http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Spain en-us Wed, 02 Dec 09 21:41:13 +0000 Wed, 02 Dec 09 21:41:13 +0000 So I never did get to write about Marbella. Marga and her family invited Sarah and I to spend the weekend with them in Marbella. One of Marga's nephews lives there. We camped out in their apartment did lots of sight seeing and had some great tapas. The harbor there was lined with so many yachts that it would put Key West's harbor to shame. Seriously some of these boats were mansions. For those http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Marbella/blog-457660.html Hey everyoneYesterday it snowed in Guardo for the first time this winter Everyone has told us that last year it started snowing in mid October and throughout the winter there were particularly heavy snowfalls so the snow has arrived in Guardo quite late in comparison to last year. This fall in Guardo was unusually warm and sunny for the most part so I'm still bracing myself for the colder we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Castile---Leon/Palencia/blog-457561.html Die Abfahrt ist toll nach ueber 1500 Metern Bergauffahrt geht es nun genauso serpentinenartig wieder hinunter. Nein nicht ganz so wie in Frankreich besser sogar weil die Strasse in den Kurven breiter wird so dass man mit Vollgas hineinrauschen kann ohne gleich den Abhang hinunter zu rauschen. Das macht wirklich Spass mit dieser Geschwindigkeit bergab zu fahren. Vor allem wenn man im Hinterko http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/blog-456944.html Hola we made it to Spain. Even though its raining its much much better than the weather back in London. Now if only I could enjoy my juice in peace. Enjoy our video http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/M-laga/blog-456922.html Well I SHOULD be working on a presentation that I have to do tomorrow but telling you about last night just sounds so much more appealing. Irsquom going to be throwing a lot of new names out here so just go with it. Irsquove hung out with some of these folks before but have never mentioned them. Shealyn fellow American and I attended Josephrsquos born of English parents living in Spain http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Seville/blog-456912.html I think the Spanish translation of Thanksgiving is hilarious. It's just so wordy and so ridiculously descriptive. Itrsquos not a Spanish holiday though so I guess itrsquos just that no one cared enough to put anymore thought into it.Since no mythical pilgrims landed in Spain and had a lifesaving meal with the natives on the third Thursday of whatever November it was the Spanish really don't http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Seville/blog-456759.html Malaga in Spain remains on the top of holiday destinations for tourists from North Europe and especially Britain. The warm climate of the Mediterranean the beaches of the Costa del Sol and the famous golf courses are just some of the things that attract tourists from all over to this Spanish city. The historic city has several ancient fortresses many interesting museums that are a mustsee. Not http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/M-laga/blog-456240.html Europe is a great place to go in the fall there are generally many events happening there and although fall for us here in Canada is cooler there are many places in Europe that you can still go to where the weather is still very warmhot this fall we stopped in Ibiza on our trip the weather was warm the wild crazy crowd had packed up and gone home as all the disco had closed at the end of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Ibiza/blog-455856.html Six hour bus ride to Madrid to see a concert with two guys I barely know followed by a six hour trip back to Sevilla all in the span of 24 hours. I almost wish that something had gone wrong so that I could have a better story to recount but it really couldnrsquot have gone any better. At all. It was positively fantastic. Allow me to tell you about ithellipAt 1030am last Saturday the bus de http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-455558.html Nach meinem doch schon etwas wehmtigem Abschied aus der Hotelschicht und den damit verbundenen bdquoLetzten malen wie Fahrrad fahren auf der Insel Iberostars freie Abendeldquo bin ich nun im RIESIGEN Esquinzo Playa angekommen. Bis ich auf meinem Zimmer bin ist es eine halbe Weltreise und mein Arbeitspool liegt natrlich genau am anderen Ende. Aber die Anlage ist schn und alles unter freie http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Canary-Islands/Fuerteventura/blog-455354.html Happy belated Thanksgiving to all our American readers We are back home after our travel in Israel with a stop in the island of Tenerife located in the Canary Isalnds off the west coast of Africa. Since our return to the U.S. we even squeezed in a trip to NC for the Thanksgiving holiday.In lieu of the usual playbyplay account let's call this our Tenerife Top Five1. Summit to the top of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Canary-Islands/Tenerife/blog-455124.html Nov. 21st 2009Zaragoza is a city in the middle of a desert. It only rains about 300 mm per year and windmills for electricity are the most common crop growing up in these fields. However it is only two hours drive from the Pirineos the mountain range that divides Spain from France where Ordesa National Park is. I went up there only for a one day visit. I wanted to be alone in the middle of an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Aragon/Torla/blog-454914.html Hi everyone sorry for the lack of blogs recently but we have been just a tad busy getting ready to cross the Atlantic. We have been in Las Palmas on the island of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands for the past 12 days. There are 218 yachts and crew here and everyone has been running around like blue aed flies getting their boats ready to go. We leave here tomorrow at 1.00pm for the officia http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Canary-Islands/Gran-Canaria/blog-454905.html ldquoDid you have any fruitrdquo Itrsquos a common question after our meals since fruit is eaten often as a dessert. Today however I had already brought two clementines with me to school to snack on between classes so I didnrsquot really feel like having another. ldquoNordquo I replied then tried in vain to explain the situation but Lola is impatient and if I canrsquot talk q http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Seville/blog-454427.html I was watching TV last Tuesday and a commercial popped up about ldquoThe Greatest Show on Earthrdquo Barnum and Baileyrsquos circus. Mlaga November 1415. WHAT ldquoHow great would it berdquo I thought ldquoif I could get some people together to go the circus.rdquo And I didRaquel and Kate answered my request for fellow circusgoers and we met at the train station Saturday http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/M-laga/blog-453702.html Barcelona was crazy You definitely need to have a lot of energy for that city Our entire visit it was in the 70rsquos and sunny so we completely lucked out weather wise. We hiked up a lot of hills sadly we werenrsquot able to hike through the foothills of Mount Tibidabo and see a womanhellip. and she was cryinghellip and we were completely exhausted at the end of each day but we stil http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-453664.html There are just some things that you have to do once in your life. No I don't mean the classics get a good job car a mortgage a spouse have kids etc but a list of things that aren't as widely spoken of yet still have an everlasting impact on your life sort of like a really great Bside album or track. An example of such things are staying awake all night under the stars with only a woolly http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/C-rdoba/blog-453480.html Bonjour tous je suis arrivee Madrid hier. Quel choc cette ville est vraiment etourdissante. Les gens font la fiesta toute la nuit cest croire quils ne dorment jamais. Mais comme chaque fois on doit bien sadapter. Ce matin je prends connaissance du coin o je suis installee. Lhtel est assez ordinaire mais il faut sy faire. Cest un hostal de sjour bien situe et est central prs de http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-453084.html Not sure why this site isnt accepting my additions to the last blog so here is the new stuff again just in caseLast thing I did was go watch the Magic Fountain the fountain does a pretty awesome music and light show and do a last wander around the Plaa Espanya area. What a great way to end my stay hereI feel like Im forgetting a lot but you really have to see the city for yourselves if I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-452957.html En la montaa leonesa ... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Castile---Leon/Le-n/blog-452887.html