Hotel Calatayud
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Stopover in a Lovely Town
We decided that we needed a stopover on our journey from L'Escala to Madrid, a trip of nearly eight hours, and consulted a map of Spain to decide where it would be best to stop. The criteria included: must be over halfway along our journey so that we only had a shortish drive to Madrid, and be near the Motorway.
Calatayud fits both of the …
El Parque Grande de Zaragoza
... park, she told us that parks like these you usually pay to go in.
There are 129 stairs going up to the top...yes, I counted!
After the park, Marta and I came back to my place for tacos and sangria! I was craving the tacos since they dont usually eat them in Spain. We had fun hanging out and watching a movie, and getting ready for our trip to ...
El Cierzo!!
... kind of like flaminco, It was fun....a bit hard to learn because the teacher didnt really teach the steps thoroughly. Most of the people that went knew the dance a bit. I figure Ill catch on if I go enough. We also did bachata and a bit of salsa too. yay! I danced more this time. Also saw a few familiar faced and a few cute faces too....haha. Will for sure be going back next ...
Park of Falls
... a lot of rainbow trout in them.
We then headed out to Valencia and it didn't take us too long to make it back to Javier's apartment where we would stay for the next few nights. We played Picu Picu which was a fun game to play with up to 6 people and then headed off to bed. It was a bit difficult to sleep as it was hot and humid that night. Hopefully it wouldn't be for the entire stay!
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Monasterio de la Piedra (See Park of Falls)
This is just a pin to show where the Monasterio de la Piedra is located. It is a bit tricky to find, but Javier and Maria did a great job in getting us there in record time and in one piece! See blog entry titled Park of Falls for more details about our trip to this beautiful Monastery and Natural Waterfall ...