Hotel Inca Zaragoza

So I don't know if you realized this but if you look at the map, Zaragoza is in the opposite direction of Portugal. In fact, its half way to Madrid and Barcelona. Well, you all must be asking yourselves "why are they going in that direction"? After driving for 4 hours we asked ourselves that very same thing! You see, to get to campsites we use t...

Spent another night on a parking lot near the city centre. When trying to find a decent place to park our van near all the sights, we got caught up in a lybyrinth of narrow streets, filled with cars (sometimes even in the middle of the crossings...). Well, Boštjan is a very good driver, but my nerves are not as good as I thought.

Wit...

Those of you that know Mary, know that for some strange reason, the most bizarre, random, and embarrassing things happen to her, and only her ... until today. We call them Mary Moments, and this morning, I had a very bad one of my own.

I woke up and noticed that a bunch of shoes, clothing, toiletries, etc. were scattered about the floor d...

June 14, Sunday

I think I lost a day somewhere along the line. Anyway we left this morning after a long wait for the woman to come at 10, she was late, as the elderly man on the reception did not know how to take a credit card payment. So much for being ready to leave 1 hour before our scheduled time, we left late.

We are on toll h...

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.
Saragossa, Aragon, Spain davebren

Thought it was about time we wrote a blog about our trip as many of you wont be on facebook and be able to see all the photos. So a brief overview of the last few weeks of our month in Spain and Portugal and the first couple of weeks in Morocco. We decided we would do the West Africa trip as we enjoyed Nairobi to Cape Town over Christmas/New Yea...

So here we are we finally made it to the start of the trip, well still in the despedida really (which has to be a record as we are getting almost into a month of saying goodbye, spending quality time together for the "last" time with friends and family or having conversations about how it will be like we never left with the use of all the intern...

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 1000 years old built of dry fit...

13.10.2007 sorry I've been incredibly neglectful during the fiestas de pilar but I am not at school so it's difficult to update. I'm having so much fun. I love my host family (if I haven't mentioned that!). I finally got the balls to tell my host mom EVERY thing that happened entre me and Juan. It was crazy. She was amazing. She basically preten...

Zaragoza is really just a nice little town that we decided to stop in because it was half-way from Madrid to Barcelona. They´ve done a really nice job of meshing Roman ruins, impressive cathedrals and old Renaissance buildings together with new modern architecture and fountains. That´s probably the most notable and unique aspect to the city. The...