Gran Hotel España Oviedo

... we could snap a picture with it and submit it to the "Take the Record Along" when we return. In the park, we realized that it was very similar to the Plaza de la Constitucion at home. Complete with a crazy lady talking to herself on a bench, and a man taking a dump in the middle of the park!!<br><br><br><br> We wandered to the Fransiscan church which holds the mortal remains of Pedro Menendez ...

Oviedo is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in Northern Spain. This is the administrative and commercial of the region, also host the annual Price of Austrian Award. This place is also known for education and learning. Oviedo University&#8217;s international campus attracts many foreign scholars from all over the globe.<br><br>Here the top places in Oviedo<br><br>Museum<br>Museo Arqueológico de ...

... muy lejano ibamos a añorar en una larga madrugada.... Salimos a caminar un poco, encontramos arboles enanos sin hojas, estatuas de personas sentadas en un parque o como si caminaran junto a ti, un mercadi infestado de charcuterias que invitaban a darle una mordida a cada pierna de jamon serrano que se nos pusiera en frente. Despues de alucinarnos con todas las tiendas del mercado... X fin llego la hora de los churros deliciosos! Asi se nos paso nuestro primer dia "peninsular ...

... could even tell you exactly where in Spain (or in the case of the fish gutter, Bergen, Norway) to find the most beautiful of each of the above! <br><br>I've grown to love long bus rides like this, not just because of the beautiful bus attendants, but because mindlessly staring out the window at the passing landscape can be quite a therapeutic experience. It's almost like thinking without realizing it, where thoughts ...

Primer Día 6/08/2009<br> <br><br>Primeras horas de Vacaciones.-<br> <br> Aunque el primer día de Vacaciones no pude evitar tener que trabajar las primeras horas de la mañana para finalizar unas tareas y poder salir tranquilamente de viaje.<br> <br> Los niños estan ansiosos por ver a Santi y Juanchi que son los hijos de mis amigos de Venezuela, Jose Roberto Aldariz ( El Negro), a ...

... city of Austrias in Northern Spain. Cathedral of San Salvador is one of the unique architectural designs of the place. In Oviedo history, the city is designated as the center of an original and unique architectural expression, inheritor of Visigothic, Roman and Nordic traditions which was reach its high point during the reign of Ramiro I of Asturias. The cathedral of San ...

This is my last trip in 2008. From Madrid, together with friends, we travelled almost 5 hours to the north coast of Spain - Asturias. This is the mountainous side of the Spanish region which somehow provides a different landscape of green, rocky mountains, valleys and delicious food!

... They look like the toys of the BFG´s baby washed up and scattered on the shore - giving the place quite a unique feel. I spent the day exploring where I´d found myself; wandering through the old town, finding viewpoints, swimming in the sea.. I also scouted out a sports shop and bought a tent for, though I´d found a hostel for that night, it happened to be situated right beside a campsite which put the idea in my head and I thought camping would be ...

... full of men who communicate with other men in that croaky bark that can only have been properly developed over years of passive and active smoking. The streets were filled with deserted hairdressing salons and souvenir shops. The latter extolling the virtues of drinking, eating and having sex, presumably for the hoards of tourists that flock here in the summer months. It certainly didn´t make us feel warm inside ...

... the season. Outside the bullring in Pamplona is a small monument to Ernest Hemingway. He made this city famous in his book Fiesta. Now for a week in July people come from all over the world to get pushed, stamped and crushed on the cobblestoned Pamplona streets. The 800 metre route goes through the heart of the old town, though the runners would probably be oblivious to the neat, attractive buildings. I saw the video of this ...