Blogs from Spain, Europe - page 1162

MOTOTOUR 2007 Day 7: Day trip: Mundaka to Bilbao and back Distance: 114 km (of 8,667 km total) Today we took the bike to Bilbao. Stopping at the next town after Mundaka, Berneo, we found an open café and had brunch: coffee + Basque-style tapas again. Zak who has an eye for these things, suspected the place to be a mafia den, which is totally plausible since the characters inside the café and those standing guard outside could really have been straight out of a godfather movie! Going to Bilbao, we took the mountain road. The landscape is very Pyrenees-like. Arriving in Bilbao we saw a very industrial city with a highly concentrated population. We found the Gugenheim museum, a futuristic, strangely-shaped building. Checked out exhibition of German painter, Anselm Kieffer: Dark! Very dark! But interesting ... read more

After a long 7h bus ride to Granada from Valencia (on which I met 2 more Canadians from N.B.) I arrived in Granada at met my new travel partners from Vancouver, Irfan and Shaiza at the hostel. We went out bar hopping for drinks and Tapas.... read more

Hola chicos, We started off our expedition to Spain via the trains which always seem to promise one type of adventure or another. As we chugged along we passed by little inlets of villages by the Mediteranean. Just when we think we are getting used to our incredible surroundings, new and equally beautiful sights amaze us. Just to clarify the imagery: Sam and I are staring out the window crying (because everything is so overwhelming and we still can´t believe we´re here) and then the train shuts down. Used to the quirky train rides in Europe, we sat in our seats nonpulsed. Suddenly we heard the car door slam open and four men holding guns walk onto the train. They were all dressed like ordinary travellers minus one man standing at the back of the ... read more

After a terrible 3h train ride involving a screaming and crying child sitting next to me, I arrived in Valencia. Unfortunately I arrived late in the afternoon so I didn´t have time to see everything I wanted, including the beach and the America´s Cup'festivites that were going on for the race. The old city was very nice though, the streets were winding, and at every intersection there was a plaza set up with bars and cafes. Once again at my hostel, there were tons of Canadians, in fact at least 85% of the people were. I met 2 guys from Edmonton, 1 who had moved to Phoenix, 1 from Montreal, and another from Toronto. I also met 2 Jewish kids from Michigan.... read more

Again today it is nice and sunny here! I can't hit the beach until later, because I have a doctor's appointment. I somehow hurt my knee walking around so much. I thought it would get better, but Noooooo of course because I'm in Spain, something bad has to happen. I have my appointment at 3 and then I'll know where to go from there. Hopefully nothing is terribly wrong with it?! I'm competely over being homesick and love this city. It is nice to be able to walk to everything. Instead of driving to the supermarket, I walk 5 minutes to one. Also, today in class our teacher taught us all of the drinks that are popular here and how to order the, etc... That would never happen in the states... "So this drink is ... read more