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Corn Cribs

A travel blog entry by anngreen

... more human scale, as opposed to a lot of the things that we had seen earlier in the trip. We spent all of 20 minutes walking through the old part, but there were fully as many architectural marvels, but on a much smaller scale, as in any Rome or Florence. There must be many more of these little fishing villages along the Galician coast. Spain is much more than Madrid or Barcelona. Galicia remains unspoiled by tourism, and under appreciated. We would ...

Another day in Madrid

A travel blog entry by nayandal

... galatian ocotpus (my fav) and tortellias (al's fav).
Upon leaving the market we decided to walk around for a while, and then decided to go the Retiro , this massive park. We walked around for ages maybe 2 hours or more, ran out of water. There is this huge lake in the middle you can hire a row boat and paddle around in it. There was also a sports field inside. We walked back and on the way stopped in starbucks for a cold drink, i was so thirsty. Heading ...

The walk

A travel blog entry by gladys.hunt

... a month . Lui Fung, who we tramped with in Peru did this hike a few years back. Katie took us to our hotel no bother, but on the back of a bike the cobble stone streets are not much fun , even when the bike is on soft mode . The cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is well worth the trip , and I guess for the pilgrims and end . The cathedral is the third most visited Christian sites . I did watch the movie the way ...

Airports, Luggage and Finally, Spain!

A travel blog entry by serenityjoy

... commuters. Faced with 2 more flights of stairs, I again began to carry my suitcases one at a time and was rescued by a kind gentleman. I finally arrived at Earl's Court and after a short walk was relieved to arrive at my hotel.

After I checked in, I had some pesto pasta at a local Italian restaurant then found an internet cafe to check in with NIck. He was exhausted, but otherwise hanging in. Because I am only traveling with one suitcase and ...

Puerta del Sol

A travel blog entry by arabesquesunset

... to prepare ourselves for the journey, and then we wanted to try the metro. It was pretty easy. We walked up and down busy streets for a while, then found the super-expensive Cafe.

Nearby was Madrid's huge library, behind which was a cool fan-type thing that was so powerful our hair stood up.

After a while, we decided to meet Jeff and Maxine at Puerta del Sol to go to a giant music store in Opera Plaza. We got ice cream and waited a ...