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After a frustrating day of dealing with American Airlines (one canceled flight, 80 km drive through ice storm, replacement flight late so I missed flight to Madrid and rebooked Chicago-Heathrow-Madrid itinerary, mechanical problems on Chicago-Heathrow meant missing connection to Madrid, bareley...
Thanks - departing my home in 7 days and 3 hours, arriving in Madrid about 18 hours later, then a train to Leon and I'm off. Seniority at work is a blessing and a curse, because despite being bumped up from 10 to 15 days of annual leave last year, I could only use two days due to my workload...
I've been on the forum for a couple of months but haven't properly introduced myself (or added to the calendar). Weather here in the midwestern U.S. has been atrocious of late (forecast high of -9° C today, currently -16° C) so the relatively balmy weather from León onward looks particularly...
I might as well introduce myself to you now, since we'll likely be seeing each other on the road. I'm also departing from Leon on the 5th. I'll apologize in advance if I'm not too sociable.
I can't claim to be an expert, but I decided back in October to make my first trip this March as well (Leon to Santiago due to limited vacation time). I've spent 2 1/2 months gathering gear and all the information I can find, now I've got 53 days of anxiously re-reading everything ahead of me...
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