Blogs from Spain, Europe - page 1093

Hope you enjoy these.....I guess the last pictures were from Athens....I will try and catch you up!!! I am still in Barcelona and Ross is gone to Paris....I had a nice day of lying on the beach and walking around. Looking forward to heading down the coast tomorrow! I added 31 pictures but I am having some issues with some of my Cinque Terre pictures. I can see them on the camera but they are not loading onto the computer. Hope this gives you guys a nice summary of what we have been up to!!!... read more

Ola Bo & Dud, Another action packed week. Last Sunday we moved just to the north of Cadiz on a site at El Puerto de Santa Maria. This is within the Sherry triangle, so guess what - a visit to the winery of Tio Pepe owned by Gonzalez Byass. Sherry is something that I’ve only ever used in cooking and it’s usually been something like Harvey’s Bristol Cream - not really my tipple. This visit however has introduced my taste buds to something completely different. Wine has been made on this site since 1835 and is still run by the Gonzalez family who still make and age their wines in the traditional way. It was interesting to find out that wines have been made in this area since before the Romans settled here. The chalky soil ... read more

Hola! As many of you know, we returned last weekend from a 5 day trip to Spain. The first week back to work after the break has been quite hectic so that's why it has taken so long to put up our pictures! Thursday was a LONG yet pretty good day of parent-teacher interviews from 11 am - 8 pm. We were completely knackered by the time we got home! Anyway, let's move on with sharing our adventure to Spain with you! We spent most of our week in Barcelona, but our hotel was about 50 km outside of Barcelona in a small town called Vilanova I La Geltru. Each day we walked about 3 km to and from the train station just to get to Barcelona and then back to our hotel. Once in Barcelona ... read more

Happy All Saints Day! Today is a national holiday in Spain--All Saints Day. From what I gather it's like the spanish version of memorial day--people go to cemetaries, announcers on the radio talk about famous singers who have died, etc. A lot of impromptu flower stores have popped up in the past week. A few weeks ago (my apologies for the massive delay) was the excursion to La Granja & Real Fábrica de Cristales, both relatively little-known places in comparison with other major attractions that Spain has (such as a Roman aquaduct in Segovia!) and only about 15 min. away by bus. Honestly, there's not much to La Granja (which means "farm")--but don't let that make you think any less of it. It's acutally a summer palace with a huge labrynth of gardens, fountains, and even ... read more

Hey everyone! Sorry this post is so late, I just finished midterms here so this week has been crazy with all the studying, etc. But here's the dish about my latest weekend trip - Madrid! I went with my friend Alex, who goes to Tufts and met a girl in last year's Tufts summer program who was studying English there for the summer. She were born and raised (and still lives) in the city of Madrid, so she was an amazing tour guide! We flew into Madrid on Thursday night and checked into our hostel, which was the first floor of an apartment building, therefore it was in a greaaat location but was very very small; we had to share a room just big enough for two bunk beds to be squeezed in, with two girls ... read more