Zaragoza, Spain 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)

... more ruins before we had a couple bottles of Rioja again for dinner Zaragoza A colleague at work, Maxi, who is from Spain had stated that Zaragoza is a good place to visit. As there was an old Roman aqueduct to see along the way, we decided to go ...

Barcelona - Zaragoza
Jul 4, 2007

Today we all headed off at different times planning to meet at Montserrat a old monastery on and amazing mountain just out of Barcelona (it was amazing but heavily overshadowed by the following occurrences). Half the group got there early and left ...

Biescas, Spain
Dec 8, 2007 (17 photos)

Well we are really on our way now! We arrived in Spain on Tuesday morning having sailed from Portsmouth to Bilbao. We left England on Sunday night in gale force winds so it was a pretty rough crossing. Sam was very seasick and spent most of the 36 hour ...

A nice place..
Jul 27, 2006

... 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 navigate old town area. This is ...

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)

... and love its hard not to find it overwhelming at times and also later the dreading big 30th party with the other tribe that make Zaragoza such a joy to be here, all of Elena's friends, whom again are so great to be with its seems stupid to affiliate them ...

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

... Sunday, we go back to Madrid so I can spend a few days there!  I had met Hector in Switzerland and he invited me to come see Spain!  I swear...on the bus ride here, as we got closer to Zaragoza...I thought I was in Arizona...what do you think???

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)

... Lodosa the same afternoon. Elisa and Xavi, Sara and Ian, and Nathalie and Philippe drove in together from Sara's hometown of Zaragoza, the same city I had first stepped foot in upon arriving to Spain almost a week ago. Elisa was Marta's roommate and dear ...

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

... have packed we have 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 ...

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

... my Spanish side one more, I caught another Espanya Liga game at a local bar, with FC Barce taking on Villareal. Zaragoza is a pleasant enough little place. In the morning I returned to the Plaza del Pillar before wandering aimlessly through the streets, ...

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

... mentioned, 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 ...

Tharagotha
Apr 11, 1999

... absolutely nothing to do here except read the timetables. I am going to try something a bit tricky and get off in Zaragoza instead of Barcelona. It sounds quite nice. Words like "gracias" are somewhat hard to pronounce. The 'c' is pronounced like a ...

Zaragoza
Jul 5, 2006 (15 photos)

... 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 practice my spainish at all with the ...

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

... there's nothing taking place in the middle of it all, and seems a bit soulless.  Sitting outside, I realized that Zaragoza is missing something ... it's missing that special something that all Spanish towns seem to have.   I finished up my ...

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

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Zaragoza
Mar 19, 2008

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