Blogs from Spain, Europe - page 1147

We arrived in Alicante after a short train ride from Barcelona. According to our books and fellow travelers, Alicante is a lesser known stop along the Southern coast of Spain. Hoping to relax a little after our times in Barcelona, our first impressions of Alicante were optimistic. Arriving on a Sunday, the streets were unusually quiet. We were surprised to see a variety of float-like statues erected amongst the streets of the city. Although odd, we figured something was just a little different in Alicante. We didn´t have a reservation and settled at Pension Popeye (A portent of things to come). We spent a little time at the beach and got ready for dinner. A cute Spanish waiter served us Paella (a massive rice dish with a variety of different vegetables and meat), which both ... read more

Decided to stay at camp for the day extremely lazy it was a beautiful day, so didn’t want to miss out on chilling in the sun. Meet a great Aussie called Neil who lived in Melbourne in the Danginogs, him and his wife Sharne were travelling around Europe and also doing some flying as well they were staying at the same camp, we sat ourselves down at the camp bar and the boys chatted about the in and outs of flying in Spain, also with us was a Hungarian man enjoying the company. Just a little about the night before we stayed in town to await the results from the competition and the prize giving enjoyed a great evening with Arnold and Maria a south African couple and Peter born in Britain now living in ... read more

Boadillo del Camino - Carrion de Condes 26km 07.20-13.30 Uhr Also, ganz zum Anfang, gestern hatte ich leider einen schrecklichen Computer, deswegen hatte ich auch soviele Schreibfehler. Und auch keine zeit zum korrigieren :-). Heute bin ich in einen schoenen Pfarrhaus betreut von 4 Nonnen, die sehr freundlich sind. Gestern haben wir uns wieder ein Pilgrmenue gekoennt (2 Gaenge, Nachspeise und WEin mit Brot fuer 8€) das war sehr lecker und reichlich. Die Herbergseltern sind sehr zuvorkommend gewesen. Hab auch eine kleine Nackenmassage vom Papa bekommen. Einen Kanadier hab ich kennengelernt (Mark) und 2 Italienerinnen treffe ich immer wieder die immer "Si, Si, Grazie, Bella Amiga" zu mir sagen. Man wird auf diesen Weg auch sehr multikulturell. Sehr interessant und man wirft zum schluss im Gespraech Deutsch, Spanisch,Franzoesisch, Italienisch und Englisch zusammen und man kommt ... read more

(pretend like I’m up to date . . . ) After a couple days in the castle, Pepe and I headed north to Cadaques, a small fishing town in the north part of Costa Brava (very glad Pepe es pequeno because the streets are TINY). With the help of LoQuo, Spain’s Craig’s List (very handy), I found a week rental right up the street from the water and main square. I was told the owner is an older English woman who spends most of her time there creating pottery and then goes back to London to sell it. This place brought back great memories of staying at Nana Cuca’s house (my grandma). Lots of nick knacks and mismatched things that still seem to go together, hanging laundry outside, little flower pots on the deck . . ... read more

You will by now have guessed the morning routine , hill bound again , last day for the comp and last day that Matt and I will be here , we are planning to move on to next place of discovery , headed Andorra Way. Matt has landed safely although there has been 3 helicopters called already for pilots that have had to pull there reserve parachute as they got into trouble. Let hope they are all okay. We will be in contact later when we can get to an internet site. Lyds and Matt xxxxx ... read more