Camping Ciudad De Zaragoza

... streets and some clear and sane mind, we found a camping site to park our RV in spend a night....

I found Zaragoza very quiet town. It's got a big cathedral and a square in front of it, statue of Goya and few other nice things.

But at night it's completely different. Lots of people on the streets, bars start filling at 7 p.m. and are full until 3 a.m. So, for us it was - Party time!!!

... br>Zaragoza is ... hot - well over 30 degrees! Luckily, there is a fair bit of shade in the old town, so I tried to stay relatively cool as I made it over to the hostel. There was a 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. Unfortunately, Zaragoza didn't seem ...

... sign on the bridge says 15.23 and 33 degrees, yes, it is very hot. We walk past some Roman shop ruins and their great sewage system. There is a statue of Caesar Augustus with stone arched walls behind him. Some of the brick work here is the influence of the Muslim era.

The Basilica de Nuestra Sra. Del Pilar is really beautiful outside, with statues along the top, colourful tiles on the roof and about ...

Boring long day on the A23, highest col 1223m.

Looking for aire in Zaragoza when Brits James, Clare and Katie in their motorhome took us under their wing to the park they'd already stayed in. Left over from 2008 water based expo, with typically spanish rusty iron "sculpture".

35 degree C until light shower cooled us all off.

Bren washed her hair in the public drinking fountain, starting a trend with the other family.

... us to a carpet shop where we looked at carpets and had mint tea, no body bought anything and the sales men got very grumpy and pretty much made us leave, at this stage we thought we had lost our guide as he wasn't happy as didn't get his commission from lunch also no commission from carpets so we thought he'd done a runner, but we finally found him Chris and Gary asked if he can take us to a local market so we can buy food for dinner, but we managed to somehow get back to the ...

... when "the k dog"was over in Madrid last weekend in one of his many outbursts he inviting all of them over to London for the weekend to which they responded "how many of us can you handle"... i cant help but feel responsible. Well next stop ilkeston/Nottingham/London that is after the unavoidable last kisses and hugs from the Spain leg, but i assure you, with so many good times had and so much love displayed in an abundance i really would not want it any other way. To England!!

We said goodbye to our wonderful host Sylvia in Guadalahara. The morning light and warmth felt like late May back home. We took to the A2/E90 heading NE towards Zaragoza. One hour later we turned off the highway to visit an old Roman fort on the top of a mountain with a spectacular view, Mendinacellini. Structures ...

... have said that without delving into Medieval history but I just got a little carried away and I can't be bothered to delete all that now I've written it. I then went down to the wonderfully painted Bull fighting arena, again closed for the season, and the square next to it that apparently has quite a bloody history. The French attacked the city in 1808 and a group of local women picked up their knives and slaughtered a group of French cavalry in the ...

... So Saturday, I was supposed to hang out with Paco but I literally slept the whole day. My sister Maria is like the funnest person ever but when she's in town I get really homesick because I miss my sister. Anyway I woke up at like 10:30 because Maria was getting ready to go out and my parents were like 'are you okay?' my host mom and I talked because she knows that I sleep when I'm upset and I told her that I missed my sister. She said I needed to get out of the house. I was like 'I ...

... band) scroll. Covering the whole stadium is an elaborate canvas roofing with lighting and loudspeakers jacked up. The natural lighting (it is 4.45pm) which is allowed through gives the whole arena an almost eerie, dusky glow. The atmosphere is fantastic - all around me men in their suits and berets are smoking pungent cigars and greeting each other with kisses on both cheeks. The women are very stylishly dressed. Everyone seems to know each other - it appears to be ...