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Quick impressions: Tomar + Evora ( Portugal )

2009-11-10T19:08:00.006+01:00

Quick impressions: Tomar + Evora ( Portugal )

I've lost count. It must have been my third or fourth trip to Portugal. So the trip had to cover the areas I had missed so far including Madeira, but also Tomar and Evora.

Below image is of Tomar

Tomar was a 2 hour train ride from Lisbon and then 2 hours back. It was raining like hell. Despite that I liked it quite a lot. The monastery, which in the photo you can see me standing on it's roof, was simply amazing and beautiful. Usually I get a bit bored with churches and stuff but this monastery was enormous. The town itself was sort of cute with a river passing thru it. Unfortunately the train schedule meant I had to rush back to the train station and I missed seeing the aqcuaduct that is 7 KM outside the town.

Below image is of Evora at night

To go to Evora after Tomar, meant I had to be stuck for some hours in the Oriente station in Lisbon and the surrounding area which includes a huge Mall. The Oriente station is the one designed by the architect Calatrava. To be honest, it looks better in pictures than in person. The problem is that these structures based on metal and glass get dirty very quick and unlike buildings made with stone that look equaly nice when dirty, these Calatrava stuff looks cheap when dirty. To make things worst it was raining and 200 meters away there were kids lining up for a Rammstein concert under the rain !!

Evora was a very nice surprise. It had way more to offer than I had expected. Probably due to careful and good zone and building planning, no annoying tall or horrible buildings have been allowed, keeping the towns original charm. The only week part of Evora is the walk from the train station to the town center.

Why Did God Create Badajoz? O Purre La Versione Spagnola di Perche Dio Ha Fatto La Calabria?

2009-11-09T23:37:00.004+01:00

Why Did God Create Badajoz? O Purre La Versione Spagnola di Perche Dio Ha Fatto La Calabria?

Probably due to state propaganda during Franco's era, many Spaniards imagine Portugal as similar to Spain, just a bit poorer.

I was not there in the 70's to testify to it, but if true, they sure have caught up really fast and are much better than Spain in many ways. For example their unemployment rate is much lower than Spain. It is also interesting to see how some of the former Eastern Block countries have quickly improved in these years and again many of them surpassing Spain. This is the example of Slovenia. I met a guy from there and afterwards in half embarasment I went rushing to Wikipedia to read about the country I knew zip about. Well their GDP is waaay better than the one for Spain. This story all because I was in Evora Portugal and all was neat and the City was beautiful and tastefully maintained. Then 2 hours later I arrived to Badajoz Spain. Sorry, but what a dumpster of a town.
Two beautiful bridges and then the rest of the town are just ugly apartment buildings. Nothings left of the Alcazaba. It left me a very poor impression after coming from Evora which impressed me quite a lot. In Badajoz, I went to visit the town but because their bus station is located long ways away from the city center I arrived to the bus station at 4:05 to find out there are NO buses or trains after 4pm sharp to Madrid. What sort of third world country is this that a major town has no buses or train to it's capital city after 4pm?

Funchal Madeira trip Day 2 - More pictures

2009-11-07T09:55:00.004+01:00

Funchal Madeira Day 2 - More pictures

Dario is In Madeira Island

2009-11-06T10:19:00.003+01:00

Dario is In Madeira Island

Finally arrived to Funchal. Very beautiful with lots of historical buildings and the place is very calm. Few people on the street, except for fans of Athletic de Bilbao that have come to watch a game here. The hotel has free WiFi and the room cost only 20 Euros !! You should see the beautiful view to the park!!!

Salty Licorice has arrived to my hood

2009-11-04T12:45:00.000+01:00

Salty Licorice and other food

options in Malasaña Madrid
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Living in the center of Madrid : Map Art, Zip codes, walking distances

2009-11-02T11:48:00.001+01:00

Living in the center of Madrid

Walking distances & Zip Codes
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Summary: Maps turned into ART . The hills of this city , etc CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ARTICLE

Bruges - My travel pics 2006

2009-10-30T13:21:00.001+01:00

Bruges - Brujas

Dario's 2006 Travel Photos
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Motorola Has Profit Surprise and Forecasts More to Come

2009-10-30T05:10:00.002+01:00

TECHNOLOGY / COMPANIES
Motorola Has Profit Surprise and Forecasts More to Come
By REUTERS
Published: October 30, 2009
The cellphone maker said it would sell fewer phones this quarter as it focused on more expensive smartphones over mass-market phones.

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Beach Blanket Babylon , Theatre and Being Active about happiness

2009-10-26T13:37:00.002+01:00

Beach Blanket Babylon

& Staying Active about Happiness
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Blue Color eyeranian 45rpm 1969 + RARE generic Ahang Rooz Sleeve + Soosan

2009-10-24T06:36:00.004+02:00

Blue Color eyeranian 45rpm 1969 + RARE generic Ahang Rooz Sleeve + Soosan

blue 45 سوسن نمیشه آهنگ روز

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Pouran female eyeranian 60s 45rpm - Ey khodaye mehraban

2009-10-24T06:14:00.005+02:00

Pouran Pooran - female eyeranian 60s 45rpm Ey khodaye mehraban

Ey Khodaye Mehraban 45rpm

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News: New Mohsen Chavoshi album announced

2009-10-24T01:45:00.003+02:00

News: New Mohsen Chavoshi album announced

Late October 2009 there is news from Chavoshi. Apparently the album will be called "Jacket" and supposedly it is a departure from his old style. It did not give a release date. I hope he hasn't sold out .

