Destination: Spain

More Tales from the Catalan Capital

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 | By tara_and_paul_go_travelling | Views [693] | Comments [1]

Okay the Sagrada is amazing, and if you ever get the opportunity it is an awesome experience visually, architecturally and spiritually.  It is also a great way to tone up your abdominal muscles, practice avoidance of other people looking up at the vaulted ... Read more >

Photos: SHANGHAI

Fri, 8 Jul 2011 | By julpab | Photo Gallery

Barcelona 2011 Part 2

Tue, 5 Jul 2011 | By tara_and_paul_go_travelling | Views [559]

Not quite sure where we got up to but I think that we might have had 2 days in this great city which means that it was time for the SAGRADA!! Oh yeah all of those people at Worley mark this day as soon Paul Rolfe will be archiving the 1999 photo that ... Read more >

Photos: Spain - Leg 1 - Atlantic Coast

Sun, 3 Jul 2011 | By matt_tani | Photo Gallery

Barcelona 2011

Sat, 2 Jul 2011 | By tara_and_paul_go_travelling | Views [656]

OK so it is nearly 6pm on our last day in Barcelona and even though we thought that we would be able to get a few comments in before now it just has not happened.  If some of you out there are unaware there is actually one or two things to do in this ... Read more >

Art History 101: Altamira (and now Pech Merle)

Thu, 9 Jun 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [2152]

It’s only two kilometers from the bus stop in Santillana del Mar to the Altamira Museum and Cave but you arrive 20,000 years in the past.   Stone Age humans, cave men, occupied Altamira for 8,000 years and left behind drawings and polychrome ... Read more >

Oviedo: the City Lonely Planet Forgot

Wed, 8 Jun 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1978]

Lonely Planet doesn’t even mention Oviedo!   Probably because it doesn’t have a beach.   That’s too bad for Oviedo, but good for us.   It is the most livable place we have seen in Spain and we liked it even more than Leon, despite the ... Read more >

Photos: Spain (The North Coast)

Sat, 4 Jun 2011 | By vagabonds | Photo Gallery

Pilgrims' Progress

Fri, 3 Jun 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1072]

Some come alone, others travel in organized groups, and most walk in twos and threes.   Some ride bikes but the majority are on foot.   They come from Spain and France, from England and Germany.   A few are from North America.   Some cover ... Read more >

Las Medulas and Lugo

Thu, 2 Jun 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1533]

The Roman Empire covered a vast area from Turkey to Spain.  Two Romans sites, Las Medulas and Lugo, lie between Leon and Santiago de Compostela.   We decided on day trips to visit the sites: west from Leon for Las Medulas and east from Santiago for ... Read more >

Leon

Wed, 1 Jun 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1040]

Leon is one of those places you like from the first moment.   The train station is just across the river from the city and when we couldn’t find a taxi we decided to walk towards the cathedral.    That’s when we began to ... Read more >

Vive La Differencia!

Tue, 31 May 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1288]

A friend recently asked us how Europe differs from the USA?   Well, this is what we have noticed so far – about Spain, at least.   We are now in Leon in the northern section and tonight it is really chilly.   It is also bright as day at 9 PM, ... Read more >

Burgos, Worth a Stop

Mon, 30 May 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1197]

There is a town in northern Spain called Burgos that you probably haven’t heard of.   It is another stop on the Way of St. James pilgrimage and its cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.   The Spanish hero, El Cid, was stationed and is ... Read more >

Pamplona

Fri, 27 May 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [1254]

The farther the train carried us from Barcelona, the more this felt like Spain.   Not Hemmingway’s Spain – that’s long gone – but the cityscape we had grown used to changed to fields of wheat, vegetables, grapes and fruit trees and small towns ... Read more >

Photos: Spain (Pamplona to Santiago de Compostela)

Thu, 26 May 2011 | By vagabonds | Photo Gallery