Destination: Spain

There and back again...

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 | By colleen_finn | Views [885]

So here we are, my final entry for this trip. My luggage never did make it to my hotel. Instead, this morning when I returned to the airport to catch my flight home, I stopped in the baggage terminal and lo-and-behold: there it stood, in a sea of other ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles, relaxation, sightseeing

Gallery: Summer 06 Barcelona

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 | By matsmith | Photo Gallery

Barcelona, and the story begins

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 | By matsmith | Views [462]

The story begins with deciding to go to work in Spain. Then applying for jobs in Spain. Then getting a job in Pamplona. Before starting the job we thought it'd be good to spend some time on holiday and thought that Barcelona could be that place! what ... Read more >

Tags: barcelona, flamenco

Nothing but coffee and the clothes on my back...

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 | By colleen_finn | Views [1174]

I believe that my first entry in this summer’s journal said something to the effect of ‘travel is not for everyone.’ Funny how that is how my journal began—and now that I am preparing to end my journey, that is also how it will end. When I arrived in ... Read more >

Tags: adventures, planes trains & automobiles

Gallery: Barcelona

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 | By evagore | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Andalucian Tranquility: Part Two.

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 | By tempest | Photo Gallery

Andalucian Tranquility: Part Two.

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 | By tempest | Views [1600]

The next evening I found myself in Cadiz, dropped off by the most hospitable resident in all of Andalusia, Pablo, who gave me a quick tour of the town and insisted I come stay with him and his family in Sevilla after I´d seen Cadiz.  I took his number ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Andalucian Tranquility: Part One

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 | By tempest | Photo Gallery

Andalucian Tranquility: Part One.

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 | By tempest | Views [1547]

"Is it morning already¨?" Consciousness seeped in through my fuzziness and revealed the wafting beachcomber voices and brilliant sunshine to actually be a bright torch brandished by a pair of Andalucian policemen babbling at me in Spanish.... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

¿Spain Without A Map? Part 2.

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 | By tempest | Views [1463]

Our first night in Algeciras we slept near the beach three in the car again and awoke early for a morning swim at the beach before cleaning and returning the car.  After a few hours of nervously driving around this overcrowded Spanish port town unable ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Halo from the Spanish Capital

Wed, 9 Aug 2006 | By jenko7 | Views [502]

In Madrid at the present and it´s damn hot. Took a bus tour of the city today and saw all the main sites while yesterday we went to the Bernabau which is the stadium Real Madrid play at. We did the stadium tour and museum while we were there. Previously ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

Gallery: Barcelona easy

Wed, 9 Aug 2006 | By tempest | Photo Gallery

¿Spain Without A Map? Part One.

Wed, 9 Aug 2006 | By tempest | Views [1490]

From the Boom festival in Portugal to a week in Morocco:  boy, do plans have a habit of changing!  My day bag was already packed of a weeklong camping festival in Portugal, so it was a small matter to swap a few items to be more suited to a week of hotels ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Barcelona easy.

Sun, 6 Aug 2006 | By tempest | Views [1505]

On Saturday I woke up late and headed to Barcelona beach for a few hours for some sun, surf and a much needed 5 euro Thai massage. There I bumped into some friends I knew from the last time I was in Barcelona in May, who invited me to come to a nightclub ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

Just another monday

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 | By auspep | Views [864] | Comments [1]

After some drunken and hung-over messaging on Saturday night and Sunday morning, I thought I had my Monday sorted. No.   Even though I went to bed early on Sunday, because I was still recovering from Saturday, I didn’t get much sleep. The thick of ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures