Hotel Catalonia Zaragoza Plaza

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

... they speak Catalan in some areas there. <br><br>Zaragoza is now famous for having hosted World Expo 2008, and according to my guidebook, is the perfect place to perfect the Spanish lisp ... sigh ... the Spanish lisp ... so sweet and so melodic ...<br><br>But the most interesting piece of information I found in my guidebook about Aragon is something called "La Caravan de Mujeres". There are way too many single men in Aragon's small towns, so every so ...

... silver coffin or tomb, but it isn&#8217;t stated whose it is.<br><br>At the end of the church there is the Virgin Mary chapel. It is like a church within a church. We enjoyed our time inside looking at the architect, the wooden doors and the paintings, just a few pictures to look at. It was nice and cool inside.<br><br>We take a hotel for the night as it is now 35+ degrees. We will have a look around again tomorrow.

Boring long day on the A23, highest col 1223m.<br> <br>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".<br><br>35 degree C until light shower cooled us all off.<br><br>Bren washed her hair in the public drinking fountain, starting a trend with the other family.

... Spain - Barcelona, Zaragoza, Madrid then going to Porto in Portugal which doesn't officially have a border crossing you just have a police man come onto the bus and check passports or ID cards if EU Resident, next making our way to the Capital city Lisbon then down to coast to Lagos which was one of the best hostels we stayed at, only 10euros per person/per night and because been the quiet season we had a room to our selves in the morning you have a Portuguese mamma cook you ...

... city. i dare you to just for once over look Barcelona and the costa del crime and head to the cap slap bang in the middle on the peninsular and just let yourself get lost, do El Prado, go to El Retiro, walk around Sol, Fuencarral and Gran Via but most importantly go out for an evening heading away from the touristy Huertas and more towards Malasaña, Chueca, Conde Duque, Lavapies, La Latina (on a Sunday you will be blown away) but not getting wasted before 11 and actually ...

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 ...

... vision of the Virgin Mary on the spot the church was built. Apparently they have a pillar inside that marks the exact spot she appeared on. As a rule I tend to avoid going into religious buildings, partly out of respect for the worshippers, partly because they sometimes have admission fees. However I decided that the exact spot the Virgin Mary supposedly appeared on was probably worth a look, and admission was free. Of course there is no actual evidence the ...

... and stopped. I said "donde? Where are you from?" and he had no idea how to respond. He, of course, ran to the computer room [where his English stuff is] and found his notes. He came back and told me where he was from. We laughed and I said "very well!" (he hasn't learned 'good' yet because they're teaching him the correct way to respond to 'how are you' which is with 'well'). We have fun. I also bonded with my host mom today. She said something ...

... clapping routine that they all seemed to know. I think I got quite a good seat as most of the action seems to happen right in front of me. I chose ones that were near the higher prices range (there are about 15 price options, from 800ptas to about 29000ptas and mine cost 2100pta, or about NZ$25). A guy in the crowd started jumping up and down, causing one of the bulls to try to charge him. The bulls do actually paw the ground before they charge, which is very ...