Barthelona
Hola!
We´re in BarTHelona now. We just arrived here today from Madrid. The past couple days have been awesome.
A couple days we went to Segovia which is a 1 hr bus ride from Madrid. They are known for their castle and aqueduct. The small city had nice charm and we learned more about the Christians vs the Moors and how the castle changed hands between them. We also grouped together with some other Americans (dentists from Wisconsin).
After that, we stayed for a day and 2 nights in Toledo. Toledo used to be the capital of Spain until it was moved to Madrid. Toledo is totally awesome and reminds me quite a bit of Venice, except it´s on a hill instead of water. The streets are very small and windy and it´s fun to lose yourself in them. Em and I shared some mazapan (marzipan) on the Plaza Mayor and we also had some roast suckling pig! Oink oink!
This morning we made a rush to our train which we almost missed!
But now we´re in Barcelona and I can see why people love it. We´re just been here a couple hours and we´ve been walking along Las Ramblas which is a very charming avenue. To me, a lot of it looks like France. That´s probably because that was the first european country I visited. The weathers getting warmer and I can´t wait to end up on some beaches later in our trip.
So far we´ve been safe from the pickpockets but have been hearing bad stories from other travelers.
Oh yeah, funny anecdote: last night we were having dinner in a restaurant in Toledo and we were sitting near two couples who were Americans and seem to have met randomly. It was very interesting because they represent that American stereotype (talking in full english sentences to a spanish waiter who is responding in spanish). And then they went on to talk about the conspiracy against christians and all this other stuff. Bush voters! ;P
Ok, that´s it. Enough time indoors. Hope all is well.
Hasta luego,
Pedro
May 08 2007 08:02 am | >8]
May 9th, 2007 at 9:12 am
Barthelona! The first day we were in Barthelona, my sis and I were kissed by two old men on the metro and I was poked in the leg by Death (or maybe it was a guy dressed as the Grim Reaper) on Las Ramblas. What charm! haha.