Hotel Restaurante Juanito Baeza

... to pasture; a very welcoming tienda (tiny store) where we could get a glass of the local vino tinto (Bierzo) from a huge container, over which the owner put a tapa of sliced bread and jamón ibérico (their local ham). Later in the evening that same herd of goats returned to town and were put back into the barn, right in the middle of all of the houses! Routine is beginning to set in: walk (or taxi if you are sick); settle on a ...

... walking, I saw a shelter for homeless people. Since I still had more than a thousand dollars left, I gave the people $500 to share (I made sure they didn't spend it on any kind of alcohol). I remembered that my older brother's birthday was going to be in three days, so I bought him a nice tongue ring. Then, my amigas and I went to eat lunch. We saw people playing poker ...

... styled music in the street. I was so content just sitting next to the band listening to their wonderful melodies watching hundreds of faces go by. By the time we made it to the Bar it was packed but we were able to order our food and get situated. I ordered a chicken dish and a beer and Robby got a pepper dish and a beer. What we were given was 4 little open-faced sandwiches and 2 beers. We looked at each other puzzled and i asked the bartender "Es todo amigo." he replied with a quick ...

... continuing to this day. Although the battle of the dustpans was clearly a highlight, I also managed to squeeze in other activities such as swimming, walking, drinking and eating. I was very relaxed and had had a good time. I was due to leave on an 8.30 am flight Sunday morning and planned to get to the airport at 7.00am. I got phone calls from Britain to say goodbye, set the alarm for 6.00am and was packed and ready to go. The next morning we had a casual breakfast, no rush, plenty of ...

... Brilliant. <br><br>Through the lovely, English, dreaded, eco-warrior couple Ali and Meg at the Magic Roundabout, (www.magicroundabout.info) we had arranged to stay with a family for 3 weeks until New Year. As a community, Las Palmas is now thinking of ways to attract more eco-tourists and visitors to the Quijos region as it is of direct consequence that the area will become protected, respected and visited and so positively impacting on the local people in return and ...

... their service be?! I have only got a couple of hours left in Barcelona before leaving for the airport. So I chose to place my bet on Basilica de Santa Maria del Pi, which LP (Lonely Planet) stated that it has the world's largest rose window. But half-an ...

... me doing the head thing. Not that I did it that bad, I just always kept nodding off when the point was scored. Made it a little hard to follow the match. My roomates were up past two last night with the light on packing so I didn´t get a lot of sleep. But the tennis was fun. Good to do something different for a change. I miss sports! Would´ve been cool to see more, but I am off to Valencia in the morning to eat oranges and chill out. Hope it´s warmer there! Adios!

... was quite a difference between this place which was occupied purely by gringos and those in Banos.Left the springs after sundown for the remaining drive in to Quito where we were allowed out alone for dinner-going back to the bar we visited for a beer on our first visit.Had to be good-the bouncers were armed and you weren't allowed to take in your own guns!

deciding it would be nice to not only see how the locals lived, i figured it was only right to see how they died...so off me and my argentinian friend were to the local cemetary and its church...after agreeing that walking around inside the church while a funeral is going on is not socially acceptable, we vacated and proceeded to the cemetary...here, they dont just dig a hole in the ground and shove you in...if you have the money, you basically move into an ...

... images from Monty Python´s Life of Bryan running through my head - what did the Romans do for us, anyway?)! And yes, to answer my own not previously stated question, I was able take a bus to Segovia (from the Principe Pío station), return in time to catch athe 5 pm bus to Toledo (at the Mendez Álvaro? station, not the Atocha station). Yep, that means I spent a lot of time travelling and more money than I wanted on transportation! All learning experiences (happy face)! Next, Toledo...