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Day 109 - Discovering my new favourite artist

Sun, 6 May 2007 | By lani | Views [36583] | Comments [14]

Here´s a hot tip for Madrid - all the museums and galleries are free on a Sunday! So on Sunday, I hit the galleries - ready to be overwhelmed with fantastic art in Spain. I visited..... The Prado Museum: Without any doubt, this the Prado is one of ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

PREÁMBULOS, DEVANEOS Y FARÁNDULAS

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 | By k-lero | Views [1071] | Comments [26]

Viajar. Es como una adicción, una vez empiezas no puedes dejarlo, y según plantas la semilla ésta va echando raíces cada vez más y más profundas y lejos de disminuir, las ganas aumentan, y cada oportunidad que se presenta es aprovechada para ... Read more >

The Slow Life in Spain

Sun, 18 May 2008 | By sstolper | Views [1266] | Comments [5]

I live in a village with an estimated 50-70 residents. It's called Les Piles de Gaia. My host does not seem to know where it comes from. That is neither here nor there. I am living with a family in rural Catalunya, an hour and a half outside of Barcelona, ... Read more >

Tags: farming, family, spain, work

What is this tree? #1

Wed, 6 May 2009 | By anijensen | Views [152] | Comments [12]

My Spanish Nightmare 2 - San Pedro to Barcelona

Sat, 5 Jul 2008 | By hotnoodle | Views [1811] | Comments [3]

On pirate beaches: There are various stories behind San Pedro. The first I heard was that it was a pirate beach and a pirate village. The pirates would emerge from the bay and attack ships as they sailed past. There was even an old abandoned pirate ... Read more >

Tags: pirates, hippies, beaches, barcelona

Si hay un problema con la vuelta de Tejas alrededor y asperje el mar.

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 | By gentlesue | Views [1953] | Comments [13]

Hola, Mel and I have returned form Espanol! It was a super great trip and we had a great time (I did anyway). Spain is very beautiful. There are many beautiful buildings. The Gaudi buildings are particularly beautiful. You can see some pictures ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

La Tomatina (The Great Tomato Fight!)

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 | By rhiannon | Views [4144] | Comments [2]

It is held in Buñol. It is exactly what the title says. Imagine the most insane mosh you have ever been in and then add several tonnes of tomato pulp. Everyone, thousands of people, were packed into this long street no wider than my bedroom. I’m ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Memories

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By devinashley | Views [249] | Comments [9]

Our trip has started!  Since we left the plane yesterday, I have had many memories come to mind from my first trip to Spain.  Small memories from the airport, El Palacio Real, back streets here and there, El Plaza Mayor, even the women and their facial ... Read more >

Von Freiburg nach Tarifa - aller Anfang ist schwer

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 | By olga_christian | Views [1088] | Comments [12]

Nach langen Vorbereitungen und unserer Abschiedsparty ging's los: Am 14. September sollte unsere Radtour von Freiburg nach Senegal beginnen. Unsere erste Etappe ging von Freiburg-Weingarten nach Freiburg-Wiehre (ca 3 km), die Strecke war relativ flach, ... Read more >

Tags: Deutsch

Al mal tiempo, buena cara

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 | By k-lero | Views [457] | Comments [11]

Ya he perdido la cartera, genial! Ya sabéis que soy persona de hacer rápido las cosas, así que para qué esperar? El caso es que iba en un bus Santiago-San Pedro de Atacama (24 horazas de bus) y yo con unos pantalones comodísimos para la ocasión pero ... Read more >

what the hell´s a blog?

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 | By tk | Views [800] | Comments [10]

Hello Friends and Family, This here is my first ever blogamajig thingy, and I thought it would be a useful format for keeping in contact with you`all while I am in Spain for four months. In addition to stories I plan on putting photos and audio that ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Sunny Island, Mountain Paradise

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 | By tk | Views [1121] | Comments [8]

I haven´t updated this page in so long due to being busy working, traveling, studying, and having fun. But now after my first week of language school I have the weekend off, and thus time to upload photos and write. I´ve added photos from my visit to ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

The Journey Begins

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 | By katiekimberling | Views [264] | Comments [5]

We made it to Spain! After downing some NyQuil so that I could sleep on the plane, we finally arrived in Madrid. What a beautiful city! There are so many old buildings, statues, and well-dressed people. Madrid is the number one city in the world for ... Read more >

Tags: madrid, spain

Andanzas y correrias ...

