Tuesday, 27 March 2012

A slow news day

It's been a quiet week for me. I have been huddling under piles of blankets with a throat infection. A real heavy hitter too. Am now armed with antibiotics so will hopefully be back on track soon.

In the meantime, we've been in Barcelona, Girona, San Sebastian and Salamanca, and I'm writing to you from Cordoba. That's quite a distance we've covered in a week but I'll keep this short as I've missed most of it in my foggy haze. Highlights (apart from the inside of hotel rooms of which I can tell you a great deal) include:
  •  Gaudi's Sagrada Familia, inside and out. It's still 30 pus years from completion but what a spectacular building. It's such a visionary space. 
  • San Sebastian. A beautiful beach, gorgeous city, and great local cuisine.
  • An unorthodox inclusion on the list, Girona. If it hadn't been pouring with rain, I suspect this would have been a highlight but seeing as it was literally bucketing down the whole day we were there, we didn't see a lot. The old city did have a great Jewish history museum covering the city's Jewish heritage prior to the Christian expulsion of all Spanish Jews in the late 15th century. The building housing the museum was also a welcome relief from the rain!
That's all from me for now - will leave you with a few photos from the week, both mine and Hamish's this time as I haven't been out much to take any photos

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Hamish at Camp Nou for Barcelona FC v Granada

The Passion Facade, Sagrada Familia


Inside the Sagrada Familia


Stained glass windows at the Sagrada Familia

Pals, north of Barcelona

Pals, in the rain

Palafrugell, Costa Brava

Palafrugell, Costa Brava

Montserrat monastery

Montserrat monastery

Inside the monastery church, Montserrat

San Sebastian

San Sebastian

Salamanca

Salamanca

Salamanca

Salamanca

Salamanca univeristy

Salamanca, a facade of the old university

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