Blogs from Spain, Europe - page 1391

Now that we´re a full week into March, our semester is about half over and Laura and I are in disbelief...where did the time go?! Anyway, this last weekend we went with our program to Sevilla (Seville), a city 3 hours from Granada where we found more sunshine and higher temperatures...woohoo!! We got there Friday afternoon and spent some time wandering in Plaza de España where we ate our lunches and enjoyed seeing the sun--quite a change from Granada´s rain. Then we took a bus tour of the city, stopping at the Alcazar (the royal palace) which consists of 3 different palaces, all built at different times. Then we went to the cathedral in Sevilla that is the 3rd largest in Europe next to St. Peter´s in Rome and St. Paul´s in London. It is the ... read more

Hey kids, Pia here, reporting from Valencia, where the sun shines all the time and people take it slow. Or something like that. Maybe I shouldn´t be in advertising. The remainder of our time in England can be summed up by the following: mid-morning gambling, cold, Australians, cream tea, museums, horrid fish and chips, sleep, hippies, airport. There you go. We spent Tuesday night in Stansted airport, where we got zero sleep and ate a full English breakfast at 3:30 a.m. Once we got off the plane in Spain, we had no idea what to do, so we quickly latched on to a few other Canadian travelers, and somehow made it to our hostel. Okay. The hostel. When we got there, there was just this huge wooden door, which was locked...then this man let us in, ... read more

So we end February with a rainy weekend in Granada. Today is Monday and we didn´t have classes because of the political holiday: Día de Andalucia. However, we toured some of the city we hadn´t seen: Parque de las Ciencias, Cartuja Monastery, saw some movies and found fun coffee shops where we sat to dry and enjoy each other´s company. This week, Juanma, the 17 year-old boy, had his birthday so we celebrated by having a white cake, cream in the middle and fresh chocolate drizzled over the top---which, by the way, we ate still warm! Then they sang ¨Cumpleaños Feliz, etc.¨ It was fun to see that their tradition instead of 17 spankings is 17 ear tugs--a little nicer, I must say. Lately we have made some day trips around Granada, ie Ronda of which ... read more

il est présentement 11h50 du matin ! je sais que ca fait un bail que j'ai pas pris le temps de venir ici écrire, un mot ou deux ! Bon avant tout je voudrais m'excuser a mes lecteurs pour mon piètre francais... Dison que le francais, l'anglais et l'espagnole s'entrecroise dans ma tête en ce moment. Bon pour ce qui est de Karina elle vas bien elle s'amuse et a commencer a faire des exercises quotidiens avec Julie la copine de Martin. De plus on prend le temps de relaxer et de ce divertire ! Pour ce qui est de moi, j'ai fini le demo de stellar race grace au travail de tout le membre de l'équipe flash on est ariver a un résultat quand même assez impressionant! Nos patrons semblent très heureux du résultat final ... read more

We continue on the road from the overlook just east of Port de Pollenca. The road down to Platja da Formentor is much like other secondary roads we've travelled across--small guardrail, two thin lanes (one for each direction), lots of curves and lots of steep drops. As we "bottom out" just near Platka da Formenta, the road becomes straight and cuts through a forest. Emerging from the forest, one finds themselves several hundred meters above the ocean, again with steep cliffs. The next 11 kilometers gives a roller-coaster enthusiast a good adrenaline rush. After 11 kilometers of Bethany wearing out the "oh-s#!t handle" and hogging the middle of the road whenever possible, we arrive at the lighthouse at Cap de Formentor. This lighthouse is on the last windswept pinnacle of this stretch of granite protrusions. Its ... read more