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My trip to Spain in 1993. Sunday, 30 May 1993. I arrived early at the bus terminal underneath Plaza de Colón. At the airport there was a vast row of check-in counters. Mine was the first flight of the day and I was the first check-in. Some passengers looked like they had spent the night in the airport. And so it was farewell to Spain for now. I would not be back until 2004 when I visited the Canary Islands, via Barcelona. Even with a month in hand, I had covered little ground. As I write this in 20.
Friday, November 14, 1997. I caught bus 86 to the airport and spent the rest of my pesos on a sandwich and a drink. We were a little late departing. A few hours into the flight, in the small hours of the morning, we had a refueling stop at Rio Gallegos. Was one of the pioneers in the opening up of routes to Patagonia, and his experiences formed the basis of his novel Night Flight.
My trip to Turkey in 2000. Sunday, July 2, 2000. I woke at 0500 and went up to the roof to watch the sunrise, and the still lit Aya Sofya and Blue Mosque against the daybreak. Then I went back to stretch the time until breakfast by reading the paper and doing my packing. Each room in the hotel had a poem. Mine was Listening to Istanbul. Will I get stroked after doing what this strange human wants of me? On the board. Where the hell was that? I had retained a 1 million TL note as a ke.
Saturday, June 26, 2004. The previous night I shouted K and P to an Indian dinner at the Gandhi. After that I met up with the Dutch couple I had met in Gibara. In Cuba, who lived nearby, for a nightcap in a cafe near Haarlem. Friday, June 25, 2004. With a breakfast but no guaranteed s.
My trip to Croatia, Slovenia, Italy and Germany. Saturday, July 7, 2007. My flight was at noon, so I checked out after breakfast and was shuttled to the airport. Is huge, busy and efficient, but will never win any awards for elegance. It looks like a train station that just grew and grew. There were surprisingly few retailers. Maybe it had something to do with the renovations.