Some days ago me and Stefan rent a car from LaudaMotion, which was the cheapest possibility to have a car for some hours. We got a Smart... Well, i was more than sceptical, not only as far as the size of the boot of the car is concerned, but also about the car itself. I mean, after all it was a SMART, you know what i mean!
The funny thing is that it got automatic gearbox (which is a thing i appreciate in a car!) and so i drove several times between Stefan's former flat to take his stuff to our new flat (more about this on next opportunity ;)). And i must admit, that is was a real pleasure to drive this car! I loved his easy way of driving and his excellent brakes - and the boot is bigger than you might think! No, i can really recommend this car - and the car rental service as well (Caution: advertising!)
Hola! Que tal?You may guess it already from the map above... Right, we took a trip in Spain!First we visited Salamanca, then headed north to the region surrounding Llanes, Asturias. Next destinations were Burgos, Medinaceli and Cuenca till we finished the road trip in Albacete were we where guests at Stefan's second cousin's wedding.Let's start in Salamanca: we were lucky to be there while they were celebrating their "ferias", which ist about a week or ten days of party all over the town including various events.
The most-lucky thing for me was that by coincidence the galician musician Mercedes Peon was playing at the Plaza Mayor! Great!
Lucky me!
Maybe the best known riddle in the whole of Spain: Find the frog!
Well, let's continue the journey now. To Asturias, where we spent most of the time laying on the beach (actually different beaches) and eating seafood, mmmh!
And what sort of beaches they were: long sandy beaches, rocky bays and rather coldish water!
...but beautiful in any way!
But we also had to bid farewell to sea (how i hate goodbyes...). As a little comfort we went to Burgos, which lies directly on the "Camino de Santiago". We spent about three hours there =^+^= Uhm, we didn't have so much time...
The most impressive cathedral of Burgos:
Then we rushed off to the beautiful one-horse-town of Medinaceli (not on the map, but the fourth point on the route), which was quite a puzzle of different architectural and cultural manifestations.The roman arch of Medinaceli:
Mediaeval houses:
It also has a great ruin of a castle (where i must confess that i forgot in which period it was built)
Let's move to Cuenca now, the "enchanted city", where clocks still run a little different:
Cuenca is famous for its hanging houses:
The last point of the journey was Albacete, were the wedding took place. Unfortunately this town doesn't have anything worth taking a photo of - and those of the wedding are top secret, especially those of the day after... =) To sum it up, it has been a great journey with lots of things to see and to taste and so i came back with a whole bunch of strong impressions and immediately subscribed to a spanish course! Hasta la próxima!
I've willed, I've walked, I've read I've talked, I know, I know, I've been here before (LIVE, "Selling the drama", 1994) We thought, we should make use of the austrian railways' "Sommerticket" before it expires... ;)
First we went to Linz....
...where the world is still the same as 10 years ago ;D isn't that a cosy place?
