San Valero Hotel Zaragoza

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, Bo&#353;tjan is a very good driver, but my nerves are not as good as I thought.<br><br>With the help of a security guard at a bank in one of the ...

... be moving to Quebec for work, in case she ever wanted to visit Western Canada. I know what you all are thinking - I'm such a proud Canadian patriot, wanting to show foreigners my beautiful country! <br><br>But seriously, there aren't enough Spanish women in Canada, so anything I can do to make them comfortable here and encourage more of them to visit, would definitely be a very good thing. I do this not for my own benefit; I do this for the greater ...

... sign on the bridge says 15.23 and 33 degrees, yes, it is very hot. We walk past some Roman shop ruins and their great sewage system. There is a statue of Caesar Augustus with stone arched walls behind him. Some of the brick work here is the influence of the Muslim era.<br><br>The Basilica de Nuestra Sra. Del Pilar is really beautiful outside, with statues along the top, colourful tiles on the roof and about ...

Boring long day on the A23, highest col 1223m.<br> <br>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".<br><br>35 degree C until light shower cooled us all off.<br><br>Bren washed her hair in the public drinking fountain, starting a trend with the other family.

... That day was Kirsten's 22nd Birthday so had a great evening with our cook group on dinner so didn't plan the very well, so Ian, Sarah and Ben &amp; I made Falafels which was Ian and mine first time for eating these which were great. Also we had cake and balloons and Ian bought me a stuffed toy Donkey from the Marjane so he is now the truck mascot (nicknamed Donk, so if you see photos of a stuffed Donkey its Donk) he sits at the front window of the back of truck. We then headed ...

... t there anymore, aside from my best mate "the k dog", but i really hit home in Madrid through one of the so many leaving parties of how many people have come into my life that mean so much, i mean its such a cliche sometimes to give it all that "aww you're such a mate and i you and me get on so great blah blah..." but when you literally have met people that have had such an impact on your life that are such great friends and suddenly you have to say bye to all of them ...

... years old built of dry fit stone and stil standing: From Zaragoza we travelled ,ore easterly toward Lleida Catalan. Amongst the ochre coloured rocks and mist blue with mountain ranges were immense wind farms. Turbines and tozers several hundreds of feet high. Onward our lovely 1 litre Fiat Punta purred toward LLieda.

... stone and crossing themselves. I watched them perform this strange ritual for a while. I'm not even remotely religious myself but I like the fact that it provides solace and comfort to some people- even while inspiring others to do terrible things. I carried on walking around the cathedral until I came to a large table covered with fake plastic candles with bulbs inside, most of them lit. I noticed that it cost 50 cents to light one up, and so I lit two ...

... weather being so mild we can spend most of the day outside. The girls are loving being able to play outside all the time and go about the campsite on their scooters! Tomorrow we are planning to go up in one of the ski-lifts which will be interesting and then after the weekend I think we will head off towards France. Will definitely visit The Birthplace of Phillipe! Thanks for all the e-mails and messages - keep them coming. Bye for now!

Every year on the 12th of October the Aragonese capital of Zaragoza becomes a place of celebration and tribute to the Virgin of Pilar. Today all of España participates in celebrations to honor Pilar, it is a national holiday and so since everyone is enjoying the vacation day it was the perfect time for a day trip to Zaragoza. Tons of people visit Zaragoza to partake in the music, dances, theater ...