Blogs from Spain, Europe - page 1210

Considering we slept until about 10:30 on Saturday, we got a late start. We all had wanted to visit the Sagrada Familia by Gaudi. If anyone doesn’t know the story - it is a temple designed by Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi. The Construction started in 1884 and through the construction stage, Gaudi continued to make changed to the design and plan. In 1926, Gaudi was killed - hit by a tram and died. Construction was stopped for awhile, however has been continued since. Because of all the changed made after construction started - no one knows how to finish. The temple is still under construction, and will be for quite some time. The Sagrada Familia is probably the single greatest piece of architecture I have ever seen. It is so amazing, I can’t even describe it ... read more

Chocolate Y Churros ROCKS! Well I must say that Madrid is one of my fave places so far! The people, the food, the shopping...awesome! AND they have siesta time in the afternoon - how civilised! Flew into Madrid and found the train system really easy to negotiate. Checked into our hostel the POP Hostel...recommended by Susy (who is Spanish) and it was a great recommendation! They were really nice people and we got a free úpgradé' from a 4 bed dorm to 2 beds with private ensuite...fabulous I could finally was my hair properly! he he. (Although the ceiling did fall in on Deans bed one evening but no injuries so all good and funny!) Over the next few days we saw The Plaza Mayor, Plaza Del Sol, Retiro Park, Real Madrid Stadium, The Bull Fighting ... read more

Well, left London after only being there for a few days and toodled off to Alicante in Spain! I loved it!! Beautiful buildings, Sangria, winding streets, Sangria, Castles, Sangria!!! Yes, I absolutely loved Sangria!! Once again, Katie made sure I was up and about... we climbed the rather large hill to the Castle which was a hard slog for me but I made it! Unfortunately it strained the hell out of my foot, but nevermind... the view was lovely. Obviously from looking at the pictures, one of my favourite parts of Alicante was the beautiful winding streets. So many places to eat.. amazing Rose and of course plenty of beer! Other highlights, walking on the harbour and boardwalk at night, shopping at the markets for scarves and jewellery! All in all, glad we went! Mind you, ... read more

Wow, I have an awesome family! Yesterday I had no Valentine's and now I have THREE!! lol Love you all...my valentine or not!! Today has been a very nice day. It's a little colder here today than it has been for the last few days, but nowhere near as cold as I here it is on the homefront! Had my one class this morning, which went ok, than I went home. Monica had a trip for work today so she wasn't around for lunch. She left a note on the table asking one of us to move the clothes from the washer to the clothesline though. Not that I knew that right away. She conviently left the dictionary right next to her note so I looked up the meaning of what she wanted. So, then I ... read more

Hola ¿Como estas? iHoy yo fue a la tienda y compro Philadelphia Cream Cheese! I miss the little stuff about American food. I miss pop-tarts, and cream cheese, and salt. Oh don´t get me wrong, my señora has salt, but they just don´t serve or have salty food here. So, some potato chips would be really nice about now. lol Okay, now that I´m done ranting about the food that I miss maybe I´ll tell you about the food I do get here. They deep-fry everything, and if it´s not deep fried it´s either covered in Olive Oil, or fried in a regular frying-pan with Olive Oil. Oh, I don´t know how I forgot this option either...covered in Mayonaisse. Now, I know some of you may be thinking this would be a dream come true, but ... read more