I went to a city called Santander last weekend, with my English friend Emma. I have to say it was one of the most fun times I've had since I've been here. On Friday, I said to Emma, 'Do you want to do a spontaneous trip this weekend? No plans, let's just show up at the bus station, choose a destination & figure it out from there.' She said, 'all right.' So, that's basically what we did! I've always wanted to do something like that. We kind of had an idea that we wanted to see Santander. It's a city on [View Full Entry]

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This is an owesome destination which surely deserved more than just two days! Unfortunately this trip is coming to an end soon... There's no much time left before I take a ferry back to Dover. However, I still want to see quite a few places as I rush back to Calais! Picos is absolutely gorgeous, with narrow winding roads through snow capped mountains, thousands of trekking routes and lots of cool accommodation facing breathtaking scenery. I stayed at Casa Gustavo, a beautiful well-maitained timber house near Potes, owned by a friendly British couple. I ate delicious food at local eateries and [View Full Entry]

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May 2005 Santander is not exactly your archetypal weekend visit to Spain, but with the only real criteria being that it was cheap to get here and we had previously been, it got the vote. Santander is in Green Spain, which seems more than sufficient to put off most others … it could rain for a starter. Santander plays very much the second fiddle in the tourist stakes to Bilbao of those that head in this direction these days. This was reinforced as we left the plane and 90% of those on board got straight on an express bus to the [View Full Entry]

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I am living proof that it is in fact possible to “forget how to ride a bike”. My friend Jessica and I made the 7-hour journey to Santander, this weekend to visit our friend Maddie - in the same program as us. We woke up early Friday morning, took a boat ride in the Bay of Biscay, and then rented bikes to ride around the city. You know the saying “it’s like riding a bike”, implying that whatever “it” is, you never forget? Not true. Our experience on the bikes was comical to say the least, but fun and a great [View Full Entry]

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How is fall going over there? I keep forgetting it's not summer anymore and am only reminded when I write down "blank de octubre" on my notes every day. I miss football...but I have futbol. I could really go for some brown leaves, though. The summer mindset is harder to get rid of on a beach like Santander. The weather was BEAUTIFUL and completely worth the 6 hour bus ride. We visited a palace of some sort on the hill and the caves of altimira, the latter of which was fascinating for several reasons. One, because we've been studying it in [View Full Entry]

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so yea, last week, since we had no classes or anything, me and four of my friends planned a little trip up north to the cities of santander (in the autonomous community cantabria) and then to bilbao and san sebastián (páis vasco- basque country). it was tons of fun and pretty cheap for all that we saw and did... so our train to santander left here at 4:30 on a tuesday afternoon and was set to arrive at 10:30. it was a nice train and seeing as we brought our friend don simon (a brand of box wine), the ride was [View Full Entry]

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Ron: Saturday 22nd Left Potes and made our sinuous but beautiful way back along the gorge to the coast. Made better progress than anticipated so carried on past Santander to Islares. The campsite is situated between looming mountains and the sea. As we pitched paragliders floated over our heads. Eagles and vultures were using the same thermals. The local town of Orinales is accessible by beach at low tide. There is a big tidal range, the beach by the campsite reduces to the size of a tablecloth at high tide. There are thousands of small crabe exposed on rocks by the [View Full Entry]

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Salimos temprano del hotel después de un modesto desayuno, y fuimos a la parada del camión, a orillas de la carretera a unos pasos del hotel. Tuvimos que esperar media hora al camión, pero al final llegamos a Santander. Caminamos por la Calle Vargas, una rambla alineada de árboles en donde se ponen puestos de recuerdos, y fuimos al super para comprar comida, ya que habiamos decidido pasar el dia en la playa en Somo, al sureste del centro de Santander, cruzando la bahía. Nos surtimos de latas de mejillones, pulpo, sardinas y otras delicias del mar, galletas y bebidas, y [View Full Entry]

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Salimos de San Sebastián, nuestra base los pasados 3 días, para dirigirnos a la ciudad de Santander, la más grande de la provincia de Cantabria. Nos detuvimos en el parque homenaje a Eduardo Chillida, cuya obra ya conocemos gracias a nuestra visita al "Peine de los Vientos" en San Sebastian. El parque en realidad es una exposición de obras del escultor español, las más grandes se encuentran distribuidas en los jardines, mientras que las piezas de pequeño tamaño se encuentran expuestas en una especia de cabaña de piedra y madera en el centro del parque. Después de visitar el parque, continuamos [View Full Entry]

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