Nathan's Insights
World Traveller: 7 Continents, 90 Countries, 871 Days Overseas
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Category: World Trip 2006
An epic 153-day world trip visiting twenty-four countries – South Africa; Swaziland; France; England; Belgium; Holland; Germany; Czech Republic; Austria; Switzerland; Italy; Vatican; Monaco; Spain; Finland; Russia; Belarussia; Lithuania; Latvia; Estonia; Canada; USA; Hong Kong; China I traveled between 29 March 2006 and 28 August 2006.
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Thursday 6 July 2006 Highlights: Playa de la Concha beach Today I was determined to make it to the beach as you never know when the next chance might come (maybe in Canada). The weather has been very cold…… by that I mean 26-27 which is very unusual here. The overcast conditions kept…
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Wednesday 5 July 2006 Highlights: Beautiful beaches, lovely tapas bars I went out exploring this little gem of a town. Like Rio this town has a statue of Jesus overlooking the city, judging by the looks on people’s faces I think there is a lot of sinning going on here, wonder what the real…
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Tuesday 4 July 2006 Highlights: Burgos Cathedral Travelling today from Madrid to San Sebastian BusAbout had to put on an extra bus as everyone is keen to get to San Sebastian as it is located near the running on the bulls which is currently on. Unfortunately (or is that fortunately) I learnt that I…
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Monday 3 July 2006 Highlights: Palacio Real, Cathedral de Nustra Senora de la Almudena Today I choose to visit the Palacio Real (Spanish Madrid Palace). In the end I picked a day that had the Spanish King in attendance (which is rare). I believe he was meeting another head of state but I…
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Sunday 2 July 2006 Highlights: The excellent Museo Nacional Del Prado, Attending a Bullfight After a rare good breakfast (and free!) I headed down to see the Museo Nacional Del Prado which contained some real gems including: – The Three Graces ´by Peter Paul Rubens – Parnassus ´by Nicolas Pussin; and – Las Meninas ´by…
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