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I was deeply saddened to hear the the news that a jetliner crashed taking off from Madrid Barajas International Airport on 08/20/08. Less then two months ago I took from that same exact terminal, terminal 4, bound for home in the United States. I had arrived and departed from that terminal a total of 4 [...]

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After being home for over a little month now, I thought I should finally get around to doing a review of what I brought and should have brought with me on my trip to Spain, Paris, and London. Victorinox 26″ XL Standard Traveler – This was a nice suitcase to use for taking along with [...]

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I received an email from a potential renter that inquired about an apartment I rented while in Paris. I thought I would post my reply here. Hi Eric! I did stay in Apartment #108 from June 22, 2008 – June 28, 2008. This was my first time to Paris and wasn’t sure where to stay. [...]

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I have finally uploaded the last few videos that I was unable to upload to YouTube. I have also uploaded 255 photos to the photo album. The Eiffel Tower at night videos: Get the Flash Player to see this player. var sd = new SWFObject(‘https://media.dreamhost.com/mediaplayer.swf’,'mpl’,’320′,’240′,’8′); sd.addParam(‘allowscriptaccess’,'always’); sd.addParam(‘allowfullscreen’,'true’); sd.addVariable(‘height’,’240′); sd.addVariable(‘width’,’320′); sd.addVariable(‘file’,'http://www.blog.blogmike.com/videos/spaintrip08/MVI_3939_320x240.flv’); sd.write(‘MVI_3939_320x240.flv’); Get the Flash Player [...]

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After a 4 hour flight, I arrived in San Diego at 8:30PM.  We headed home where I quickly unpack, as in I threw all my clothes in a big pile to be washed, and went to sleep. This trip has been amazing!  During this trip, I saw things that I thought I would never see [...]

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