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“I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!”

George Orwell

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao with Louise Bourgeois’s Maman spider seen from the opposite river bank

Tales from Spain

Spain, The Bull Skin - in a Nutshell

 Spain is a tourist paradise - one of the most popular destinations in all of Europe and apparently the second most visited nation...

Spain is a tourist paradise - one of the most popular destinations in all of Europe and apparently the second most visited nation on the planet.

Spain - Salamanca - A Spire at the End of Every Street- River of Gold 2

 Salamanca. Another university city, there are two cathedrals (connected) and a spire at the end of every street.

Salamanca. Another university city, there are two cathedrals (connected) and a spire at the end of every street.

Spain - Albir and Altea - A Spa Holiday

Albir is lovely. We stay on the edge of an urban seaside sprawl. But it is a gentle one, though full of bars and...

Albir is lovely. We stay on the edge of an urban seaside sprawl. But it is a gentle one, though full of bars and restaurants mainly frequented by the Spanish, Germans and Dutch.

Spain - Lanzarote - A Singles Holiday at Playa Blanca

This is a singles holiday and I’m making the most of it, so it doesn’t really matter that the south of Lanzarote (Playa Blanca)...

This is a singles holiday and I’m making the most of it, so it doesn’t really matter that the south of Lanzarote (Playa Blanca) is a concrete jungle, with a very long paseo maritimo and a sprawl of hotels.

Spain - A Weekend in Bilbao

I knew Bilbao was a port, I knew it was the centre of the Basque separatist movement and  latterly I knew about it because...

I knew Bilbao was a port, I knew it was the centre of the Basque separatist movement and latterly I knew about it because of the new Guggenheim Museum. I adore Frank Gehry’s scaley monstrosities, so it was an ideal weekend trip.

Spain - Barcelona - Miro, Picasso, Dali and, Above All, Gaudi

Above all, the amazing art of Barcelona - the Miro Foundation, the authenticity of the stone roomed Picasso Museum, the sheer bonkers-ness of Dali’s...

Above all, the amazing art of Barcelona - the Miro Foundation, the authenticity of the stone roomed Picasso Museum, the sheer bonkers-ness of Dali’s work, especially the house at Portlligat (a bus ride away) and of course, Antoni Gaudi.

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