Finally I finished doing the reservations for the trip in March…
4 flights, 2 air carriers, 3 hostels – so I finished the bulk of preparations. I am still undecided on the day-trips around Madrid and Lisbon, but at least the general plan is put into place.
So, I’ll fly to Madrid on March 14th and I’ll return on the 29th. Between 18th and 24th I will be in and around Lisbon.
I had surprisingly many difficulties with pricey flight tickets from Romania, and also with a certain lack of beds in the hostels that I really wanted. But all finished well, so now I can relax a bit and plan some details.
My inspiration is the Rough Guide to Spain and Lonely Planet Portugal (when a certain someone will lend it to me 😉 ), and I deffinitelly don’t lack possible destinations. Toledo, El Escorial, Aranjuez in Spain and Sintra, Porto, Obiedos in Portugal are main attractions, and I hope I’ll visit at least some of these places.
Next step is to fix my broken Canon lens and….I’m ready to go 🙂



More linkies (to hostels for ex.)!
Vox populi, vox dei…
I made the bookings to the hostels by using hostelworld.com which I like because I can do a lot of searches, comparisons and of course I can read hundreds of reviews.
The three hostels are:
1. Cat’s Hostel
2. Musas Residence
both in Madrid, and…
3. Lisbon Chillout Hostel in Lisbon
another contender for the hostel in Lisbon was…
4. Lisbon Lounge Hostel which has amazing reviews, and I still might go 1 or 2 nights there, just to “splurge” so to speak…
have fun!