Garrett's Travel Letters

     Index of Letters - Click below on the letter you wish to read.

1st Letter - 10/27/99	It's been about a month and a half that we've been here, if you can believe it.  I'd say that we're just about used to it now, although every day presents new challenges and novel circumstances.  I'll try to sum up our first few weeks here as briefly as I can...
2nd Letter - 11/23/99	We’ve traveled a bit more – went to the old stomping grounds of El Cid, the 11th-century warrior who helped drive out the Moors (Arab invaders who occupied much of Spain for 700 years).  I’m referring to the city and region of Burgos, about an hour north of Madrid...
Christmas Letter 12/10/99	We’ve been in Pamplona just about 3 months now, which is really hard to believe.  The culture shock has a way of lingering longer than you think it will, but we’ve begun to feel more at home.  There’s really too much to tell in a brief message, so maybe the best thing to do is tell the story of our daily lives, as seen by San Fermín, patron saint of Pamplona, who watches over us and knows our every move...
3rd Letter - 12/25/99	You will remember in our last exciting episode, I was deep in the midst of the most important archeological discovery in history: copying a Spanish translation of stuff a dead guy wrote in Latin 500 years ago about things his friend had read about Greek myths...
4th Letter - 1/30/00	It began the night of December 27, 1999, which was the eve of Jisook’s 30th birthday.  We had planned and planned and were sure that our plan was the ideal one for taking advantage of the train tickets we’d bought and the time we had to travel...

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