Destination: Spain

...a word about faith

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 | By connaughty | Views [765] | 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

Barcelona to Nice, with fun on the trains.

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 | By sophieollie | Views [1271]

Two days later we actually made it to Barcelona. On our first attempt at getting there the train was full for two days. So we went back to Geraldine's, reserved two tickets on the phone, and hung around for two more nights. We had a few vino tintos in ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Working on my Español

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 | By julia | Views [268]

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: These are the Nights

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 | By stephwhon | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Being a Tourist

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 | By stephwhon | Photo Gallery

Preparando el viaje

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 | By gon | Views [435]

Bueno, nos vamos a Florencia. Un viaje inesperado, cortesía de las compañías aéreas de bajo coste. Rian air 46 euros ida y vuelta. Empezamos a buscar información por la red...

Tags: Packing & gadgets

A CHILD RUNS FREE

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 | By lucafix | Views [422]

Oggi sono un bambino, o meglio un adolescente. Penso alla mia vita, altalenando tra la felicita' di essere giovane ed avere una vita incredibile e piena di sorprese davanti e la depressione per tutti quegli obblighi che mi vengono imposti. Presto saro' ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

Well Wired Transportation

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [793]

Europe is well established with transportation infrastructure, and there are big lessons to be taken from Europe for the states.  Especially in San Diego, where the train runs north to south, and let's you off at stops with no means of getting to critical ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Dog Bowls For Hats?

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [849]

We’ve been to Madrid several times over the past years, so our days here we spend wandering the streets, on breaks from our administrative chores that keep us cooped up in our guest house - the Gran Duque. However, on todays exercise break through ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

11/9/07

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 | By lucafix | Views [409]

Mancano solo 5 giorni...contando le ore che mancano alla partenza e soprattutto alle mie attese vacanze; ma in questa data un pensiero all'attentato delle torri gemelle e' inevitabile; 6 anni fa come oggi ero nel villaggio turistico Ghazala Garden di ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

High Tailing It to Madrid

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [810]

We have only a couple days left in Europe to finish up our blog, calculate and pay estimated taxes, and wrap up bills and other administrative chores.  The lack of information in Tarifa kept us from getting on timely busses, so we caught a mid day ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: Galacia, Spain

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 | By stephwhon | Photo Gallery

Hola

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 | By sophieollie | Views [2023] | Comments [1]

El Contador, Almeria, Spain. Welcome to a world of sunshine, where the almond trees grow, the sky is always blue and the English are invading. We arrived in Spain almost two weeks ago on our Ryan Air flight. After a mad crush to get on the plane ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

First Stop! Barcelona

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 | By annatakesatrip | Views [620]

note: being timed to use the internet, esp. to write about my time here in europe, stresses me out!  i am doing this for you all.  when i was in europe last year, i loved working on my site and fixing my pictures up, but this time around, the last thing ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

No Wind, Why Not Join the Festiva?

Sun, 9 Sep 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [829]

Ok, we're starting to get concerned that bad conditions of water and weather patterns surround us, like some big negative energy force.  We awake this morning, Darrin considering to take another kite-surfing lesson, only to find the wind completely ... Read more >

Tags: Culture