Rota, Spain Travel Blogs

Richting Gibraltar
Sep 5, 2007 (70 photos)

Terug van weggeweest Wat kan het leven je mee zitten, we zijn de grootouders van Isabella geworden en hebben met volle intentie de laatste weken van de zwangerschap van Marieke en de geboorte van Isabella van nabij mee gemaakt. De eerste foto's, de ...

Rota
Aug 13, 2007 (3 photos)

Del 13 al 16 por la mañana, en Rota.

the kindness of strangers
Jun 15, 2007

... within the villa, and mostly between the kitchen and the back door to the beach. Holy week in Spain is of course a massive affair. Rota is not known for its celebrations, but that fact is rather frightening given the elaborate preparation and ceremony ...

Supper Swim Sea Silliness
Oct 15, 2005

On Saturday night, I finished cooking up marinated tofu spears complimented by roasted vegetables then took it over to the bar. The boys gobbled it up and practically licked the plate. I was happy that they enjoyed it especially since Jami is a very picky ...

Escape to the Seaside
Oct 12, 2005

... I ambled off into the small waiting area. Jami and his friend Kevin picked me up then we all drove to his home in Rota. It seems to be a small town with everything pretty much within walking distance. We dropped off my stuff, met his cousin then went off ...

New Planet
Oct 13, 2005

... sun under the sea. We ate on the balcony while watching the stars and moon glitter over the ocean. Since I have come to Spain, I have found this curiously large planet that keeps showing up in the beginning of the night. I reasoned that it cannot be a ...

A spot of sick
Oct 14, 2005

I woke up with a bit of a sore throat and realized that I am on the verge of a sicky. Noooo! Not now! So I pretty much rested and worked. I tried to keep as low profile as possible and even skipped the walk on the beach. It gets really really windy here ...

In the US Navy
Oct 15, 2005

... if they could. Jami said he enrolled just before the war started and wouldn't have made the same choice now. Thye like living in Spain but don't like how the people treat them on a whole. On the upside, they get some really wicked deals for education and ...

fort vic
Aug 13, 2007

work

Duty Station #4: Rota, Spain
Dec 27, 2005

Arrived in Rota alive and insane.

Murphy Girls in Andalucia
May 2, 2008

Rota Feria

The wonderful Rota sunsets
Feb 13, 2009 (6 photos)

Sunsets in Rota are magical.

Rota beach walk
Feb 12, 2009 (7 photos)

After our Naval base tour, we went back to the hotel to rest and get some lunch. We then walked the entire Rota beach boardwalk. I took LOTS of photos, but I am just posting a few of them at this time.

Rota Agosto 2006
Aug 18, 2006 (2 photos)

... ... y ya estamos a Viernes!! Cantabria ha estao fenomenal... quedan dos caminos: Volver a casa, o visitar a unos buenos amigos en Rota. ¿Volver a dónde? ... Esta claro que el coche se va solo a Rota. Unas horitas al volante, música en el CD, sol radiante, el ...

Rota
Mar 15, 2009

Rota: stayed for a week in a beautiful hotel at the beach. Very relaxing!

Rota
Jan 1, 2006

Got stuck here for a couple of days.

Fuel Stop Before going to the med
Jul 17, 1993

fuel

Short Stint though the streets
Sep 8, 2008

After a 9 hour flight in a sardine can of a plane with my squad the sunshine and freshair were amazing. Its was about 85 degrees when we got off the plane and found our rooms. 12 hours till the next flight What to do...? No change of clothes... No access ...

Back to Spain
May 16, 2008

Stayed for another year.

Rota, Spain
Sep 1, 2004

This was a layover trip to catch the next plane enroute to Iraq.

Feria
Apr 28, 2006 (31 photos)

Annual Feria

Rota Naval Base tour
Feb 12, 2009 (6 photos)

... that I arranged to be our base escort at 0900 at the main gate. As it turns out, as the base is now totally run by Spain, so we were very restricted to where we could go and what we could take pictures of. Although we got a car tour of the entire base ...

New Home
May 16, 2008

Stayed here in a commune with friends for about a year and a half.

Our first day in Rota!
Feb 11, 2009 (5 photos)

... morning and got a taxi to pickup our rental car. Ed drove, while I setup my Garmin GPS, which I got a Spain map chip for. We had a great drive to Rota. The weather was perfectly sunny and warm. It was a great drive. We went directly to Playa de la ...

Rota
Nov 13, 2007 (89 photos)

... zijn we met de boot teruggegaan naar Cádiz, kwestie van eens iets anders te nemen qua vervoer en da ging ook sneller. In Rota is er een militaire Amerikaanse basis gelegen (da ge ook kunt zien op de foto's), waardoor er dus veel amerikanen zijn in Rota. ...

Sandbox Sailor Craps Her Pants - Rota layover
Jun 15, 2006

An storm came up along our way to Europe and we had to divert - we ended up stopping over in Rota. It wasn't a long stop but it was long enough to be able to see my family for a few minutes! What a huge treat.