Category Archives: Spain

Last Day In Madrid

Posted on September 15, 2012 by LY

We didn’t do a whole lot because I think we were just beat from all the traveling, running, and drinking. Checked into Posada del Dragon in the La Latina area. Had some less than mediocre tapas at Chiky. Walked around … Continue reading →

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Barcelona Street Performance

Posted on September 14, 2012 by LY

While on our trip to Spain we saw a variety of street performances that you would never see in the US.  Some were cute, others eye opening.  There was one particular performance we saw in Barcelona that involved playing the … Continue reading →

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“Magic Fountain” In Barcelona

Posted on September 11, 2012 by LY

Here’s a short clip of the show.  Interesting that they played American music as opposed to Spanish music; would have liked the latter better.  Love the red and yellow Spanish colors.  Wish I could have recorded longer, but camera battery … Continue reading →

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Barcelona Day 4 – Surprises & Disappointments

Posted on September 9, 2012 by LY

We still had much to cover in Barcelona, but with only one day left, we had to make the most out of it.  Park Guell was too far from where we were staying, and we had wanted to cover the … Continue reading →

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Barcelona Day 3 – More Gaudí

Posted on September 6, 2012 by LY

Took a day off from running today.  Biggest fear right now is that the legs are getting too tired from all the walking, and won´t be able to complete the race.  Today was dedicated to checking out Gaudí´s other works. … Continue reading →

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Barcelona Day 2 – Sensory Overload

Posted on September 5, 2012 by LY

After running 4.7 miles along the waterfront and beach, we decided to take it a little easy on the feet today.  So we just limited the day to checking out some of Gaudí´s works. On our way back to the … Continue reading →

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Barcelona Day 1 – Happy Birthday

Posted on September 4, 2012 by LY

Instead of traveling via train from Madrid to Barcelona, we decided to travel cheap by flying with Ryanair.  The only problem was that we ended up at Girona airport, which is about an hour away from Barcelona.  Luckily, there was … Continue reading →

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Madrid Day 3 – Tired Feet

Posted on September 3, 2012 by LY

Did 12 miles at the Retiro Park, and it was off to the sunday El Rastro flea market.  Of all the flea markets we’ve seen in different countries, this one probably has the most extensive range of goods.  It has … Continue reading →

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Madrid Day 2 – ‘Paella!’

Posted on September 2, 2012 by LY

Day 2 started off with a 4.5 mile run in Parque del Retiro.  Since lunch doesn’t officially start until 2PM we decided to squeeze in some sight seeing. Finally, it was off to lunch.  When in Spain what does one … Continue reading →

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Madrid Street Performance

Posted on September 1, 2012 by LY

Here’s one of the more interesting street performances we saw at Puerto del Sol.

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