Destination: Spain

Gallery: San Sebastian

Tue, 9 Sep 2008 | By morter_family | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Gallery: Barcelona. 19th August- 26th August 2008

Sat, 6 Sep 2008 | By l-a-u-r-e-n | Photo Gallery

“Yo sé mi niña, yo sé.”

Fri, 5 Sep 2008 | By thereshegoes | Views [520] | Comments [1]

Allow me to tell you the good things about my day.   1.                   We were talking about all of the words to describe appearance and clothes today in class, everyone had to pick a person to describe. Meridith chose me and ... Read more >

"Cangrejos don't have tails.."

Fri, 5 Sep 2008 | By thereshegoes | Views [354]

Meal times here are always a bit interesting. Our padres don’t think that Danielle and I eat enough so they always pay very close attention to exactly which things we eat, and which we don’t. All the food so far has been very good (and we lucked out ... Read more >

Gallery: Bilbao, Guggenheim

Thu, 4 Sep 2008 | By morter_family | Photo Gallery

Guggenheim and one way streets!

Thu, 4 Sep 2008 | By morter_family | Views [681]

Today we’ve hired a car to visit my much loved little seaside town Noja which is only an hour to the west of Bilbao.   I spent 7 weeks here in 1990 and 2 weeks in 1991 and was excited to go back and have a look at it.   We drove through Santona, a ... Read more >

Dos dias worth of journaling in una entry!

Wed, 3 Sep 2008 | By thereshegoes | Views [504]

Sunday, Aug 31 Salamanca is so mona! Mona= cute. This town is fabulous, don’t let the two square miles fool you, it has everything going for it.   Size/looks wise it’s comparable to Georgetown. There is   a University, many students, ... Read more >

Two Weeks and Counting

Tue, 2 Sep 2008 | By lrvajretti | Views [400] | Comments [3]

Two weeks from now - in Spain !!!  I am now getting everything arranged in my pack, and of course there is just too much.  I have wittled it down to 3 pairs of pants (one just for going out), 4 shirts, minimal undies, boots and sandals, rain poncho, ... Read more >

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Beautiful Bilbao - Paradise!

Mon, 1 Sep 2008 | By morter_family | Views [691] | Comments [1]

Hola Amigos!   I am sooo excited to be on Spanish soil again and Bilbao has not disappointed. Even the smell arriving at 11.30pm was wonderful and the taxi driver super fast to our hotel.   They upgraded us to a big suite and we had a huge overnight ... Read more >

Gallery: Spain

Mon, 1 Sep 2008 | By aptyson | Photo Gallery

Spain

Mon, 1 Sep 2008 | By aptyson | Views [455]

Jazza and I headed to Spain in the last week of August. The lure was La Tomatina in Bunol but it also provided us with the chance to catch up with Stewie Gray, one of our really good mates from school, and also to check out Barcelona. We flew into Alicante ... Read more >

The big dipper actually looks big at 37,000 ft…

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 | By thereshegoes | Views [478] | Comments [1]

One thing I’ve discovered since being here.. I don’t really like flying. Turbulence is a killer.. and the 7 hours over here was full of it let me tell you! It didn’t help either that our video system wasn’t working correctly so I managed to squeeze ... Read more >

Gallery: Spain

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 | By glacierdaz2 | Photo Gallery

Day Three

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 | By glacierdaz2 | Views [286]

uesday August 26, 2008 I spent last night with Janet wandering around the narrow streets of Cordoba. The city is a really nice place, kind of a smaller version of Seville. We ended up having some tapas and beer followed by a flamenco ... Read more >

Day Two

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 | By glacierdaz2 | Views [362]

August 25, 2008 Spent last night in algerceriaets. The hostal was pretty basic but all I needed for the night. It seems that most of the budget accommodation in Spain has some kind of funky smell. Maybe its just the building construction.... Read more >