Sunday, 1 April 2012

ADIOS ESPANA - reflections on Spain

REFLECTIONS ON SPAIN
dates: -  47 days (5/2 to 29/3)
free vs paid camps: 18 vs 26
cost: ~ $108/day

best food:
dried maize  - big & little; empanadas ( W)
pan de higo ; natural yoghurt & tomatoes (K)
yoghurt & strawberries on Mum’s mixed cereal (Jeff)
pan de higo; huge green beans & fish (J)

worst 3 things:
 siestas, inability to talk to the Spanish,things we were planning not possible because it’s not there (W)
campsites being closed,can’t talk to other Spanish kids easily (K)
communication,things being closed (either gone broke,asleep,or just not turning up) ( Jeff)
business hours & operations, locked in and isolated by language, terrible internet for school etc (Jen)
top attraction:
La Sagrada Familia first & Segways in Granada second(W)
Flamenco show in Barcelona & Segways (K)
Tarifa ocean-based  sporting life, Sagrada & Barcelona streets
Everything Gaudi (Jen)
favourite campsite:
Camping Hecho - trees,playground,cute town & Tarifa going downhill on skateboard and playing on sand dunes (W)
Camping Barcelona  - friends ,getting bikes, animals in onsite hobby farm & Barcelona itself(K)
Tarifa - free camp in dunes ( Jeff)
free camp streamside at Covarrubias (Jen) & Banyoles with lakeside runs/rides.
favourite Spanish words:
 Olay (W)
wifi (said with shorts i’s) & aqui (here) because it sounds cute (K)
buenos & que (Jeff)
manana -love the n sound ;helados - (Jen)
best people:
 Bianca - Aussie segway chick (W)
Bianca ! (K)
Gerard (met at Tarifa) -Frenchman living in Spain ~65 & an expert kitesurfer, surfer,mountain biker,paddlesurfer.... & developing the kitesurfing hydrofoil
Liz & Morris - older active Brits in Solabrena (Jen)
favourite store/shop/retail experience:
Decathlon ‘cos you can try out all the equipment in the huge isles (Jeff,W&K)
Alcampo & Mercandona - all that fish & so cheap. A huge shop ( AUS ~300) in only ~E80. Jeff also liked the big bottles of J&B ~E11.

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