Blogs from Aragon, Spain, Europe - page 9

Danes je bila torej na sporedu Huesca, mestece severovzhodno od Zaragoze na začetku Pirenejev. Do tja naju je v eni uri popeljal bus, ker sva vlak zaradi jutranjega kofetkanja v blinji pekarnici zamudili. Ni bilo take škode, ker niti vlak ne vozi dosti manj, 40 minut. Na postaji je bilo mnogo agencij, ki so oglaševale potovanja v Romunijo (v romunščini), saj je v Zaragozi oz. kar celi Španijo še pa još Romunov, bivajoč po principu s trebuhom za kruhom. Iz dokaj hladne in vetrovne Zaragoze sva torej prispeli v to sončno in toplo vas z 80 tisoč prebivalci in univerzo, na kateri študira Albertov mlajši brat Carlos. Nina še nikoli ni bila tu, tako da sva imeli odlično poenoteno izhodišče. S postaje sva jo najprej ugali do turističnega biroja po calle Zaragoza (itak!) in e prvi ... read more

Tole špansko sonce očitno hudo vpliva na naš bioritem, ker sva z Nino spet korektno zabluzili do desetih in preden sva se skidali ven, je bila ura skorajda poldne. Šli sva z busom najprej do palače Aljaferia, mogočne srednjeveške utrdbe pod Unescovo zaščito, v kateri domuje parlament. Arhitektura in notranja ureditev je plod španskega oboevanja Arabcev, potem ko so jih e sunili ven - očitno se jim oni niso kaj prida dopadli, njihov stil gradnje pa zelo. Notranje dvorišče in sobanski ornamenti tako sila spominjajo na nekaj junega in občutek imaš, da si sredi turških term. Le pomarančni vrtovi (Polonca, še ena stvar za tvoj backyard!!!) nekako dajejo vedeti, da smo v sončni grande Espana. Po kakšni uri lutanja med hladnimi kamnitimi zidovi sva jo ubrali na Ninino univerzo, ker je morala vrniti knjige v knijnico. ... read more

See text in English below 27 julio 2008.Domingo A Belchite le tocó formar parte de la España sublevada contra el gobierno legítimo de la república el 18 de julio de 1936. La otra mitad de Aragón se encontraba en el bando fiel al gobierno republicano, así que toda la región era frente de batalla, y esa línea justo pasaba por Belchite. Después del fracaso de la batalla de Brunete, el gobierno republicano decidió llevar una ofensiva contra el frente de Aragón y aliviar el frente del norte, muy presionado por los nacionales que ya habían roto el cinturón de hierro, la defensa de Bilbao el 19 de junio del 1937. Y estaban presionando más en la batalla de Santander, amenazando con tomar esta ciudad. El objetivo militar de los republicanos era la toma de Zaragoza, situada ... read more

Hello all, We took the bus from Barcelona, and an hour before arriving in Zaragoza, we witnessed a screaming match between two women of around 50 years. (Ewa is not the only one who does not like it when the seat in front of her fully reclines) The bus driver had to actually separate the women with the help of some passengers and evict one of the women off the bus (typical Jill slept through it all). Other than this setback we were stoked and ready to take on all of the world (well more like the 104 countries that were there presenting) when we arrived. To begin, we decided to include a bit of a blub on what exactly Expo is in the off chance some of our readers have not heard of it before ... read more

So we have made it back across the Atlantic, but now there are only two of us left on the trip. sadly we had to say goodbye to Gee at Madrid airport as she made here weary way home to Omagh. The overnight flight wasn't too bad and the prospect of even hotter weather in Madrid cheered us up. Unfortunately mel getting flinched on the Metro didn't, but as we later found out this is an all too common occurence, thankfully she only lost some Sterling and a couple of bank cards, now stopped. Well now for the hotel in Madrid, it has a spectacular rooftop pool which was packed today, but we found some nice loungers. We had some nice tapas last night and we are planning a bigger night out tonight after our rather ... read more