Blogs from Spain, Europe - page 1081

I really love christmas time here in Madrid, even though it use to snow sometimes but not always. No. its not like in Sweden, with snow for christmas time,:O) but nowadays you never use to know if it going to be a white christmas ore not. I remember when I was a little girl, remember so well the smell of our christmas tree, the smell of christmas food, the sound of music that was playing christmas songs and it use to snow outside the window... my family and I inside our house eating, laughing, talking... Ones in a while we use to look outside the window and it still snowing... A WHITE CHRISTMAS - Does it still exist? Madrid doesnt have a white christmas, I cant say that I have seen one, but the christmas feeling ... read more

I’m pretty sure that everything interesting about this island was already told as Tenerife is the best known and the most visited from the Canarian islands. On the other hand I am convinced that no matter how good narrator you are, words are not enough to describe the beauty and greatness of this island. I myself had read a lot about it, had seen lots and lots of pictures and felt prepared to meet Tenerife. Well, believe me, I was not! From the first day until the last one I lived in a continuous state of bewilderment, I was like a child left alone in a toys shop. You simply can not capture either in words or on photos the amazing beauty you find all over the island, no matter if this refers to the multi-coloured ... read more

Het begint vrij belachelijk te worden. Als ik nu niet wat meer ga schrijven kan ik het jullie even goed vertellen wanneer ik terug kom. Ik loop hier een vertraging op om u tegen te zeggen! Hier alles neerschrijven heeft misschien wel als voordeel dat ik alles wat beter kan reconstrueren en voor zover dat het nog mogelijk is, chronologisch vertellen. Dus ik boer maar wat voort. Het kan zijn dat hetgeen ik vertel geen enkele betekenis of meerwaarde heeft, maar bedenk dan dat er in elk venster een kruisje te vinden is in de rechtbovenhoek. Goed, waar waren we? Juist, nog steeds bij de eerste weken. Het bleek dat de universiteit een studentenvereniging had voor buitenlandse studenten. Zij organiseren excursies, taaluitwisselingen, feestjes, en al wat je wil. De eerste excursie ging naar het natuurgebied Cabo ... read more

Moi! Ensimmàinen asia, mikà nyt tulee mieleen on tàà kylmyys! Ei todellakaan ole mikààn làmmin! Eihàn se haittaisi jos ulkona olis se muutama plussa-aste, mutta kun sisàlla on làhes samanverran! No kaikkeen tottuu, ensimmàisten pàivien vàrjòttelyn jàlkeen ei asia ole vaivannut. Vilustuin tosin, mutta siitàkin on pààsty jo làhes eroon. Lensin siis ensin Barcelonaan, muutaman pàivàn pyòrimisen jàlkeen suuntasin kohti bussiasemaa mielessà Valenciaan matkustus. Lòysin itseni kuitenkin Zaragozaan menevàsta bussista! Yksi yksinmatkustamisen hyvistà puolista, hetken pààhànpistot ei haittaa ketààn. Sainpas taas tuntea itseni vapaaksi:) Tosin yhden Zaragozassa vietetyn kostean illan (siis satoi vettà!) ja sità seuraavan pàivàn talsimisten jàlkeen huomasin, ettà pienessà suunnitelmallisuudessakin on omat puolensa. Hostelleja ei siis niin vaan lòytynytkààn ja jouduin tyytymààn hieman kalliimp... read more

A month already passed since we came back from Canary islands but I'm still dreaming of those amazing days spent there. We chosed to travel by ourselves, all reservations were done via internet, nothing organized by any tourism company. We studied a lot the travel Forums, made quite a serious research and we also found very useful the images on Google Earth so we knew exactly what we wanted to see, how to get to a specific place, how the roads looked. We left for Madrid by plane on the 10th of October early in the morning and arrived there by 12:00. As we had few hours until the connection for Gran Canaria, we decided to take the metro from Madrid airport and go to the center of the city (we changed it twice and it ... read more