Blogs from Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe - page 9

Winter is finally over; not that it was long here in Majorca, but it was cold. I haven't been so cold in my own house for... ever! Luckily we have a chimney, but Majorcan houses are prepared for the heat, not the cold, so from December to April everybody cuddles up in front of the fire and waits for Spring. Majorca looks great in Spring: all covered in green and full of flowers everywhere; shame they won't last long, as soon it will be too hot to bare. This is the thing with this island: it goes from very cold to very hot nearly from one day to the next! To me, this is the best time of the year to be here, so we are making the most of it before it gets too hot ... read more

2 days of beaches, sangria, sunny, warm weather, and amazing mopeds When we first stepped off the plane that Thursday night, the warmth was exactly what we needed. We were quick to take off our London rain jackets and slowly walk to the terminal to take everything in that we are in Spain. While everyone at Harlaxton talked about their trip arrangements to Barcelona and how much it would cost, we decided to take a different route. Danika found a previous study abroad blog about Ibiza, Spain that explained how inexpensive and perfect this Island away was. We found extremely cheap flights their through RyanAir and Norweign Airlines so we booked it. This might have been our best money saving trip yet! We arrived to our hotel that was located right on the side of the ... read more

Geo: 41.2357, 1.69233Yesterday (Monday) we 'did' Barcelona - a tiring, 12-hour day, but you just have to do it. We were particularly keen to see some of Gaudi's legacy and the two attractions we visited did not disappoint.We chose to go in by train from Vilanova y Geltru, so caught the bus from outside the site gates for the 30-minute round-the-houses journey to the station. We got on a Barcelona-bound train but it later turned out that our tickets were not valid for this particular network, and sensed that this happens frequently as we were let off by the inspector. On the approach to the city, it was raining, which we had not bargained for so first of all got on the tour bus for which we had purchased advance tickets (sitting undercover rather than on ... read more

Sun 23/6/13 back on the bus for a long hall, but we have breaks on the way. On our way to barcelona, which im excited about! Except all the husslers around! Tonight we are going out for a traditional spanish tea, then party at the beach, wahoo. I've even got the ausi girls downloading nz music haha success! The other topdeck tour bus has been following us the whole way its pretty cool, so there are heaps of us. Our tour guide is a scottish lady named Fi, shes cool but prob wouldnt want to get on the wrong side of her!. The bus is pretty sweet theres air conditioning, movies, seat recliners, games and we can play our sounds so its pretty good, well so good so far any way. Please fill gma in on ... read more

O Balearih ni kaj dosti pisati. Zaenkrat sem spoznala Mallorco in Menorco, in se bom vračala še in še. Fantastične osamljene plaže, zelo zelo prijetni ljudje, vse je tako domače in pokrajina zelo raznolika. Verjetno so vam znane plaže na vzhodu Španije, od Costa brave pa do Almerie, ko so šli vsi maturanti tja na eno-tedensko sangrijo in žur, in z rezultatom..nič se ne spomnim! Roko na srce, te plaže so nabite s hoteli, ljudmi, mivka povsod in non stop, greš v vodo do kolen, se obrneš in ne vračaš več. Španci so zelo družabna bitja, prinesejo vse živo na plažo in tam dobesedno živijo in ....so zelo zadovoljni. Kaj boš delal sam na plaži?! Balearski otoki imajo drugačen ritem. Mallorca je največji otok, pozimi lahko tudi malo snega (najvišji vrh 1400m), Palma (glavno mesto) zanimiv ... read more