Blogs from Spain, Europe - page 965

Everything is really going great so far. Day one we left valencia, and motored our way out to sea. at around 2 we put up the sail and motor sailed our way to denia. the wind never really picked up enough to just sail, but it was nice to get a feel for how to raise and lower the sail and what its like using it. we parked in denia for the night, i made fajitas for the crew and we had a pleasant evening. the next day we left at around 8am and motor our way around the head land until mid-day. the wind pick up and we raised the main sail. once we were sure the wind was sustained, we raised the jib sail, cut the motor, and we were sailing. im usally given ... read more

Ok, so I know that I've been really bad about updating... part of it is that the last city we visited kind of got ripped off. Hopefully this will be rectified, but until then... here's what I can say. The drive up to Granada was incredible. I'm really glad that we decided to drive because it really allowed us to see a completely different side of Spain. On the flip side, we also got to experience the real traffic side of Spain. And unfortunately, that meant that we arrived at the Alcazar later than our reservation... by about 30 minutes. While I thought we would be ok because our reservation was for 1/2 hour, it turned out that the actual castle was actually 1/2 into the park. Needless to say, we did not get to see ... read more

Ola! We are now fluent in spanish, but thought we´d keep it simple and write to you in english... We had a cool london send off in Hyde Park, Jack Johnson played some background music while we had some sundowners with mates on a fine summer evening. Early morning trek up to stansted, hopefully for the last time and before you know it we were bodysurfing the waves of san sebastian in the picturesque half moon bay...it was a good start to the trip! We hooked up with the hostel staff for an all you can eat dinner and drinks, which gave us a good flavour for the town. Next morning was straight to the beach and time to work on the tan, it wasn´t all relaxation with a midmorning 400m swim against the tide to ... read more

After the nice morning on the beach in San Sebastian and enjoying some solitude there, I went back to the hostel and woke up my friends. We headed out shortly after that toward Bilbao, which was on our way home to Salamanca. We stopped there for one major attraction... the Guggenheim. This modern art museum was built in the 20th century and is known as the most ¨vanguardista¨architecture of its time. I found the structure to be amazing, not just because it was such a neat looking building, but because it was built AFTER everything around it. For example, a huge part of the building is underneath a bridge. That bridge existed prior to the Guggenheim structure. That is to say that the architects and engineers had to design everything to allow the city to stay ... read more

The song for the festivel of San Fermin: "Uno de enero, dos de febrero, tres de marzo, cuatro de abril, cinco de mayo, seis de junio siete de julio, ¡SAN FERMÍN! "Uno de enero, dos de febrero, tres de marzo, cuatro de abril, cinco de mayo, seis de junio siete de julio, ¡SAN FERMÍN! A Pamplona hemos de ir, con una media, con una media, a Pamplona hemos de ir con una media y un calcetín." This past weekend, I had the amazing opportunity to visit Pamplona during the Festivel of San Fermin. The actual saints day of San Fermin was Monday, July 7 and that is when the festivel began with the first Encierro (Running of the Bulls). We were there Saturday and Sunday morning, so saw the very end of the festivities. On Friday ... read more