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Hola everybody, Well here I am in sunny Spain and Wow what an experience so far. Firstly I think I should of taken a lot more Spanish lessons. I flew out Thursday afternoon and arrived 9.30pm. First thing first was that I had to get to Tarragona from Rues airport. The easiest option would most likely of been a taxi but you all know me, tight arse decided to do public transport seeing it would be so much cheaper. So I boarded the bus to Rues and then changed in Rues to go to Tarragona. Not overly difficult but when no [View Full Entry]

Sarah and Princess Sparkle explore the world - Sarah Campbell | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 1st 2005 | 235 Views | [diary=17857]

The old Town
museushaus Castellarnau - courtyard
museushaus Castellarnau

After an early morning wake-up call (more like just taking a two-hour nap after a night of fun in Rome), I flew from the Rome Ciampino airport to Valencia this morning. Not only did the early morning flight push my physical and mental limits, but the constant screaming of a baby on the plane and random singing from other passengers did me in. So, when I entered the lobby of the hotel I'm staying in Valencia, I was ecstatic! I could not believe it- a real hotel. Not a hostel where I would have to share my space with nine other [View Full Entry]

MaggyPaggy - Margaret Pagaduan | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 30th 2005 | 182 Views | [diary=18077]


mint
mint
a daily mint on our pillow
Cheapest hotel to book (cheaper than a hostel)... 25 euros per person per night... = AC Hotel Valencia, we backpack in style. We love you AC Hotel Valencia!! [View Full Entry]

DTeam and Scottie - Krista and Julia | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 5th 2005 | 433 Views | [diary=18629]

mini bar
turkish
turkish julia

Hoi allemaal , Hier nog wat fotoīs van de vakantie in Spanje!! De eerste week waren we in Allicante en daarna een week in Calpen!! Krijgen jullie ook weer zin om op vakantie te gaan? ME TOO!! [View Full Entry]

Liesje - Liesbeth | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 10th 2006 | 564 Views | [diary=25815]

s avonds lekker eten!
Uitzicht appartement
Wie zijn deze mannen??

hey ... well some seem to be confused!!.. weleft agnes(the van) in seville and now sheis on fire ...not literally ....we went by bus frerry and train down to morocco and now we are with the van across spain to valencia andf then up to barcelona... left my camera in the vanm again!!!... hehe... one day!!... we still areokfor money and are hoping to streach our fundsuntillbeerfest... space bar doesnt work..grr.. valencia is beautifull.. have to go love you all [View Full Entry]

alaya - Alaya Spencer-Cotton | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 11th 2005 | 161 Views | [diary=16262]


Iīve made it to Alicante. The trip was a bit rough...but Iīm here and thatīs what matters. I stayed in Barcelona on Thursday night and didnīt want to leave. I loved that city! I have decided to cut a couple of cities out of my plans so that I can go back there for a few more nights. I was just great! Art and beaches and great architecture! I wasnīt able to get a seat on the train I had planned to take to Alicante and had to take a later train. I emailed Heinrich to let him know that I [View Full Entry]

Courtney - Courtney | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 16th 2005 | 141 Views | [diary=13887]


My long overdue Easter Vacation Blog. . . which should be a fairly short one. Mom asked to see lots of pictures of the house, so I did my best. I spent Thursday through Monday of Easter Vacation at my Spanish family's country house located 45 minutes away in the town of Al Baida. The house is over 300 years old and Juan (my Spanish father) owns 2/3 of it and his brother the other 1/3. Marga, Juan, Sara the dog, myself and Grayson all made the trip to the country, Grayson was supposed to go to Barcelona with friends, but [View Full Entry]

CurlieL17 - Lisa | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 23rd 2005 | 1488 Views | [diary=7388]

View of Al Baida
Landscape near Country House
La Palmera Country House

As promised here is the Fallas installation of my travel blog. Since everyone asks me "what is this thing called Fallas?" and then after an explanation I get "how is that allowed during Lent?" I will answer both of these questions for you. :) Fallas is celebrated every year March 13 - 19, the week before St. Joseph's Day. Falla means fire in Valenciano and every neighborhood and sometimes street spends hundreds of thousands of euros in the construction of various sized fallas - which are papier mache creations that they then display in their neighborhood. The theme changes every year [View Full Entry]

CurlieL17 - Lisa | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 17th 2005 | 3117 Views | [diary=5788]

Boxer Falla
Catwoman
From Plaza de Ayuntamiento Falla

By Evana
March 22nd 2005

Las Fallas

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We’ve just come back from the Las Fallas festival in Spain. On our first day we spent the afternoon walking around the city, taking in as many of the Fallas figures as possible. They range in size from a few feet high to the size of a city building and can cost up to a hundred thousand dollars. On Thursday we made the mistake of trying to walk through the main plaza at 2.00pm to try and get to the supermarket. Unfortunately it was pretty hard to wade through 10s of thousands of people who were waiting for the daytime firework [View Full Entry]

Evana - Greg Jacobson & Evana Hyman | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: May 14th 2006 | 55 Views | [diary=58399]

Valencia
Valencia
Valencia

My man Marty
My man Marty
Even came to pick me up from the airport!
Marty, Mr Electronic Superstar, has been given the opportunity to be a member of the Swiss America’s Cup Team, Alinghi, working from Valencia until mid 2007. So where do ya think the first place in Spain was going to be that I would visit? Friday off work, and out to Gatwick I go. A very uneventful plane ride later, I land at the sunny little airport to find Marty awaiting my arrival, having taken time out of his busy schedule. Off we toddled to the Tryp Oceanic, the hotel that Alinghi were housing him in. Very nice place, with great views [View Full Entry]

B C vs The World - Barrie and Charmaine | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 15th 2005 | 142 Views | [diary=16619]

Aquarium
IMAX
Cool supermarket