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Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Museums, parks and palaces in central Madrid
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Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010 | Views [983]
I forced myself out of bed early to have plenty of time at
the train station in case there was any drama with the tickets (you never know
with my luck!) but, apart from the expense, there was no trouble getting a
train ticket to Madrid.
Seems ... Read more >
Tags: buen retiro park, crystal palace, madrid, prado museum, rene sofia gallery
Sunday, 10 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Exploring Valencia camera in hand
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Sunday, 10 Oct 2010 | Views [644]
Another big day of walking, starting with a visit to La
Lonja de la Seda, another UNESCO World Heritage Site for being one
of the most stunning, most important and best preserved examples of
Late Gothic architecture in entire Europe. After wandering ... Read more >
Tags: cathedral, holy grail, la lonja, science museum, valencia
Saturday, 9 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Parades in Valencia
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Saturday, 9 Oct 2010 | Views [493]
Ah, slept in luxury! No drunken people coming home in the
wee hours of the morning or rifling through their bags when packing to catch
their flights at 5am. Pottered down to the train station and managed to
navigate my way to the right train to ... Read more >
Tags: parades, valencia
Friday, 8 Oct 2010 | Views [1683]
I managed to buy a ticket from Passeig de Gracia to Tarragona without too much trouble, but did get a bit
worried when it seemed the train wasn’t making any stops and I thought we may
be going straight to Valencia.
Luckily it did stop in Tarragona
on ... Read more >
Tags: amphitheater, roman ruins, tapas, tarragona
Thursday, 7 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
A few more sights on my last day in Barcelona
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Thursday, 7 Oct 2010 | Views [621]
I had planned to go to Sitges for a nicer beach experience,
but decided instead to see more of the Le Ribera area. After all, with some of
the best beaches in the world at home, it’s hard to find any better! Instead I
headed out early to get in ... Read more >
Tags: la ribera, la sagrada familia, picasso, sangria, santa maria del mar
Wednesday, 6 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Tramping around the city with mates checking out Gaudi's architecture
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Wednesday, 6 Oct 2010 | Views [462]
Today I joined two German girls I'd met at the hostel, Liza & Stephi, for our
own little walking tour up to La Sagrada Familia, the famous Gaudi designed
church that is as yet to be finished and another UNESCO World Heritage Site. Steph read ... Read more >
Tags: barcelona, beach, gaudi, parc guell, tapas
Tuesday, 5 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Climbing mountains and visiting churches - all in a day's work
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Tuesday, 5 Oct 2010 | Views [3034]
As the weather was meant to pack it in later in the week I
decided to head out to see the Santa Maria de Montserrat
monastery while the sun was still around. Once again my nerdy research made the trip a
lot easier, as I managed to catch the metro ... Read more >
Tags: black madonna statue, hiking, monastery, montserrat, sant jeroni
Sunday, 3 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Exploring Barcelona from top to bottom
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