Destination: Spain

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Once away from the holiday costas, you could only be in Spain. In the cities, narrow twisting old streets suddenly open out to views of daring modern architecture, while spit-and-sawdust bars serving wine from the barrel rub shoulders with blaring, glaring discos. Travel is easy, accommodation plentiful, the climate benign, the people relaxed, the beaches long and sandy, the food and drink easy to come by and full of regional variety. More than 50 million foreigners a year visit Spain, yet you can also travel for days and hear nothing but Spanish.


Palacio Real, Madrid: by kathryn_hendy_ekers, Views[5]
 
Palacio Real, Madrid: by kathryn_hendy_ekers, Views[4]
 
Plaza de la Villa, Madrid.: by kathryn_hendy_ekers, Views[5]
 
Street sign, Madrid: by kathryn_hendy_ekers, Views[5]
 
Balconies in Lavapies, Madrid.: by kathryn_hendy_ekers, Views[4]
 
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minus 7 and counting

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 | By katang | Views [6]

Well here I am, sweltering in a "bochi" Madrid. This time in a week we'll be on the plane (Intsallah). The girls are away at camp getting ready to outstrip us in the fitness stakes when we hit the kayaks and getting browner and hoarser by the ... Read more >

Arrow Slits & Murder Holes

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 | By tonielle_krisanski | Views [64]

So its been a week… and no blog, which means this is gunna be a big one! I finished off France in a small town called Carcassonne. It was an adventure just to get there… my train didn’t get into the station till after 10.30pm, and I’d forgotten ... Read more >

Tags: carcassonne, barcelona, train, las ramblas, gaudi

The Metropolis that is Madrid

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 | By kathryn_hendy_ekers | Views [22]

  24 June, 2009 Madrid Madrid is a very different city to the other Spanish cities we have visited. It is a very new and modern city but still has some very grand buildings lining its main wide avenues. Madrid is also full of small plazas where there ... Read more >

All the WAY!

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 | By carol | Views [56] | Comments [5]

As I got closer and closer to Km 0, my anticipation and excitement rose. A few pit stops on the Way were my only stops. I was on a mission. Coming over Monte Gozo, about 3kms away from destination, everything changed. Excitement and anticipation both ... Read more >

Show me the WAY

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 | By carol | Views [41]

So, I arrived at Santiago de Compostela today before noon as planned. I wrote another entry before stepping out this morn. Well fortunately, there were two other early birds this morning, a French couple. If it hadn't been for them, I would have taken ... Read more >

Hit the highWAY??

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 | By carol | Views [47] | Comments [2]

Some parts of the Way are alongside concrete highways. There is a strange feeling. You can walk for hours in a fairy tale like forest - huge trees that form a canopy over the dirt path, wild flowers with bright colors, birds chirping and little ... Read more >

Light the WAY

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 | By carol | Views [30]

5:55am and I am sitting in my hotel room waiting for dawn to break. It is still too dark out to go walking. My goal is to get to Santiago in time for the noon day mass. Just to be sure, I decided last night to give myself 6 hours. It's the last 20km ... Read more >

HeadWAY

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 | By carol | Views [45] | Comments [1]

Today's walk was easy—very few hills! Or maybe there weren't so few and I am just getting a little better at getting up them. I think I am making some headway. At least, I don't agonize as much when I am at the foot of a hill. Plus, today was perfect ... Read more >

"One" WAY

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 | By carol | Views [43] | Comments [2]

A month or so before leaving, I was a little apprehensive about walking the Way alone. Once I got all of those “what if” questions out of my mind, I was fine with my decision. Now, that I am here, I see there would be no other way for me but to go ... Read more >

Week 7: Boating on the Canal to Bustling Barcelona:'Hola Espagne!'

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 | By kathryn_hendy_ekers | Views [38] | Comments [1]

  This has been a relatively quiet week for those of you who enjoy our travel stories. We spent the week on the Canal Du Midi in the South of France. Last Saturday we picked up a canal boat at Negra about 50 km east of Toulouse. We had spent the morning ... Read more >

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The amazing Sagrada Familia by Gaudi

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