Posts Tagged Spain
- A Country Within A Country: Travel To Barcelona - April 30th, 2009 The distinctive regional culture of Barcelona is largely due to geography and a plentitude of national pride and elitism. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, one of Spain's 17 semi-autonomous states. The regional language is Catalan, along with the national language of Castilian Spanish. There has long been pressure from the Catalonian government and nationalists to earn complete autonomy from Spain. Consequently, the exclusive culture can be difficult to adjust to and there is significant animosity towa ......
- Balearic Islands – Holidays in Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca - April 29th, 2009 The Balearic Islands can be found in the Mediterranean Sea, just off the east coast of Spain. The four islands that make up the Balearics are Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca and Formentera. Foreigners also commonly know Mallorca, the local name for the island, as Majorca. A name that conjures up images of never ending sunshine, beautiful beaches and a party atmosphere that never ends. The real Mallorca can be quite different if you wish to look for it.
- What To Do On The Costa Brava - April 29th, 2009 Barcelona is the capital of Catalunya, one of the richest and most fiercely independent regions in Spain. Catalan people speak their own language and many do not believe themselves to be Spanish. The golden age of Catalunya was around the twelfth to fourteenth centuries, when Barcelona was the centre of the great seafaring empire of Aragon. In addition to Barcelona, Catalunya is made up of the cities of Lleida, Girona and Tarragona, and the long Costa Brava, stretching from the French border to Valencia.
The islands together make up the Autonomous Commu ......
Read the rest of this entry »
To be honest, I was one of the main culprits; my shirt had stuck to my back and needed constant peeling to allow some air circulation around my body.
“We’ll be stopping in about ten minutes at t ......