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 | By lu_viajera | Views [231] | Comments [5]

Tras la decision de cambiar mi maletita de rigor por una mochila, estoy bastante orgullosa del peso de la misma; definitivamente liviano siendo que estare seis semanas fuera. (A ver si opino igual despues de cargarla unas horas bajo un sol de justicia ... Read more >

Tags: Packing & gadgets

Paseo por Barcelona ciudad

Sun, 6 Sep 2009 | By lidia_y_alberto | Views [90] | Comments [8]

El martes fuimos a pasear por Las Ramblas y el puerto. Salimos desde Arenys y tomamos el tren hasta Plaza Catalunya. La primera impresión fue lo extraño de estar viajando en tren mientras veía el mar y la gente en la playa. La segunda fue estar ... Read more >

Tags: rambla puerto

A patriotic essay

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [685] | Comments [4]

Since Tiffany has begun to fill up the journal before I could even notice, I think I must hurry up and put in my grain of sand, with the angelical intention and objective to get more views, more comments, and generally smash her down on the dirt. My ... Read more >

Tags: catalunya

¿Donde esta el banyo?

Tue, 1 May 2007 | By applecrazy | Views [996] | Comments [7]

****NEW PHOTOS FOR HARROGATE AND BARCELONA***** Hola mis amigos! Para el primero vez, yo estoy hablando espanol. Yo tene´ muchas anos de español en escuela secundaria y en collegio, pero no he tenido un opertunidad de utilizarla. Estoy muy optimista ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

...a word about faith

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 | By connaughty | Views [337] | Comments [4]

So, it´s been almost a week since I started walking the Camino. At times it feels like it´s been a few months... Words cannot express the richness and depth of this experience (at least not while I´m at a computer that´s 1 Euro/10 minutes ;-). I expected ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Ik ben er!

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 | By celine_in_barcelona | Views [239] | Comments [4]

Daar zit ik dan... in Barcelona! Vanochtend vanaf Schiphol vertrokken, samen met Arjen, die een uurtje later een vlucht naar Zurich had. Het was wel fijn om tot aan de Gate samen met Arjen te zijn, maar ook wel heeeel moeilijk om in mn eentje ... Read more >

Tags: Airports

Camino Frances, day 1-23

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 | By htapawaso | Views [205] | Comments [7]

Apologies that it has been so long since a blog update – this is because I have been undertaking the Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage to the cathedral of St. James in North-West Spain. This post will be divided into sections which I wrote along ... Read more >

European Beach Fashion Gone Wrong: Welcome to Barcelona

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [9514]

Barcelona is the popular holiday destination for European shoppers, diners and party goers. I think all the Spanish locals must pack up and leave town, as the thousands of European tourists pack the streets to the brim. It's difficult even to ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

More Mallorca - Campanet Caves

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 | By nncysf | Views [525] | Comments [3]

Mallorca has been stunningly beautiful and perfect (20-ish celsius degrees almost every day and almost constant blue sky and sun - like those perfect days we lucky people in San Francisco get) weather hasn't hurt. Christopher went off to Amsterdam to ... Read more >

kamer: check!, vakken: check!, vriendjes: check!

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 | By celine_in_barcelona | Views [445] | Comments [7]

Hola! Weer een berichtje vanuit het zonnige Barna! jaa... want het zonnetje schijnt al lekker hier! als het zonnetje weg is is het wel wat frisjes, maar in de zon zo'n 16 °C Jammer dat mijn kamertje maar een klein raam heeft, dat uitkijkt op ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Op zoek naar vakken, vriendjes en een kamer

Tue, 8 Jan 2008 | By celine_in_barcelona | Views [260] | Comments [7]

De eerste lange dagen in Barcelona heb ik overleefd ☺ Het hostel is erg fijn, wel rustig, maar erg fijn omdat het zo dichtbij de universiteit is. De eerste avond ben ik wat gaan eten met 3 Brazilianen uit het hostel, dat zijn eigenlijk de enigen die ... Read more >

Tags: Searching

arriving in Santiago...

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 | By connaughty | Views [306] | Comments [3]

Running through the streets of Santiago de Compostela...I felt as though I were flying.  I could not feel my feet, my legs, my backpack...only the anticipation of reaching the Cathedral. In the square, I fell to my knees, prayed and cried with absolute ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures


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