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The Reina Sofía Museum: We Were Not Meant To Go There | Trips #1

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we were not meant to go there. today, Sarah and I, were suppsosed to go to Toledo ! We were going there for the day with minimal budget (ie that would only cover food costs) and we ( I ) got something wrong, we went to the train station thinking we could use our transportation cards and go to Toledo for free, when in reality it was the BUS that was for free which was in another part of the city. It was already late and raining. But the museum had a free entrance. So YAY MUSEUM!  we also bought a selfie stick especifically for the trip that never happened and we couldn´t just waste it! Solana    

the power of III

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Fight and fright and flight  All at once  Life never gives you  A second route  Hold it proudly  Your three-pronged fork 

new season

Shedding my heart like an old skin Shedding my skin like fallen leaves Ends are more beautiful than beginings There are more possibilities with Ends Beginnings are boring Limited with their fleeting excitement of longful Predictability Destruction is free Falling from the high arches of safety Of reality Of sanity

The Egyptian System Wins Again

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And Egypt keeps losing. They did it again! I don’t know how or when (I actually know; it’s by using facetious logic) but the Egyptian System strikes again. And boy did it strike . Let’s recap; shall we? It’s 22nd of February, 5:30 here in Madrid and these are Egypt’s updates so far: A Policeman shot a tuk-tuk driver in the historic neighborhood of El Darb El Ahmar .             the victim's family talking about what happened. (in Arabic)    2. A four year old, amongst over 100 others , was sentenced to life in prison for murder. He was two at the time of the murders.   Yes, plural.       3. 7 Policemen, who were part of a manifestation for Policemen's rights, were detained right before going on a talk-show talking about said manifestation. Policemen are not happy.     4. Ahmed Nagi, an Egyptian novelist, was detained. Reasons: Chapter Five of his novel Estekhdam el Hay...