http://kalengirl.com The World Through the eyes of a Panamanian Girl Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:00:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://kalengirl.com/2010/12/the-copenhagen-airport-has-a-problem-with-luggage-on-arrivals/ http://kalengirl.com/2010/12/the-copenhagen-airport-has-a-problem-with-luggage-on-arrivals/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:45:28 +0000 kalengirl http://kalengirl.com/?p=1449 I’m on my way to Boyfriend parent’s house; I will be staying with them for a couple of weeks. It is my first time in Denmark and so far so good. The first thing I must mention is how nice they were with me at custom J just like when I went to France and [But wait there is more...]]]> http://kalengirl.com/2010/12/the-copenhagen-airport-has-a-problem-with-luggage-on-arrivals/feed/ 0 http://kalengirl.com/2010/12/return-plan-ticket-cancel/ http://kalengirl.com/2010/12/return-plan-ticket-cancel/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:00:56 +0000 kalengirl http://kalengirl.com/?p=1417 I forgot to mention this earlier, or I was supposed to write an entry about it before school started… School is almost ending and now I found the time to write about this particular incident Boyfriend and I had while expending some holidays in Madrid. If you have travelled from America to Europe you know [But wait there is more...]]]> http://kalengirl.com/2010/12/return-plan-ticket-cancel/feed/ 0 http://kalengirl.com/2010/10/cheap-calls-to-panama-from-uk/ http://kalengirl.com/2010/10/cheap-calls-to-panama-from-uk/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:00:11 +0000 kalengirl http://kalengirl.com/?p=1355 My parents don’t have a land-line because where they live there is no phone line, yet. While I was in Panama last May, my dad asked for a phone line. There are residencies near my parents’ house and they do have land-line. The phone company only needs to take one line from there to my [But wait there is more...]]]> http://kalengirl.com/2010/10/cheap-calls-to-panama-from-uk/feed/ 0 http://kalengirl.com/2010/10/hostal-antonio-in-spain/ http://kalengirl.com/2010/10/hostal-antonio-in-spain/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:24:22 +0000 kalengirl http://kalengirl.com/?p=1317 A month ago, I was enjoying the sunshine in Madrid with Boyfriend. After 13 hours in a small plane, I arrived at the Barajas airport; it was not that small the plane though, but after flying in a Boing 747, all the other planes look small. In Spain, we stayed at The Hostal Antonio, which [But wait there is more...]]]> http://kalengirl.com/2010/10/hostal-antonio-in-spain/feed/ 0 http://kalengirl.com/2010/10/getting-in-a-hot-air-balloon-%e2%80%93-oxford/ http://kalengirl.com/2010/10/getting-in-a-hot-air-balloon-%e2%80%93-oxford/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:45:13 +0000 kalengirl http://kalengirl.com/?p=1310 Yesterday, while I was riding the bus from campus to Home, I saw and air balloon and just like the first time, I felt again amazed about the sight of a big balloon in the air. In Panama we don’t have hot air balloons; I better say it this way ‘I have never seen a [But wait there is more...]]]> http://kalengirl.com/2010/10/getting-in-a-hot-air-balloon-%e2%80%93-oxford/feed/ 0 http://kalengirl.com/2010/08/make-time-go-faster/ http://kalengirl.com/2010/08/make-time-go-faster/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:00:08 +0000 kalengirl http://kalengirl.com/?p=1267 When you need time to go fast, it usually goes slow; have you ever wonder why? I was looking in the Internet for an answer to that question and Google came back with Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. He said time is relative and when you are waiting for something time goes slow, but when [But wait there is more...]]]> http://kalengirl.com/2010/08/make-time-go-faster/feed/ 0 http://kalengirl.com/2010/05/traveling-to-panama/ http://kalengirl.com/2010/05/traveling-to-panama/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 10:20:52 +0000 kalengirl http://kalengirl.com/?p=1168 I am going back to Panama, after almost three month living in the UK as a tourist. Now I am writing this entry, while waiting for the aeroplane that will take me to Panama City, Panama. It is five in the morning but my body thinks is eleven in the morning. I am experiencing the [But wait there is more...]]]> http://kalengirl.com/2010/05/traveling-to-panama/feed/ 0 http://kalengirl.com/2010/05/what-is-a-bank-holiday/ http://kalengirl.com/2010/05/what-is-a-bank-holiday/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 16:44:30 +0000 kalengirl http://kalengirl.com/?p=1157 In Panama, we have four holidays in November, three in December, two in January, three in February and the list continues. When a holiday falls on a weekend, the following Monday will be a holiday. The reasons for the holidays in November are Independence from Spain, separation or independence (depending on your definition) from Colombia. [But wait there is more...]]]> http://kalengirl.com/2010/05/what-is-a-bank-holiday/feed/ 0 http://kalengirl.com/2010/04/the-moorings-hotel-review/ http://kalengirl.com/2010/04/the-moorings-hotel-review/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:15:48 +0000 kalengirl http://kalengirl.com/?p=1124 Last February 2010 I traveled to Sevenoaks with boyfriend, we stayed for one week; while he was working, I walked around town and traveled to London. The train station is located a walking distance from The Moorings. If you arrived by train, London Rd will be in front of the train station (left to right), [But wait there is more...]]]> http://kalengirl.com/2010/04/the-moorings-hotel-review/feed/ 0 http://kalengirl.com/2010/04/red-devils-are-part-of-the-panamanian-transportation/ http://kalengirl.com/2010/04/red-devils-are-part-of-the-panamanian-transportation/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:17:26 +0000 kalengirl http://kalengirl.com/?p=1029 Have you ever wonder where those old school buses go after they retire. Well they come to Panama, the new Miami (I heard somebody say) and some end in other central-America countries but in Panama, they receive a makeover. They look like graffiti on whiles because of the art young Panamanian put on those buses [But wait there is more...]]]> http://kalengirl.com/2010/04/red-devils-are-part-of-the-panamanian-transportation/feed/ 0 http://kalengirl.com/2010/02/how-is-the-london-tube/ http://kalengirl.com/2010/02/how-is-the-london-tube/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:14:19 +0000 kalengirl http://kalengirl.com/?p=779 The London Tube is very similar to any other underground around the world, but I am just able to compare the Tube with the Subway located in New York City. There are a few differences, for example: the urine smell is not as strong as it is in NYC. On my trip to London last weekend, [But wait there is more...]]]> http://kalengirl.com/2010/02/how-is-the-london-tube/feed/ 0 http://kalengirl.com/2010/01/jet-lag-panama-to-u-k/ http://kalengirl.com/2010/01/jet-lag-panama-to-u-k/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:48:14 +0000 kalengirl http://kalengirl.com/?p=775 When you travel over many time zones, your body clock reminds the same and it will take some time to synchronize. I traveled to the U.K last Friday and arrived on Saturday afternoon (1:00 pm), but my body clock has 9:00 am as the time. That day I went to bed around 8:00 pm and [But wait there is more...]]]> http://kalengirl.com/2010/01/jet-lag-panama-to-u-k/feed/ 0 http://kalengirl.com/2009/04/royal-decameron-farallon-panama/ http://kalengirl.com/2009/04/royal-decameron-farallon-panama/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:15:46 +0000 kalengirl http://kalengirl.wordpress.com/?p=441 Last Weekend I when to The Royal Decameron in Farrallon, Panama. I made my reservation on January, that’s what you do if you want a nice price for a weekend. Since I don’t have a car I took a bus (a bus that goes to Anton, tell them you want to get of at The [But wait there is more...]]]> http://kalengirl.com/2009/04/royal-decameron-farallon-panama/feed/ 0