Malta - Dario 2008 Travel Pics

2009-10-19T03:06:00.003+02:00

Malta

Dario's 2008 Travel Photos
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Summary: Photos of Malta - Valletta Click here for the FULL ARTICLE

Parivash - female eyeranian 60s 45rpm

2009-10-17T12:57:00.003+02:00

Parivash - female eyeranian 60s 45rpm پریوش

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Aterciopelados at Rasputin Record Store Berkeley 2001

2009-10-16T17:47:00.006+02:00

Aterciopelados at Rasputin Music Record Store Berkeley 2001

Shi-Shi Design bookstore in Madrid

2009-10-13T20:08:00.002+02:00

Shi-Shi Bookstore

Design Books Madrid
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Bought my Jimi Jamison Ticket for 29 November Madrid

2009-10-10T23:22:00.003+02:00

Bought my Jimi Jamison

Ticket for 29 November Madrid
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Today I went and bought my ticket to see Jimi Jamison on November 29 in the very center of Madrid. The ticket was Euro 29 and can be bought at FNAC among other places. Here's my ticket:

There will be some annoying opening acts though... .

In case you are clueless as to who Jimi Jamison is, he was the vocalist of rock bands Survivor, Tiger and a great solo artist too.

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Cadaques and LLoret - Costa Brava - Travel Photos by Dario

2009-10-08T15:52:00.002+02:00

Cadaques & Lloret

Dario's 2008 Travel Photos
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Summary: Photos of Lloret del Mar and Cadaques in Costa Brava Click here for the FULL ARTICLE

Faraz Eyeranian 60s 45rpm

2009-10-08T11:44:00.004+02:00

Faraz Parsi Ahange

45rpm Picture Sleeve
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Summary: b/w raghs coli CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE - EDAAMEH MATLAB

Branduardi + El Ultimo de la Fila Magazine Articles + italo Audio

2009-10-06T13:14:00.004+02:00

Branduardi + El Ultimo de La Fila

Canta Por Mi (dal vivo) 0:55 -incompleto- in italiano
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Summary: Angelo 1993 articulos varios CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE - PINCHAR aqui

Soli - 1972 Eyeranian 45rpm - Behet nagoftehboodam

2009-10-06T11:23:00.000+02:00

Soli سلی‌ 1972

45rpm Picture Sleeve
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Besalu Catalunya : Dario Travel Photos 2008

2009-10-03T18:04:00.001+02:00

Besalu

Dario's 2008 Travel Photos
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Summary: Photos of this medieval town near Girona Besalú Click here for the FULL ARTICLE

Thank Goodness: A sigh of relief - No to the Olympics

2009-10-02T21:02:00.009+02:00

Thank Goodness: A sigh of relief - No to the Olympics

A sigh of relief for many of us Madrileños who were terrorized that our city might become Olympic with all the consequences:

Even Higher Home prices already unacessible to most of us, higher taxes to pay for Olympic dept, large bills to pay for unused stadiums and even more crowded streets.

NOT FOR ME!!

What for? I'm not interested in seeing a bunch of gorillas on steroid invading my city.

This was just another example of how out of touch Spanish politicians are with Spain's reality. With half the country unemployed and half the working population unable to afford to buy a basic apartment, they go and spend our taxes on useless stuff like the Olympics. Even as every major international newspaper had warned that it was going to be unlikely a European city would be elected because London is the previous host. But these spanish politicians are so out of touch with real life that I'm sure they don't even read the newspaper.

OH, here's a cartoon figure of Madrid's Mayor.

He is famous for spending tax payers money moving tree's from the right side of the street to the left side of the street. Now I hope he stands by his words and resigns. We call him the big Vampire!!

Talking about vampire's ,one of the only brillant things Zapatero has done in his second mandate, has been allowing his children to be Goth's even when visiting Obama.
And no, the picture is not a fake picture. It's the real thing:

I love the picture and think it was a great idea that these kids can be the way they want to be and not look like the typical royalty puppets. Please don't worry about the privacy of the girls. They are not that small and in Spain we are not really interested in them. Wish their father was not just groovy with them but also with the battered people in Spain that will now suffer an increase in IVA TAX or VAT TAX. The one that goes to the European community: Bulgaria!!! As if we are so well off here! Dum! Dum! Dum!

Here is an educated ARTICLE IN THE NY TIMES about the mostly CONS of being the host city of the Olympics.

Pouran i-raanian FUNKY 45rpm Ye roozam mara Ahang rooz

2009-10-01T17:19:00.002+02:00

Pouran funky 45rpm

Ye Roozam Mara
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Points to Focus on Next 4 Months to avoid falling into Depression

2009-10-01T13:50:00.007+02:00

Points to Focus on Next 4 Months to avoid falling into Depression

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