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Thursday, 9 Jun 2011 | Views [1944]
It’s only two kilometers from the bus stop in Santillana del Mar to the
Altamira Museum and Cave but you arrive 20,000 years in the past. Stone Age humans, cave men, occupied
Altamira for 8,000 years and left behind drawings and polychrome ... Read more >
Wednesday, 8 Jun 2011 | Views [1812]
Lonely Planet doesn’t even
mention Oviedo! Probably because
it doesn’t have a beach. That’s
too bad for Oviedo, but good for us.
It is the most livable place we have seen in Spain and we liked it even
more than Leon, despite the ... Read more >
Saturday, 4 Jun 2011 | Photo Gallery
From A Coruna to Bilbao
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Friday, 3 Jun 2011 | Views [909]
Some come alone, others travel in organized groups, and most walk in
twos and threes. Some ride bikes
but the majority are on foot. They
come from Spain and France, from England and Germany. A few are from North America. Some cover ... Read more >
Thursday, 2 Jun 2011 | Views [1390]
The Roman Empire covered a vast area from Turkey to Spain.
Two Romans sites, Las Medulas and Lugo, lie between Leon and Santiago de
Compostela. We decided on day
trips to visit the sites: west from Leon for Las Medulas and east from Santiago
for ... Read more >
Wednesday, 1 Jun 2011 | Views [841]
Leon is one of those places you like from the first moment. The train station is just across the river from the city and when we couldn’t find a taxi we decided to walk towards the cathedral. That’s when we began to ... Read more >
Tuesday, 31 May 2011 | Views [1124]
A friend recently asked us how Europe differs from the USA? Well, this is what we have noticed so
far – about Spain, at least. We
are now in Leon in the northern section and tonight it is really chilly. It is also bright as day at 9 PM, ... Read more >
Monday, 30 May 2011 | Views [1013]
There is a town in northern Spain called Burgos that you probably
haven’t heard of. It is another
stop on the Way of St. James pilgrimage and its cathedral is a UNESCO World
Heritage Site. The Spanish hero,
El Cid, was stationed and is ... Read more >
Friday, 27 May 2011 | Views [1103]
The farther the train carried us from Barcelona, the more this felt
like Spain. Not Hemmingway’s Spain
– that’s long gone – but the cityscape we had grown used to changed to fields
of wheat, vegetables, grapes and fruit trees and small towns ... Read more >
Thursday, 26 May 2011 | Photo Gallery
Along the Camino de Santiago - but we are not walking!
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Wednesday, 25 May 2011 | Views [2061]
Antoni Gaudi is probably Barcelona’s favorite son and you can find
many of his best creations here. Some are famous and easy to find.
Others are more obscure. But Connie has mapped out a strategy for us to
see them all. We could ... Read more >
Sunday, 22 May 2011 | Photo Gallery
The works of Antoni Gaudi
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Saturday, 21 May 2011 | Views [2061]
I have never been a big fan of Dali, despite the fact we own two signed prints by the Spanish surrealist. Then again, I never saw a real sampling
of his work. Until today, that is.
We took a train – actually several
trains – to Figueres, ... Read more >
Thursday, 19 May 2011 | Views [895]
The
metro station is just a short stroll from our hotel. The station sparkled and the train to Estacio Espana arrived
within minutes. It was SRO with
students heading to university, surprising in a town where people party until
two even ... Read more >
Wednesday, 18 May 2011 | Views [1036]
Antoni Gaudi is to Barcelona what
Picasso is to Malaga. Some of his
most famous creations are here and Connie has mapped out a strategy for us to
see them all.
It felt good to be out walking,
even if it was in a city. La
Ramblas, ... Read more >
Tags: art and culture
Sunday, 15 May 2011 | Views [786]
Last night we packed our bags,
mostly with dirty clothing and attended the ritual final dinner. We said our good-byes, exchanged email
addresses and tipped our waiters and cabin attendant. As “un-Connie and John” as the cruise has been, we ... Read more >
Friday, 13 May 2011 | Photo Gallery
Malaga to Barcelona
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Friday, 13 May 2011 | Views [1604]
We could see the lights of Morocco
as we passed through the Straits of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean around 11
last night but we were on the wrong side of the boat to see Gibraltar and we
were too sleepy to go topside.
When we awoke we ... Read more >
