Tryp Zaragoza

... streets and some clear and sane mind, we found a camping site to park our RV in spend a night....

I found Zaragoza very quiet town. It's got a big cathedral and a square in front of it, statue of Goya and few other nice things.

But at night it's completely different. Lots of people on the streets, bars start filling at 7 p.m. and are full until 3 a.m. So, for us it was - Party time!!!

... in the pillar. The innumerable Spanish women that have kissed that pillar make me wish that I will one day be reincarnated as a sacred pillar in a Spanish church.

Inside are three bombs dropped on the basilica during the Spanish Civil War, but they never exploded, something locals attributed to divine intervention. And believe it or not, I read something about the little Virgin Mary statue being named an honourary general in the ...

... short ones. We are on our way to Zaragoza on the west side of Spain.

We go through farm land, then fruit orchards, we couldn't figure out what they grown, but there are lots of fruit packing plants along the highway. I kept thinking there would be fruit stands somewhere, but they never materialized.

At lunch time we stopped at a rest area along the highway. It is quite warm, but the clouds are ...

Boring long day on the A23, highest col 1223m.

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".

35 degree C until light shower cooled us all off.

Bren washed her hair in the public drinking fountain, starting a trend with the other family.

... changed to a little studio room in North London as was cheaper for accommodation for 5nights. We booked our flights out to Barcelona the 2nd day as didn't want to spend to long in the freezing cold in London. We had to sort out Malaria drugs and a repeat on my prescription for my arthritis, turned out to be a lot of hassle, as we were already registered in Spalding and no doctor wanted to see us, we managed to find one but had to pay for this and she had no idea about malaria drugs ...

... 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 ...

We said goodbye to our wonderful host Sylvia in Guadalahara. The morning light and warmth felt like late May back home. We took to the A2/E90 heading NE towards Zaragoza. One hour later we turned off the highway to visit an old Roman fort on the top of a mountain with a spectacular view, Mendinacellini. Structures ...

... entering the city. I instantly decided that if I ever made a list of women I'd travel back in time to sleep with, she'd be on it- it's not something I ever plan on doing, but still. I walked round the city for a bit before coming to the Plaza De Pilar, a truly amazing square on the banks of the river. In addition to several fountains and some Roman ruins, there is the massive Cathedral Des Pilar. According to legend, St James, one of Christ's apostles, had ...

... would have cost us 20€ and have to wait 2 hours for one that costs us 57€. In return for this though, we get to travel on Spain´s answer to France´s TGV, Japan´s Bullet Train and England´s ... well Flying Scotsman, I guess. The AVE as it´s known around these parts is being linked to points all across the country at the moment and it was certainly a novelty to get on a train that is clean, new and ...

... watch it once to see how it works, then its like a 7 hour drive back to barcelona in the afternoon and then off to berlin on early sunday morning unfortuantly germany lost last night in the final 5 min of extra time to itally so there goes our hopes of an amazing party in germany with the home team winning in the capital so 2 weeks left of t he trip 3 more countries, but mostly germany unfortuantly ...