Blogs from Spain, Europe - page 1153

Oh my goodness we awoke to a certified Alarm Clock at 7.20am instead of the natural arousal of ones self. We had to go to Piedrahita for Matt to resister as a competitor and wait the briefing arriving with the other 139 pilots. Briefing involved a welcome, introduction and the laying out of the day’s activities. Matt was given registration number 299 (as you can see form the given number quite a few pilots DNA). Very shortly afterwards they began the task of “parawaiting” for the uninitiated a term pilots use that means waiting around for the right weather conditions to take off and any other activity involving them not being able to fly. This happened to be awaiting the arrival of the bus to collect the competitors to take them up the 10km to ... read more

Today started off raining, but it ended up being the ideal day! I went for coffee in the morning with an Australian girl who had eclectic muscial tastes and was a big fan of Tommy Emmanuel. I spent the entire afternoon at the beach and hanging out with the people I had met the previous night. I went for a nice swim in the Atlantic, and got a nice tan. TGV to Paris overnight to meet Bob!!!... read more

Ahhhh! I wish I had more time in Barcelona, it is such a cool city! First of all, I think I found food heaven here. There is a huge open air market place on Las Ramblas that has just about every food imaginable: fresh fruit, tons of seafood, bread, meat, pasta, candy, pretty much everything you could ever need. I had mango juice from there that taste like someone had just taken a fresh mango and put it in the blender. Sooo good! Today I walked around and saw some of the Gaudi's that are all over the city. I saw the sagrada familia cathedral, which is amazing and intricate. Then I hiked around Parc Guell (well, hiked as much as possible in reef flip-flops). Its up on a hill, so you can get views from ... read more

Barcelona - Gaudi Europe » Spain » Barcelona By clarkeyJune 17th 2007Brian ClarkeIt was great to see an old friend, El Sol, again in Barcelona. What a fantastic city! Barcelona is the capital of the region in Spain known as Catalonia, and the Catalans consider themselves as an entirely separate region. Indeed, a lot of people here would not be too unhappy if Catalonia was an independent nation. But, politics aside, Barcelona is a truly wonderful place and a must visit for anyone visiting Europe. The combination of sun, sand, sea, siestas and senoritas is hard to beat!... read more

Najera-Santo Domingo de la Caldaza. 21 km im vollem Regen. 07.00 Uhr los und um 12.00 Uhr angekommen. Die ganze Nacht hat es schon geregnet und in der Frueh noch mehr. Der Schlaf war sehr angenehm obwohl der Schlafsaal komplett nach Hirschtalg und Voltaren gerochen hat. Ganz komisch. Der gestrige Tag war einer der schwierigsten ueberhaupt, da du keine Rast machen konntest. Kaum Doerfer und durch den Regen kannst du dich nicht mal an den Wegrand setzen. Nur durch Gesang konnten wir uns ueber diese schwierige Strecke fit halten. wienerische lieder wie die "engelmacherin vom Diamtengrund", Beatles ect. konnten uns antreiben. Dann auf einmal den Stadtrand von Santo Domingo zu sehen ist wie eine Erloesung. Mir kamen fast die Traenen. Uebernachtet haben wir gestern in einer urigen Herberge in Zisterinnenkloster. Schiefe Boeden inclusive. Schoener Innenhof, und ... read more