Blogs from Santander, Cantabria, Spain, Europe - page 2

Today, the BBA V3 has been on the road for three weeks. Peggy has taken us in our travels including local sightseeing just over 3000 kilometres already. With a cloudy day predicted and perhaps some showers around midday we decided to have an admin day, catching up on washing and other chores one does most days when at home. There is another walk in the other direction around the beach cliff top to explore and we need to do some more grocery shopping so we will explore the seaside town of Soma, some 6km away. Soma was just a bit far to walk with a bag of shopping and so we drove. With the washing and the other admin chores done we drove the short distance to Soma where we found a Dia store to do ... read more

Santander on the north coast of Spain 8 and 9 October 2014 We arrived in the city at about 3.00pm after travelling on more excellent roads at speeds of up to 130kph. We couldn't do those speeds in our motor home!!!! Our hotel was right in the middle of the old town and was quite hard to find as it was in a narrow, old, but multi-story building and as we found out, all rooms had been renovated so quite lovely. The lady who checked us in could speak no English, but we managed all. That afternoon, with map in hand, we drove to the Peninsular de La Magdalina which had a Palace, and mini-zoo with seals and penguins, beautiful gardens (which included interpretive signs telling us about the vegetation) and a magnificent view of the ... read more

I will start off today by apologizing for not having any photos... Today was slightly less interesting than normal, but I also forgot to take any. I was awake this time when Christine came with a cuppa. I sat for a few minutes, before realizing I really should get up and eat breakfast. We headed into class, where we started on the past. This confused me a little, and through lack of sleep I was a little crotchety - sorry Fernando and Christine! I was also my usual argumentative self, ask 'but why? why can I not do this?'... Once I noticed I wan't being particularly nice, I apologized but Fernando said it was really good that I was questioning everything. It means I'm trying to take it in and understand it in my own way ... read more

Hey there. Well it´s about time I started writing a blog of my many adventures that started when I was seventeen. I´ve pretty much just been too lazy to write anything online but yeah, so here it goes... Well I got a scholarship through Banco Santander to study here in Spain for the year, for free (yes! for free!) which is kind of amazing since we´re in a recession in the U.S. I live in Santander, Spain, in the Cantabrian region of northern Spain. I´ve been here for almost six months. In these six months, I have managed to improve my spanish skills, learned to drink cheap red wine with coca-cola (a.k.a-- Kalimoxto), travel to 7 countries, and make a bunch of international friends (mostly from Mexico and Spain). Spanish skills- well, I´ve studied spanish for ... read more

Hey everyone! Well, my time in Spain has been very rainy. It has been quite cold and not suiting my taste for weather whatsoever! Besides that, things seem to be going well - visited a market, a bunch of shops, loads of beaches and two other towns in the province of Cantabria, Santillana del Mar and Comillas. I apologize, despite trying to get pictures uploaded to my blog, there was no success so I will post pictures at a later date... It is now Friday, it rained a lot this morning and I slept rather late but managed to see the bread man do the delivery. There is a guy that delivers fresh bread to the houses where Begona's parents live every day - pretty cool I think. We are in town for the day so ... read more