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Attack of the Giant Spider

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

It’s not a radioactive mutant from the future, but it was almost as scary for me. The creepy sculpture below is in front of the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao. The building itself is amazing, but I much preferred the flowery “Puppy” sculpture on the other side to this arachnid.

The museum is the centerpiece for the lovely walk along the river to the old city, where we had yet another lesson in tapas. We continued our education in the Rioja region in Logrono. There are dozens of bars/restaurants on every block, but we seem to be getting better or maybe luckier about which ones we choose on our nightly crawl. I never thought that I’d be writing this, but after tasting the specialty here, I don’t think I hate mushrooms anymore. Gasp! Now if I can just get more comfortable with spiders….

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Twilight

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

No, this isn’t going to be a blog about vampires. However, they could probably live pretty easily here in Spain. We are adjusting to the late hours that suit a nocturnal lifestyle. The bakery around the corner from our hotel doesn’t even open for breakfast until 10 AM. Lunch at 3 and dinner, well, let’s just say “later”.

We’ve been in Leon for a few days with a side trip to the Picos De Europa. The rocky peaks are beautiful and we went for a nice hike through the gorge at Cain. All that walking works up an appetite, so we’ve been exploring the tapas bars and restaurants. The tapas scene in Leon is slightly different than other places and it took us a couple of tries to learn the art of dining here. When you order a drink, you get a little plate of food for free. It’s generally some local specialty like chorizo, ham, cheese, or olives. Since the drinks are only about a Euro each, we thought we could eat pretty cheaply by stopping at a bunch of these places. After a few bars, we realized that the quantity of drinks was bigger than the quantity of food, and we would get drunk sooner than we would get full.

Anyway, we hope everyone enjoys their turkey dinner today… Happy Thanksgiving!

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Adeus, Portugal

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

We arrived in Porto in the pouring rain, prepared to spend our last few days in Portugal walking the hills of the city. Instead, we found refuge from the downpour in one of the port wine lodges across the Douro River.

The lodges are clustered in the Vila Nova de Gaia area and most offer tours and tasting. The tours are interesting, but after the second one, we realized that they all tell you the same information. At least now we know the difference between a tawny and ruby.

Here’s the famous Pont D. Luis bridge on our final, and less rainy day. Next stop: Spain (again)

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Time Warp

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

I don’t know what happened to the last week. It flew by and I can’t believe we’re heading north already. We left the warmth of Albufeira and headed to Evora for two nights. There are historical sights in this area that range from a six thousand year old stone circle to a Roman era temple to the relatively “modern” 15^th century Chapel of the Bones. (The last one is a church whose walls are decorated with thousands of bones from the monks who once served there. Creepy.) We took it all in, as well as some excellent dinners of the local cuisine – monkfish and rice, black pork.

From Evora we continued north stopping along the way to see a castle in the middle of a river at Almourol, the huge Convento de Cristo at Tomar, and finally the massive plaza and church at Fatima where the pilgrims flock to commemorate the visions seen there. We arrived in Leiria exhausted, but energized by the fascinating places we’ve visited.

This picture is from Tomar, where the former headquarters of the Knights Templar are located.

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Found: The Sun – Lost: Motivation

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

I don’t have much to report in this post. Thanks to a generous friend, we are spending the week near Albufeira, a beach town along the south coast of Portugal. The weather has been sunny and warm, and we’ve been enjoying the ocean views and downtime. We did take a day off from relaxing to see some of the sights. Here’s the lighthouse at Cabo de Sao Vicente, the most southwestern point in Europe.

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