Destination: Spain

Traveling is not for everyone...

Sun, 4 Jun 2006 | By colleen_finn | Views [1137]

Traveling is definitely not for everyone. I can understand why some people are not keen on the idea of travel when it involves painfully long queues at airports and security checkpoints, and odds in favor of something going wrong, whether it be a delayed ... Read more >

Tags: adventures, planes trains & automobiles, sightseeing

Last of Barc - pt2

Thu, 1 Jun 2006 | By tempest | Views [556]

Retrospective:  1/ 06/ 2006 Continued: Thursday, unfortunately, I missed my plane to Scotland (yeah, yeah: laugh it up!).   I had managed to purchase cheap plane tickets by choosing to leave from an airport further afield.   I arrived at the ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Last of Barc

Thu, 1 Jun 2006 | By tempest | Views [580]

Retrospective:  Written on 1/6/ 2006 - Part 1 (too big to install in a single sitting) Lil ol me in the wilds of Spain & loving it!  If you don't speak Spanish, don't worry too much:  they are very sympathetic over this way because they can't ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

"Barca, Barca, Barca!"

Wed, 31 May 2006 | By tempest | Views [1717]

Ola! If you want to sit on the beach, relax your brain and not be disturbed till your holiday ends, don't come to Barcelona! Don´t get too confused that every second place name here includes the words 'la ramblas:' this literally means ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

First installment, take #3!

Wed, 24 May 2006 | By tempest | Views [439] | Comments [3]

Hola everyone, This place is insane! I can´t get over the colourful collaboration of peoples, the thousands of years of intricately decorated gottica buildings layered in ´rambles´over each other. A feast for the eyes! Just take it easy, hold ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

Gallery: Sights of Sevilla

Tue, 9 May 2006 | By smartin1978 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Easter in Barcelona

Fri, 5 May 2006 | By scottie | Photo Gallery

Easter in Barcelona

Fri, 5 May 2006 | By scottie | Views [1915] | Comments [3]

After departing an hour late it turned out alright, because after we had boarded it was quite a fun trip.  It wasnt free alcohol but everyone was doing the best with most people buying plenty. We(Me and Keato) arrived in barcelona put our bags in the ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Gallery: seville

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 | By stephhef | Photo Gallery

Gallery: granada

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 | By stephhef | Photo Gallery

Gallery: barcelona

Sat, 1 Apr 2006 | By stephhef | Photo Gallery

The best laid plans...

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 | By smartin1978 | Views [1191] | Comments [1]

Sometimes when traveling, things don’t work out the way you plan them to.   This last trip had us feeling like the Griswalds on European Vacation and at times we wondered if anything would go right at all.   How bad could it be?   Well, let’s start ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Tappas, Fireworks, and the like

Thu, 9 Mar 2006 | By stephhef | Views [749]

Hola, Just a quick update for anyone interested. I am currently in Southern Spain in a town called Granada close to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Just arrived today and it is beautiful. I am staying the older part of town with twisting road ways, ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Sweet Home Sevilla

Fri, 3 Feb 2006 | By smartin1978 | Views [977] | Comments [4]

We really lucked out with our apartment in Sevilla.   Our only stipulation when looking was to find a place with a roommate who speaks Spanish.   Brad, our roommate, is actually a New York native who has been living in Sevilla for 13 years.   He ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Intro to Sevilla

Fri, 3 Feb 2006 | By smartin1978 | Views [1090] | Comments [1]

Finally getting to Sevilla meant one thing: finding a new home!   After 8 days of traveling around Spain, we were tired, our clothes were beginning to smell, and we were tired of living out of our backpacks.   When we arrived in Sevilla, we wasted ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing