Castilla y Leon Travel Blogs

from madrid to cedeira, we have to travel through a province in spain, called castilla y leon. a region and province of spain that is decribed in my textbooks in school. as i have said, the philippines was a spanish colony before, and in my elementary time in the early 80's our history textbooks wa…

...and seriously felt like i stepped into a proper fairytale. it's a very pretty city and prolly looks much like it did back in like, oh i dont know, the 13th century? it's a nice lil college town with a lot of history (one of the four "leading lights" in medieval europe) and has managed to keep so…

This week in particular my Spanish has improved a heap, I am speaking more confidently; I can figure out how to use some words for mental problems in Spanish.  For example in conversation class today we had a 10 question survey, what is your personality quiz and I could do it all and…

Bright and early Monday morning we get picked up by Loli and Paulina and take a short road trip out to San Lorenzo. It only took us about 1-1.5 hrs to get out there and from the freeway in the distance you can see the cross, said to be one of the tallest in the world. Driving through the green wood…

I forgot about these pictures until I found these while I was browsing through my laptop!!  Oh the memories!!

One weekend tour

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A roman city in the XXI century

Despues de unos cuantos kilometros (mas de 200) llegamos a Salamanca. Esta ciudad es encantadora, da gusto pasear por sus calles, ver la animación que hay por todas partes, sobre todo por su Plaza Mayor, que además tenía la feria del libro. Entrar en los numerosos bares de tapas, vivir este ambi…

When you less expect...a city emerges in front of you!

A magic tour of Spain: some wonderful towns and the marvellous nature of Spain.

Well: I had no money saved so I had to think in some cheap thing to do, so I joined my friends planning for travelling to Salamanca. I had a great time there, visiting such a beautiful city, having good "tapas" in the bars, and watching the Easter (semana santa) processions.

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For two  years I have been visiting cities all around Spain and I must say that after spending a day in Salamanca I would rank it on the very top of the list. I got up early so I could take some early day photos. From Madrid it takes  you not longer than 2 hours (about 250kms).  The …

Un recorrido de fin de semana por las provincias castellanas de Avila y Salamanca.