Tag: Spain
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Official Name: Kingdom of Spain Established: January 1479 (First constitution 19 March 1812) Population: 47,431,256 (2020 estimate) Religion: 61% Roman Catholic, 35% No religion Language(s): Spanish Capital: Madrid Order of Visit: Twenty First Visit: 28 June 2006 Last Visit: 26 October 2012 Duration: 12 Days Visit Highlights: Barcelona – Bustling Las Ramas, Placa de Catalunya…
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Friday 26 October 2012 Highlights: Business class lounge and long haul flight. With the European leg over it was time to leave and move onto the major highlight of this world trip the Argentina and Antarctica tour.
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Thursday 25 October 2012 Highlights: Segovia Alcazar (Castle), Segovia Cathedral, Aqueduct of Segovia, Walled city of Avila A day spent outside Madrid turned into an exceptional highlight. I was worried about rain when I walked to the tour company, this was only raised when the guide said it was definitely going to rain today and…
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Wednesday 24 October 2012 Highlights: Madrid at night tour, Flamenco dancing show There is definitely something to be said for being able to walk to the airport terminal from your hotel room. I’m always worried about getting delayed, not much chance of that when you are staying at the airport. I did learn today that…
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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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