Del Val Jaen

... north and headed back inland on a four lane Autoroute. Within 50 km the temperature went up 5°C to 35. It continued to climb as we went closer to Jaen near our destination, where it reached 44°C. Hot no? Jess, eets wery hot. Een fact, eets hot for dees espanisha peoples too.

We stopped to fuel up and took off to re-enter the Autoroute. We must have taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque because the gas station road didn’ ...

... back down to Granada, spend one night in a Hostel, and then catch an overnight train to Barcelona, where we plan to spent a good bit of time. By the way... sorry about the lack of photos lately... we've still been taking quite a few pictures, the problem is that... well the problem is that I don't feel like going through the whole process of transfering them, picking out the good ones, re-sizing and then uploading them. Maybe tomorrow :-)

... shucks).  We took a bus to Cazorla in the morning, then had to wait a long time for the mini bus that takes people out into the park itself.  The mini bus dropped us off a couple kilometers from our campsite, so we hiked in and set up camp. We were a little bored, and things got a little silly.  (Those are my knees.  Really Really, just my knees).  I think I ...

... to practice and we've even learned a couple of good idioms and a few dirty words, which is always handy. They manage to work a tiny lesson into almost every topic we discuss, without disrupting the flow of conversation. Since there is not a whole lot to "see and do" in Ubeda, we've also had some extra free time to lounge out on their gorgeous patio and improve our tans. We've also taken some day trips outside of Ubeda. More to come soon...

... here before last year, and Italy won, because they have the better goalie. Both Paco and Jose slouched in defeat when the whistle blew at the end of the second over time. But all was not lost, Spain ended up blocking TWO of Italy´s penalty kicks, and Italy only blocked one of Spain's, so Spain won in the end. And there was much rejoicing. At least in Spain. One of the Spanish fans in the stadium held up a sign that read¨"CIAO ITALIA", and that ...

So the other day I decided to take a day trip to Jaén which is only about an hour from Granada . A lively university town with about 100,000 inhabitants, the province of Jaén is the #1 producer of olives (oil) in the world! Needless to say, from an elevated point in the city, you see endless fields of olive trees in every direction that you look. Not being a major tourist destination of Andalucia like Sevilla or Granada , there is a lot to see in ...

... to call the bank in the morning, not realizing that the next day was Sunday. We felt that the most responsible thing to do would be to stay another night and spend as little as possible because we only had so much money ($40 US equals roughly 120 Soles), but after half a day there we decided we couldn't stand the place anymore. The mini-bus driver told us he´d take us to Jaén for 9 soles total so we walked 6 blocks back ...

... parade passed by. It started out with three pairs of flag-bearers, which were followed by a man on what appeared to be a horse. Of course, he wasn't actually riding a horse. It was mechanized somehow, but it looked incredibly real. This knight of sorts was followed by guys dressed up as demons carrying fireworks. I have to admit, they were pretty scary-looking. At this point in the ...

... pictures of the place when she went to visit it so she was able to show me what it looked like. For a complete description continue reading. The Ayuntamiento was pretty boring. Suffice it to say that I realized that I needed an address to complete the process...another thing I had to wait to do. Fortunately, the guy filled out the paperwork as much as possible, and told me how to fill out the rest of it when I had the info so that I could ...

... train station. After asking several people for directions, I bought a train ticket to Jaén, and made it to the metro that would take me to the station. The catch was, I didn't know which stop was mine. So here I am in the train station with luggage that's so heavy I can just barely manage it and I am looking around for some kind of sign that will tell me what stops this subway train will make and where exactly I am. The man ...