Spain Travel Blogs - Page 11

This was my last day/night in Madrid. Unfortunately, the weather was pretty bad all day, it just didnt stop raining. So, I didnt particularly do much, except sit in cafes! Had a walk up to the Plaza Mayor, but that was about it. I was pretty tired from all the partying I had been up to anyway, so t…

First we had breakfast ofcourse =)From the hotel we walked to the harbor and took a bootride. The view was wonderful. Later that day we went to see the apartment that Gaudi made (pictures in the previous entry). Then we went to the park with the giant bench. When we spend our whole day there we wen…

I don't know if I have possibility to connect with travBuddy by net and maybe I 'll try to enjoy the place, so for 2 weeks I stay away from computer. I'll write sth when I come back.:-) See Ya!

On our last day, naturally enough, we went shopping and had lunch.  This is not terribly exciting to read about, but it did mean that I got to take the touristy photo of the bear and the strawberry tree.   And I got a great t-shirt with a red headed woman getting out of bed on it - c…

Top 10 things to do & see in Barcelona: 1. Casa Batllo (House designed by Gaudi at the Passeig de Gracia) 2. Casa Milo (House designed by Gaudi at the Passeig de Gracia) 3. Go eat some tapas in one of the many Spanish Tapas Bars in El Borne 4. Go shopping at Passeig de Gracia 5. Make a few…

Hola! So I´m here in Madrid, having arrived the night before last around 8 pm. My flight from London took forever, with a 4 hour layover at the most boring airport ever in Palma. Unlike me, my luggage has still not arrived, though apparently it was found in London and is on its way here - should&…

After our shopping in Andorra we took the small roads to Barcelona. The road is nicely surrounded with beautiful scenery. We drove via la Seu d'Ariege, Bagá, Berga, Puig-reig, Navas and Ruby. I was again looking forward to Barcelona beacuse I think it is one of the most fanatstic cities I have bee…

Well my flight from JFK was a little delayed, but not too bad. I arrived in Madrid in the morning and still had a little time until my connecting flight to Tangier. I finally arrived at  Tangier airport, went through customs pretty quickly. After asking a few of the security guards, made my wa…

Barcelona, Zaragoza, Torla (Pyrenees, Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park), Bilbao

1,5 week in Barcelona to see all the nice buildings, and just to relax

Astronomical twilight in Sevilla is the period when the center of the Sun is between 12 and 18 degrees below the horizon as seen from tuga  Towers. It starts at astronomical dawn, early in the morning when the Sun is higher than 18 degrees below the horizon. From this point, it will be difficu…

I almost didnt make this trip!! I decided to take an early flight out of London but i woke up late, miscalculated the travel to Gatwick airport and to make things worse, i have to wait for my hand carry bag which was in que to be manually inspected cause I forgot to put out in a clear plastic all m…

Waking up and going running ... perhaps we were crazy! My sister and her friend play soccer for the U of MN, and therefore, needed to train while they were overseas. I thought that I could attempt in running alongside them not knowing the torture I would endure as a result:) We survived the 30 minu…

I just want to write a few words about the city...i was never in spain before...i only knew it from pictures, or from hearings of my friends... stories they told me about spain.i'm a fan of big cities... so i decided to visit barcelona...lots of movies play in barcelona, it's famous for it's rock'n…

My holiday in Blanes, Spain. September 2008. I visited another nice places near here. (Tossa de Mar, Lloret de Mar, Barcelona). 6 days in Spain.