La Alberca

Travel Blogs from La Alberca, Spain and Canary Islands

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From Lost to the River, La Alberca, Spain travel blog

From Lost to the River

A travel blog entry by coblentz

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... exclamation, "I'll sleep when I am dead!"   During our recent linguistic and cultural adventure in La Alberca, an old village in Western Spain, Casey and I learned a lot about the Spanish language, and concomitantly, a great deal about the ...

From Lost to the River, La Alberca, Spain travel blog

From Lost to the River

A travel blog entry by coblentz

... exclamation, "I'll sleep when I am dead!"   During our recent linguistic and cultural adventure in La Alberca, an old village in Western Spain, Casey and I learned a lot about the Spanish language, and concomitantly, a great deal about the ...

one bad egg, La Alberca, Spain travel blog

one bad egg

A travel blog entry by skye

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... , so there was much dancing and drinking and general merriment. A good finish to the day anyway! Tuesday morning we walked in to La Alberca and had a tour of the village, which I had on the previous time I was here. So halfway through a few of us ditched ...

fiesta, La Alberca, Spain travel blog

fiesta

A travel blog entry by skye

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... idea! Then last night was game 2 for Spain in the World Cup, so the dinner hour was rearranged so we could watch the game. Spain of course won, which led in very well to the fiesta afterward. Most people managed to stay up for it, and everyone had a ...

covert ops, La Alberca, Spain travel blog

covert ops

A travel blog entry by skye

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... crucial elements of sex, lies and betrayal. What more can you ask for in 15 minutes? Later that night a bunch of us headed in to La Alberca for one last night at the disco. We even managed to drag Barb along, who got out on the dance floor with all of ...

the end of another week, La Alberca, Spain travel blog

the end of another week

A travel blog entry by skye

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... too much, lounging by the pool or on my air mattress (which has made it all the way from Croatia to Spain!), talking, lots of talking, laughing, and just generally having an amazing week! Cheers to the staff who were amazing, Esther as our PD and Brian as ...

La Alberca - round 2, La Alberca, Spain travel blog

La Alberca - round 2

A travel blog entry by skye

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... along the way he gave us a mini-history and tour of the area, from the various occupations of Spain to the religious history (Spain has been Muslim, Jewish and Catholic!) and various points of interest. He also works as a guide in the south of Spain, so ...

back in Spain, La Alberca, Spain travel blog

back in Spain

A travel blog entry by skye

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... then dinner, and after he drove me around Madrid showing me some of the sights! A fabulous personal tour guide :) And now, I am at La Alberca doing a second program for Pueblo Ingles. It's a different facility than Valdalavilla, much newer, with only 2 ...

Talking With Guiris, La Alberca, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Talking With Guiris

A travel blog entry by murse

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... himself for an hour while pounding glass after glass of wine.  We get a little Flamenco performance and plan to meet tomorrow for the bus to La Alberca.       We stand around waiting for the bus while other Anglos begin to ...

another one bites the dust, La Alberca, Spain travel blog

another one bites the dust

A travel blog entry by skye

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... afternoon away! Fantastic. During the evening O2O Manuel took a few of us to a nearby town called San Martin.It's gorgeous! While La Alberca is very pretty, it is also quite touristy with lots of souvenir shops etc. San Martin is not touristy at all, ...

My National Park Hostel/Resort, La Alberca, Spain travel blog

My National Park Hostel/Resort

A travel blog entry by archerboy

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... checked in. First impressions of the location were, wow! I'm in the middle of national park bushland, sorounded by trees and completly isolated. First impressions on the accomodation itself were, wow! This is a resort not a hostel. I had my own ...

The Most Amazing Volunteer Opportunity EVER, La Alberca, Spain travel blog

The Most Amazing Volunteer Opportunity EVER

A travel blog entry by shariandbob

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... That sounded intriguing so we researched it and applied from Greece. Fortunately, they approved our applications and we all-of-a-sudden had plans in Spain. The timing worked out perfectly because the program started two days after we already had ...

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