D. Todd Benson

Today I travel to Schenectady to complete the most elaborate joke I have ever conceived.  I have mixed emotions:  Is this a fantastic accomplishment?  Am I the hugest nerd ever?  Does everyone think I’m an idiot for doing this?  Do I care?
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You can’t get there from here.  Seriously - doesn’t matter where you want to go, not even back to Madrid, whence you’ve just come.  It’s a goddamn space-time anomaly.  Well, you can, but not on the tourist ticket (which is 3€ to book the train all the way through to Paris).  Instead, you have to pay full-fare, [...]

OK - here’s the dealio.  I’m tired.  Really tired.  I am also running out of money.  I’m finding it difficult to keep writing posts because I’ve noticed that recently that they all start with “I’m in a new city and I’m not impressed and everything is expensive,” then they all finish with “I’m tired and [...]

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Hi, y’all.  I’m in the heart of La Macha headed towards Toledo and Madrid.  So far I have been to Granada for the Alhambra, Sevilla for a cathedral and an alcazar, then Cordoba for another cathedral that used to be a mosque.  Ciudad Real is small and less of a tourist destination which leads me to believe [...]

I realize this isn’t a real post, but it’s been so damn long since I was able to sit and have a coffee with my stupid internet time that I was a little beside myself.

Took the Ferry from Tangiers to Algencia today after spending three nights in a depressing little hole called the Hostel California.  No hot water and the toilet some times worked - thats the best I can say of the place, aside from the witty name.  Everything I own is either wet or dirty or both, [...]

I spent the night in Meknes and then jammed myself onto a packed train to Tangiers.  Still fighting with Arabic keyboards in tiny internet cafes - hoping that conditions improve once Im in Spain.  Thousands of pix on the way once I find wireless again…

I cant updqte zell now becquse Im on sone zierd internet cqfe qnd I qm on on Qrqbic keyboqrd.  Fes was ok but Meknes was awesome.  Chefchaouen is unbelievqble - so gorgeous.  more later once I get actual internet qnd cqn upload about 1500 pictures.
Much love…

After the train from Casablanca, we wandered around the old medina and shopped in the market until dark.  I bought a lot of silly crap.  Managed to find beer and wine in a hole-in-the wall shop and took it back to the hostel.  Sitting on the porch under the stars drinking and telling jokes and [...]