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A travel blog entry by migs29v

... Gehry to design a hotel and spa. Lola was kind enough to stop the car and I was able to take some pictures of the hotel from the outside. I'd love to spend a couple of nights there next time I'm in the region and maybe have one of their wine spa treatments. Moving back into town Steve took me out to the main area surrounding Calle Laurel. This is where most of the bars selling the region's wines and pinchos are located. Spain may be in ...

And so we continue

A travel blog entry by migs29v

... that's the lesson learnt and I can carry on with no further dramas! Leaving Puente la Reina I saw my first pretend pilgrims. Two European girls holding up a sign to Estella on the roadside hoping to hitch a lift. I think this goes against the true spirit of El Camino, if you're going to hitch a lift you might as well go to Madrid or Barcelona! I don't see why you should follow an ancient walking route if you're going to do ...

Another Adventure - In the Basque Country

A travel blog entry by onegirlbigworld

... Your family can host a student for a 2 weeks or 9 months. It is a GREAT opportunity to learn about other cultures, and to form relationships that will be incredibly rewarding. It is so awesome to see Oihane's world, as she saw my world back in the states.

---I am so grateful to her and her lovely parents for welcoming me into their home and showing me their gorgeous homeland - I am so indebted to them!!!---

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Day 11 - Sto Domingo de la Calzada to Belorado

A travel blog entry by veromarcos

... to wet my feet". Given it was difficult not to, we tried to convince him, but he was panicking. He suddenly shouted in German "my grandfather told me never to wet my feet in the mud". My wife asked him "was your grandfather in the First World War?", to which he replied positively. Hence we found out were the reason came from...trenchfoot! Back to the walker...he was German from Cologne, but had lived in Colombia and Spain quite a few years and was nearly fluent. ...

Day 17 -- 18.4 km -- Exposed as a psychopath

A travel blog entry by thesunroseclear

"No sensitivity to plants, no sensitivity to animals, no sensitivity to people."

Thus was my character analyzed, somewhat negatively I felt, by a woman named (says my guidebook) Orietta, who runs the hostel in Viloria de la Rioja, birthplace of the renowned Santo Domingo. She is Brazilian, and the Brazilian author Paulo Coelho, is padrino (godfather) of the albergue.

We decided not to stay ...