Author Archives: tomrburke

Lyon has great nightlife along the Rhône river.

In some bar in a ship with tables made out of barrels that have lighted dioramas inside. Mine is a mountain ski scene. Continue reading

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Some well deserved drinks.

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French kids on a field trip at the Lyon fine arts museum. Tres cute.

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Avignon TGV station

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Hello Lyon – Saint Exupéry.

Took Easyjet from Madrid to Lyon. The Easyjet check in was horribly inefficient. And they charge you 20 euros to take check in an extra bag, but they don’t give you extra weight allowance for it. Makes no sense. The flight itself was ok. Continue reading

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Half and quarter bottles of wine are sold next to bottles of water at the Madrid airport. Enlightened.

If it was later in the day I’d try one out. On my way to Lyon, France. Continue reading

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A bird decided to help itself to our snacks.

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Sentimental stop at Bar Noviciado

My junior year at Berkeley, I spent my spring semester in Madrid as part of the Skidmore / Tufts abroad program. I took classes at the Universidad Autonoma and the program center, and I lived with a single mother who lived by the Noviciado subway … Continue reading

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Turtles!

At Atocha train station earlier today. They turned a former train hanger into a lush biosphere. Nicely done. Continue reading

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Don’t think you can stop me, you big baby.

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