Zaragoza, Spain and Canary Islands Travel Blogs

Touching the sacred place
Mar 7, 2005 (3 photos)

We had a huge drive across to Zaragoza. The landscape changed from a green to an arid kind of desert look. There didn't seem to be much else to see in Zaragoza except for the Basilica de Nuestra Senora del Pilar. Local legend says that an image of the ...

Spain in 5 days
Mar 9, 2005 (7 photos)

... to see them. We were kicked out of there as it was closing, so we went back to Girona for dinner. Rioja Summary Being in Spain and catching up with Zonth was good, but, and there is always a but, everyone chain smokes to much for my liking and there ...

Barcelona - Zaragoza
Jul 4, 2007

... around cities) and then they just about ran out of gas (not a good start to a long day!) we finally arrived saw the place and zeke still wasn't there. He finally rang to say his van was almost dead so we found him and his exhaust was sheared off at the ...

Biescas, Spain
Dec 8, 2007 (17 photos)

... a really good play area and they got to watch loads of Disney movies so they were happy! When we got to Spain it was lovely, the sun was out and it was really warm and has been ever since. Its like spring - very welcome after what we left in England! We ...

A nice place..
Jul 27, 2006

... was Zaragoza. This just goes to show you that sometimes you just need to throw out the good old LP and do things the old fashioned way. By dumb luck. Zaragoza is a fantastic place. It´s a city of about a half million people, with a beautiful and easy to ...

Marta and John's Rehearsal Dinner
Sep 30, 2006 (57 photos)

Time: 21:00, The eve of the wedding Place: Lodosa, SPAIN Event: THE REHEARSAL DINNER Throughout the last two days, the frequency of drop-in visitors and family members had been increasing dramatically. The doorbell and telephone in Marta's house kept ...

Sensational, Sunny Spain
Sep 25, 2006 (49 photos)

... in Italian while savoring a Pizza Margherita and Italian panino followed by a delicious cappuccino. In the evening, I arrived in Zaragoza, Spain, where I was using my Spanish while enjoying some more café - un cortado (which was a Spanish espresso with a ...

It all begins here in Mañaland
Mar 21, 2009 (7 photos)

... much to the content, but today it does as we are about to go and join our 2nd and 3rd birthday party of the day, and as Zaragoza has become an integral part of my life through Elena i am again well up for getting right amongst it with my second family, ...

Spain, por favor
Sep 5, 2008 (19 photos)

... night train from Paris to Madrid and then met up with Hector...we took a bus to his home town of Zaragoza.  I am staying in his childhood home tonight and tomorrow night.  Tomorrow day I am going to the World Expo that is here while he goes to ...

La Posada y las Almas
Apr 3, 2008

... el AVE. Sí que es alta velocidad, ¡íbamos a 300kms/h!. Ahora, nos costó un ojo de la cara. Llegamos a la estación de Zaragoza totalmente impresionados por su tamaño y servicios. Se ve que la introducción del AVE y que este verano celebran la Expo han traído un ...

FIESTAS DEL PILAR
Oct 12, 2005 (29 photos)

Every year on the 12th of October the Aragonese capital of Zaragoza becomes a place of celebration and tribute to the Virgin of Pilar. Today all of España participates in celebrations to honor Pilar, it is a national holiday and so since everyone is ...

Zaragoza, festival de la virgen Pilar
Oct 12, 2005 (49 photos)

I went to Zaragoza today with a group of other students because it is a holiday that originates in Zaragoza so there are traditional festivities here throughout the day. It was an overcast day, with a little rain, but still a fun time!

Marta and John's Wedding in Lodosa, Spain
Sep 30, 2006 (72 photos)

... group courageously stayed back until the sun rose. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 Madrid, SPAIN I had a blast in Spain, and Marta and John's wedding was immensely fun. I am now preparing to leave Europe and travel back to the continent, from which I ...

Pamplona/Zaragoza
Nov 1, 2006 (4 photos)

... ich auch einiges besser als Toledo. Am Samstag gingen ich dann mit Philipp und ein paar seiner Freunde weiter nach Zaragoza ans Festival del Pilar. Das ist eins dieser grossen Feste für das Spanien bekannt ist. Einfach eine Woche lang durchfesten. ...

Old Age Pension
Apr 2, 2008 (5 photos)

... , its gleaming efficiency and strangely trampless concourse are a testament to how the preparations for the Expo are going. In Zaragoza, people speak proper (Castellano) Spanish, so Virg feels more at home and as we walk through the streets looking for ...

FIESTAS DEL PILAR: La corrida de toros
Oct 12, 2005 (22 photos)

... it than just reading about it in books. I went to the Plaza de Toros de la Misericordia--where the bullfights take place in Zaragoza--there were three matadores, one of which I was told is quite famous and is ranked among the best matodores in the world; ...

FRYING EGGS ON THE SIDEWALK IN Zaragoza, Spain
Jun 14, 2009 (25 photos)

... to get us to and around Barcelona.  They are pretty cheap and short ones.  We are on our way to Zaragoza on the west side of Spain.  We go through farm land, then fruit orchards, we couldn't figure out what they grown, but there are lots of ...

the departure
Jul 23, 2007

... all docs ready and after months of being preparing, searching, reading , consulting...we were about to leave Spain. We left Zaragoza, we had lunch with my parents and bothers in Alberite (La Rioja) and we went in the afternoon to pick up our friends to San ...

Zaragoza - Not As French As I Thought It Would Be
Dec 4, 2005 (15 photos)

... on times and destinations. So I waited a couple of hours, filling up on coffee and pastries, waiting for the bus back to Spain and Barcelona. On arrival in Barce, luckily a connecting bus to the town of Zaragoza was only a few minutes away, so complete ...

Zaragoza
Mar 30, 2008

Zaragoza

Bullfights
Apr 12, 1999

Wow! Here I am at the bullfights. Just wandering around Zaragoza I thought I'd have a look at the Plaza del Tores, just on the off chance it might be open. Not only was it open but the activities were not far away from starting. It is housed in a ...

A nice little town
Jul 27, 2006

... there were several Roman ruins including a small amphitheater and parts of an huge Forum that I took a look at. Also, in Zaragoza Nate and I did another choose your own adventure day (aka we were about to rip each other´s heads off). It was really quite ...

Tharagotha
Apr 11, 1999

... occasionally stop in the middle of nowhere for 15-20 minutes before lurching back into life. I managed to get off at Zaragoza and just around the corner from the station was a pension called 'Fondo Miramar', recommended in Rough Guide. I liked the ...

Zaragoza
Jul 5, 2006 (15 photos)

... seems like most in these town are immagrants lots of africans like right from africa and blonde hair and such, as well there are several spanish languages within spain, that a re not spainish, so its kinda interesting, really havnt had much chance to ...

I had a Mary Moment
Aug 31, 2009 (25 photos)

... bit of a wait to check in, as there was a shift change taking place.  I dumped off my bag, and was off to sightsee.  Zaragoza is famous for La Basilica de Nuestra Senora del Pilar, a massive edifice looking over an even more massive plaza.  ...

Spain 1998
Jun 7, 2007

Roadtrip.

Is it always to be like this..?
Jun 1, 2008

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mi familia
Sep 18, 2007

18.9.07 my family is absolutely wonderful. we have such a good relationship and it makes this experience so much better. i met a spanish boy the other night and he keeps calling my house and my dad keeps making fun of me for it. my american friend, dan, ...

Zaragoza
Mar 19, 2008

Zaragoza

Zaragoza
Mar 19, 2008

Zaragoza