Blogs from Spain, Europe - page 1148

Day 3 (6/23) See photos of our travels url="http://picasaweb.google.com/kosmatka/SagradaFamiliaBarcelonaDay3?authkey=6Ex2-nrqAHI" target="_blank"here Rachel says: Today was supposed to be a big adventure day for us. We had preplanned an all day trip of kayaking and picnicking on the coast of Spain. Despite our rough night of sleep (both of us were fully awake at 2:30 and didn’t get back to sleep until after 5), we managed to get up and be at our destination by 8:15. Our tour (Oregonian) guide arrived shortly after us, only to tell us that our trip had to be canceled due to high winds. Long story short, we ended up rescheduling our trip for tomorrow and headed back to the hotel to sleep…for the next 5 hours. First order of business—lunch. We were starving. It after 2 by the time we headed ... read more

Castrojerez beodilla de camino 21km 07.20-12.20 uhr. Gestern war eine grosse fiesta. festa de san jua. habe fleissig fotogrfiert. sehr schoene dudelsackmusik und traditionelle kostueme, incl, kleinen volksfest. sehr witig. ich habe mich gestern ausfuehrlicher mit unseren englaender unterhlten. erist ungefaehr 55 jahre alt evtl, aelter. er wollte den camino von atlantik bis zum mittelmeer an depyrenaen entlang gehen. aber nach 4 tagen hat er abgebrochen, da es immer auf 1100 m rauf und runr ging, keine geraden flaechen fuer sein zelt gab und keine herbergen. jetzt geht er zun zweiten malden camino rein ausden gedaechtniss da dies eine kurzfristige umgeplant idee war. er ist wirklich eine sehr bemerkenswerte persoenlichkeit. heute sind wir, da norbert mich noch 2 tage begleitet, in belliado angekommen, bin durch eine schafherde ruchgelaufen, so typisch fuer diese gegend. die herberge ... read more

Heres some news on our Spain trip. - We have found out that the cars a really small everywhere in Spain. And that some shops aren't far away at all. The skatepark is literally right next to the Botanical Gardens. Tomorrow Nicole and possibly Lauren, Mom and me are going to the mall that we've been to like three times already. Haha. And we met some of Nicoles friends at Vips and we asked Derek if they wanted come to the park with us and Derek was excited about that. He wanted to come. I dont know if Matt wants to, but I'm sure he will. - When we were catching a Taxi in front of our Hotel to meet up with Nicole at Starbucks our ears heard a melodie of honking horns from the ... read more

Day 2 in Barcelona (6/22) You can see photos of our adventures url="http://picasaweb.google.com/kosmatka/GothicQuarterBarcelonaDay2?authkey=0ZKBLH9G9pE" target="_blank"here Rachel says: After getting 11 hours of sleep, we rushed downstairs to see if we could still get the hotel's “continental breakfast” (at 11:25 am. :-)) We were famished and quite pleased when they said that we could still get it. Breakfast was bread with a side of bread. Alright…in all fairness, it was more like a croissant with a side of toast. After we finished our gourmet goodies, we headed back upstairs to shower so that we could begin our day. We quickly learned that getting up late was to our advantage. The Spaniards consider lunch time to be between 1 and 4 and dinner isn’t eaten until around 9 o’clock. (I guess we were more in line with the ... read more

Pues, Amigos! Es un buen dia aqui en Malaga hoy. Hace mucho calor pero estoy cerca de la playa entonces no me molesta. It has been another week in Spain and the time is starting to literally fly by. I cant believe I only have 7 more days here! No lie, I miss home a lot but when I think about leaving my precious Spanish family it makes me sad too!!! First I will start with Sevilla. Sevilla was a pretty neat city. We saw another palace with Islamic art and the such which was pretty cool but the main attractions in this city were the Cathedral and the Plaza de España. The Cathedral in Sevilla is the largest in Spain and the third largest in Europe after the Vatican and St. Paul's in London. Indeed, ... read more