Travel Blogs from Spain and Canary Islands
Barcelona, Spain Day 3 - Tibidabo
This is a top pick! ... of the mountain, ... the rides and shows and restaurants are on six different levels, all connected with various stairs, paths, and elevators. 'Tibidabo' comes from the Latin phrase where Satan tempts Jesus in the desert by offering him 'all of this'. ...
Barcelona, Spain Day 5 - La Sagrada Familia
This is a top pick! ... gawkin'. Kids get McD's. Back to the apartment for our bags, and we walk to the train station about 1 mile away. I'm sweating and stressing a bit ... worried the thugs that gave me problems a couple of days ago might spot my bald head again as we ...
Spain Day 20 - Mas Amigos
This is a top pick! ... complex includes a beautiful palace atop a hill (that was once used by royalty as a vacation home), a small zoo, a large playground, and a great family friendly beach complete with a slide from the park down to the sandy beaches. Just our lucky day, ...
Spain Day 9 - Vamos a Pamplona
This is a top pick! ... , and decide to head home ... where Alfredo and Marta cook us up an awesome lunch. Mixed salad (our best salad since arriving to Spain, and that is saying A LOT!), fresh baked fish, and red peppers that are the area's specialty. And then, we all sleep for ...
Spain Day 17 - Friends from home & Santander
This is a top pick! ... across the street at the bar. Bob and Rachel been running NON-STOP on their whirlwind tour of all of Southern Spain and so the quiet tranquility of our little village is just what the doctor ordered. I head in to work for two hours, and ...
Nine Months Down, On the Homestretch, Again
This is a top pick! ... much Spanish, I have maneuvered my way around a lot of this city and a lot of the province. I came to Spain to do the Camino. And I just might do a Camino some day – most likely a different, less popular one - for those of you turned ...
Holy Hot Toledo!
This is a top pick! ... - do it - it is that nice. Because I have the luxury of time and am just starting to burn off the last of my days in Spain, and because I am too tired and lazy to fight the crowds and try and see Granada and Barcelona in a week, I am taking the Slow ...
Europe: the final countdown
This is a top pick! ... for we suspect some locals and the English in the summer? The kids seemed to think the Spanish go to the Canary Islands in the summer. According to Montsie, Pineda has less of the young drinking tourists and more families, so very nice and gentle. ...
Spain Day 6 - Vamos a San Sebastian!
This is a top pick! ... lunch reservations tomorrow. Can't wait! *** PS - side note .. I was finally able to upload the video we made of our home in Pie de Concha. Its under the Spain Day 5 entry now, titled The GRAND TOUR! If you haven't seen the video yet, go check it ...
Barcelona, Spain Day 4 - Free Museums for us!
This is a top pick! ... (the main reason we were going to go), and a recreation of all the different types of pueblos that can be found throughout Spain (I'm forgetting the name of this place at the moment). Instead, we decide to visit three nearby museums, find a place for the ...
Spain Day 12 - Back home
This is a top pick! ... in Sacramento right now (plus the AC went out at the office). The good news is that our Spain home exchange friends took a trip down south for a week, and hopefully when they return there will be some improvement. This morning, we end up enjoying a nice ...
Spain Day 3 - BBQ & Orena
This is a top pick! ... is free ... but only to the girls in the program. Basically, Billabong did an online promotion giving food, entertainment, and free surf lessons to women in Spain. They are doing like 6 stops.We just happened to hit the stop here in Northern Spain. I ...
What I learned on the Camino.....
This is a top pick! ... the afternoon to explore Pamplona and get credentialed. Pamplona was very cold but very beautiful. If there is a recession in Spain, I have yet to see any evidence of it anywhere. Pamplona seems to be a big University city – ...
Spain Day 1 - Chillax ... and stupid Asher
This is a top pick! ... with roughly $2k worth of stuff. Perfect. Now listen. I'm not one who gets freaked out often. I'm tall (particularly in Spain), a pretty big guy, and tend to feel comfortable just about anywhere. I did grow up in the 'hood ... .... but this was ...
Spain Day 15 - Calzada Romana
This is a top pick! ... (which we later found out is only served as dessert with a full 'menu del dia'). They do things a lot differently here in Spain, particularly in restaurants. At first, it was cool to experience the different culture ... but at this point, I have to say I ...
Barcelona, Spain Day 2 - Beaches & a scary evening
This is a top pick! ... by walking quickly, gives the two fingers to his eyes and then to my laptop, and say, "Cuidado, eh?". ... "Si...", I acknowledge. "Gracias." ... and I put my laptop in my back pack and head towards home ... and just as I see the door to my apartment ...
Spain Day 7 - La Sociedad
This is a top pick! ... ... bread. Another group is half way through eating their salad. I'm drooling. Jaione (native San Sebastian ... Basque) and Inigo (from Southern Spain) have taken all of the work out of the experience for us. By email before our arrival, Jaione had ...
It's Always Sunny in Mallorca
This is a top pick! What can I begin with here? It is such a relief to be really enjoying myself. I finally left the UK for sunny Spain, and I won't look back from here after having the time of my life. But first I spent a few days in Wales. Cardiff was a very nice city. ...
A New Record - hours in the air
This is a top pick! ... be my South American accent! So the week in review….. Monday, Uruguay, Tuesday, Argentina, Wednesday, Argentina, Thursday, France, Holland and Spain…..and it is not even Friday yet!!!! So, this cheap routing only took 26 hours, bed to bed, I ...
Disney's inspiration
This is a top pick! ... was perfect for photos as we walked by the old aquaduct on our way to the old town of Segovia. We took many photos and admired the roman construction. We climbed the stairs of the old city walls and strolled though the many narrow streets of the old ...
Spain day 21 - The Painted Forest
This is a top pick! ... only active language with no links to any of the ancient languages) to food to music to ... well, everything. I won't be shouting "SPAIN!" here during photo ops, that's for dang sure. Parking is tough in this little city. We have a funny encounter ...
Spain Day 5 - 100% Pie de Concha
This is a top pick! ... up to a place in the mountains where the only trace of civilization was the large bridge in the distance (their highways in Northern Spain are all really nice). Other than that it was just beautiful green mountains, with the sound of a creek below, and a ...
Welcome home! (Spain Exchange arrival)
This is a top pick! ... were pretty straight forward. Wake up at 9am to pack our bags and hit the street at 10am, catch a bus to the airport, and be en route to Spain at 12:30pm. Now that I'd met Chris Crowley, we simply needed to wake up one hour earlier to add a quick stop by ...
A collection of untold stories from the road.
This is a top pick! ... lot throughout the night. On our way home early in the morning, we met about ten local musicians in a Vallenato band. And since I really like Vallenato, I decided to rent the whole band for a two hour morning jam session outside the Charleston Cartagena ...
Spain Day 11 - Bilbao
This is a top pick! ... . We covered every square inch of the place! We take a break after several hours of the Guggenheim (which doesn't allow photography, and therefore no photos from inside). A nice walk to another restaurant. Our original plan is to take a tram to another ...
I need to learn Spanish...
This is a top pick! ... comfortable here in Madrid. It's sad to leave, both the city and wonderful friends that I have made here. Everywhere I have been in Spain strengthens my resolve to return, next time for a much longer period. So, to the top 5. Tomorrow I go to South ...