Palmas Del Sol Asuncion

I stepped on to the ancient inter-city train to find bags, coats and camping equipment strewn across the backs of seats and the middle aisle. I secured the last open bench behind the rows and rows of screaming school kids. Even in Spain little boys are still obnoxious. Spanish boys wearing bandanna neckties and blue polo shirts joked loudly and tortured their friends by poking them with walking sticks. The whole train seemed like a summer camp bus ...

... form all nations, but perhaps mainly English because we had a lovely fry up - the first for a while).<br><br>Feeling refreshed and full, we walked up the cobbled streets and steps leading towards the old town heading in the direction of Museo de Segovia which is said to contain 15,000 year old stone age engravings along with a host of other historical finds. Unfortunately it was closed on Mondays, so we were out of luck there! Still the views from alongside the Museo were ...

... my cheesy line). It was a perfect fit. All of our luggage fit neatly into the &#8220;trunk&#8221; so that we didn&#8217;t look like such tourists (like that&#8217;s possible!). The next task was to find a map. Apparently trying to do this on a Sunday was impossible! So we winged it. We just started driving around to find our way to the highway. At one point, we were on a one way street with two lanes and at some point it changed to a two ...

We took our last school-wide excursion within Castile-Leon toady, to the Roman city of Segovia. It was by far the best out of the three excursions that we've been on so far (in my opinion). The city has so many different cultural influences that are apparent within it (Spanish, Moor, Judaism, Catholicism, Roman, Muslim, etc). It was very cool.<br><br>On the way there, we took the Real Valladolid official bus (the bus for the pro-soccer ...

... on the curbs of rich neighborhoods. Others guard apartment buildings, private schools, bus stations, car dealerships, restaurants, and nearly everything else. The weapon of choice for many of these guards is a 4-foot-long shotgun, and for them the night-stick seems to be just an aesthetic accessory. I guess this is what happens when the police can't be relied upon. <br>- The police - they wear beige uniforms, complete with beige hat and black ...

... but as I could not decide between himself and his brother Daniel I opted to retire instead. I also found out there had been a fierce shouty out loud row while we were out, but methinks it was something over nothing.<br><br>Off to the other side of iguacu falls, the brazilian side today. Again chucking it down but they were all very impressive and not so much of the metal step carry on. I now have a third knee on the back of my leg and a massive purple palm as well as a ...

... captital the next day, we were shocked by the shabbiness of the city. Paraguay is a very much developing country, so is inevitably a shock at first to someone like myself, only used to visiting rich European countries. It was an amazing experience nonetheless, and the country has a fascinating story to tell.<br><br>Next stop: The city of Cordoba in Argentina<br><br>Thank you all for reading,<br>Love Sam xx<br><br>

... qui se promène pendant deux heures une fois par semaine, nous fiant sur l'heure de départ donnée dans le guide. À la réception le gars nous dit que les heures changent régulièrement, et qu'il pense que le train part une demie-heure plus tôt. Tout d'un coup ça devient très juste pour y aller, pas le temps en bus, nous sautons dans un taxi, le chauffeur nous dit que c'est à l'autre bout de la ville et qu'il faut 40 minutes pour y aller. Et nous en avons 20... Le taxi roule comme un ...

... it. (The waiting room and the ticket gates were on top, with escalators descending down to the platform below. Now in between the waiting room level and the platform there was a mid-level and it turned out that at the far end were another set of "exit-only" ticket gates with the WC ...