Here we are in Figueres – as you can see we’ve changed a bit on our trip☺! Oh, okay – it’s not really us! We arrived in Figueres – land of the famous Dali museum – this afternoon. We discovered it is another of Spain’s many saint days! And we lucked into a great fiesta! […]
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Dali – land and Giants!
May 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Dali – land and Giants! · Itinerary, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing
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Barcelona
May 1st, 2008 · Comments Off on Barcelona · Sabbatical trip, Uncategorized
A few pictures to whet your appetite for Barcelona. It is different in many ways from southern Spain – certainly more touristy, but more cosmopolitan and international as well. First a couple of pictures of the beautiful narrow streets of the area we have been living in – Barri Gothic. Then a couple of pictures […]
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The beautiful sea of Barcelona!
April 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on The beautiful sea of Barcelona! · Sabbatical trip, Uncategorized
Only a quick posting today as the Wifi café we found has a terrible connection. Access to free wifi is next to nil; and when you find it (only one place in our huge neighborhood), it doesn’t work so well. Hubby and I think that this is probably likely to be the result of Spain’s […]
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Barcelona and family!
April 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Barcelona and family! · Sabbatical trip, Uncategorized
Hola! We have succeeded in moving ourselves to Barcelona from Salamanca! It took all day Saturday and 3 trains. One 2 1/2 hour from Salamanca to Madrid, then a 1/2 short local hop to the other train station and then the high speed train to Barcelona. That was another 3 hours; it would have been […]
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Salamanca Part 2
April 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Salamanca Part 2 · Sabbatical trip, Uncategorized
Goodness, tomorrow is our last day of classes here and I’ve hardly posted anything about Salamanca. I can only blame being ill. We’ve gone to classes, eaten lunch and had long afternoon naps trying to get better. You also have to plan things around siesta time. Almost everything but a few small shops for newspapers […]
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