it. Of course that
>was way before GPS and BrailleNotes and all the cool stuff we have now. Maybe
>someday I'll go back and explore with GPS. The trick to getting used to
>eating dinner at 10:00 PM is to not go to bed until 3:00 or 4:00 AM. <grin> I
>did that often in my younger days, but I fear those days are gone now. But
>maybe the excitement of Spanish life and culture would get my blood going
>again and make me able to do it again. <lol>
>
>Peggy
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael May" <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "GPS-talkusers-freelists.org" <GPS-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 10:18 AM
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Hola de Madrid
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>>Happy is the blind man with a beer in hand, a bowl of olives, sun shining,
>>musicians playing, crowds eating and laughing and a GPS to get him to this
>>Plaza Santa Ana independently.
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>>I am happy to say that the latest maps are working well in Barcelona and
>>Madrid. There aren't nearly the number of Points of Interest as we have in
>>the states.
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>>Yesterday, in Barcelona, I was taking a city bus tour and realized that I
>>wouldn't make it back to my hotel in time for a meeting if I stayed on the
>>bus until the stop closest to my hotel. So, I hopped off the bus when we were
>>about a mile from the hotel and easily followed a route to the hotel without
>>asking for any help. And, I made it in plenty of time for my meeting.
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>>I almost had a disastrous mishap when I arrived to the hotel from the Madrid
>>airport. The taxi driver took off with my bags still in the trunk. I had
>>gotten a receipt so the hotel reception quickly called the company and he
>>came back. I think he was trying to steal the bags but it wasn't too bright
>>to give me a proper receipt. When he came back, he tried to extract more
>>money but the receptionist let him have it. She said she would call the
>>police if he didn't get lost. Turns out both of her parents are blind so she
>>had some appreciation for the situation. The moral of the story, don't pay
>>the driver until you have your bags.
>>
>>Lots more to explore this Saturday evening. Still getting used to this
>>business of eating dinner after 10 PM. Let's see what trouble I can get into.
>>It is fun to see points I marked as many as 10 years ago. I just have to
>>remember to annotate the restaurant entries so I know if they were really
>>good or mediocre. I think I'll find this Basque place that I remember being
>>really good.
>>
>>Mike
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