Archive for October, 2009

At last, a place we really like

October 23rd, 2009 – 6:07 pm
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23rd October 2009 – Pamplona

I had to get up early to repeat the ritual of pouring money into the parking machine, which is becoming a significant  expense and something that we had not anticipated.  Our accommodation in the towns in which we have overnighted so far – Girona, Huesca, and Pamplona, has been in the [...]

Anyone for Skiing?

October 22nd, 2009 – 9:53 pm
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22nd October 2009 - Pamplona
Huesca awoke to rain.  We took a look out of our window and as we had already done some sightseeing, and were not massively taken with the town as a potential hostel location, we decided to move on.  We had planned a rough route around Northern Spain that took in the [...]

No Homage to Catalunya

October 21st, 2009 – 9:45 pm
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21st October 2009 - Huesca
Dismayed with Catalunya
Jana and I arrived in Girona (Ryanair’s version of Barcelona) late on Tuesday and drove our rather feeble hire car into Girona for some much needed rest.  We got rather confused driving around the old town of Girona at night and in the end Parked our car in Plaza [...]