Tag: Spain

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Saturday 1 July 2006 Highlights: The Madrid Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Today was supposed to only be travelling to Madrid but when we got to the city we found the bus couldn’t get into our accommodation.   Leaving the bus and hiking plus using the metro most people were not happy (it was 35)…