Blogs from Spain, Europe - page 1159

21 km ab 6.00 Uhr in der Frueh. Um halb eins - eins war ich im Ort. Ich sags euch die ersten 2 STunden waren die Folter fuer meine Wadeln. Das ist wirklich das einzigste was mir richtig wehtut. Meine Wadeln, steinhart. Die Strecke war anstrengend. Den Berg hinauf, kurz bergab und dann wieder bergauf. Die Schuhe sind im Matsch versunken. Ein wares Fest fuer eine begeisterte Waschfrau. Haha. In Lorca hab ich meine 2 spanischen Ehepaare wieder getroffen. Sie haben mir ein bischen SPanisch gelernt. Hannah ist auch hier. Sie wollte eigentlich in Lorca bleiben, aber auf einmal steht sie vor mir. Hannah ist ca. 55 Jahre alt und auch allein unterwegs. Gestern abend: Visente + Alicia haben mich in der Herberge abgeholt um ein Cervesa zu trinken. Aus einen sind drei geworden und ... read more

Awoken to the sound of Captain McFadden advising we were 1 hour from Bilbao it was now 8am Spanish time, 7am British and ships time. Disembarking from the Pride of Bilbao we headed stupidly to the centre of Town, to find the Guggenheim museum. Tom Tom was pretty on the ball but not quite a coconut. We were along side but parking was nowhere to be seen, putting this together with the Spanish drivers we deicide to abort the mission, Take the photo and head. We decided to head to Salamanca with a camp site in mind, arriving at the destination the campsite was no longer there. Campsite number two Dejavue. The sun was pounding in both getting a little on the frustrated side we pulled over regained that “Kiwi get up and go and ... read more

Very long day of travel yesterday. Once again on 2 or 3 hours of sleep. But the area we are staying in (Las Ramblas) is very exciting - There are all kinds of performers on the streets and shops and restaurants and people everywhere. Last night I went to a tapas bar with my roommate and our friend - the group of three was quite nice in comparison to the huge groups of 10 or 15 people we have all been running around in. We didn't really order the right things and ended up spending a lot on a very small amount of food, so we are going to have to learn how to do the whole thing right next time. the calamari was good...I'm getting kind of hungry thinking about it now. I will ... read more

Torej, konec ugibanj. MADRID IMA NEDELJSKI AZIJA-STYLE MARKET. I LOVE MADRID. Poleg tega ima tudi churrose s čokolado. Burek is so last year! Ob 4h ponoči se tu je churrose. In točno to sva z Nino naredili v soboto zvečer. Najprej sva šli v "njen" bar na sever mesta, kjer sva zvrnili nekaj clar (clara = pivo + limonada, torej neke vrste radler). Ta bar je res fenomenalen! Menda je bilo man folka zaradi fuzbala tisti večer, saj se je ravnokar končala tekma med Zaragozo (od koder je Ninin fant) in Madridom, zato so bili vsi na drugem - fuzbalerskem koncu mesta, ampak meni je bilo vseeno bajno. Šefe in kelnar sta z Nino povsem pobratena, zato sta bila izjemno radodarna s tapasi (ampak menda manj kot ponavadi - huh?): jedli sva jamon (pršut) pa ... read more

Today I slept in a little bit, and then went for a nice walk along the river with 2 of the people from the hostel. By pure chance from our conversation, I discovered that one of the guys I was with had a mutual friend in Toronto. Also one of my room mates the previous night who went to McGill (yet another Canadian Jew) knew some of the people I had gone to camp with in the past. And again by pure chance, all of the people in my room last night were Canadian Jews. It´s funny how the people who you try to get away from for a while have a tendency to follow :) - it is great fun. After the river we walked to Parque de María Luisa - a beautiful urban park ... read more