What follows is a Captain’s BLOG on my trip to
Spain. Although not many people will
read it, It’ll give me something to look back on.
Note: I’ll highlight some of the
key places and phrases, like food that will take you to pictures that are just
on that topic. It will save you from
going through all the photos in the album.
If you want to see them all at once, go HERE.
You can also click on a picture for a larger version.
You can also click on a picture for a larger version.
Mari Lú went to Spain as part of the
semi-exchange program through the high school.
We’ve hosted several Spanish students from Bilbao Spain over the years
and Mari Lú has formed close relationships with them. She speaks regularly with Paula via video
skype. Mari Lú wanted to extend her trip
so that she could stay with Paula and Jeanette was traveling over there to walk
the camino. That would give the two of
them a month in Spain, not a bad vacation.
Because of the way schedules worked out, Mari Lú would have to come back
by herself. It’s not something that I
thought Mari Lú was ready for. Although
she has done some air travel, she doesn’t have the experience. I’ve traveled to Madrid and to other
locations south, like Toledo and Segovia and then via overnight rail to Granada
for an overnight there and into Portugal.
The one place I’ve always wanted to visit was Barcelona before I checked
Spain off the priority list mainly because of the pull of the Catalonian
culture and fantastic architecture that the city is known for. I’m into architecture and Gothic treatments
are one of my favorite. Jeanette
arranged my travel so that I would fly into Barcelona, have a few days to
explore the sites there, then join Mari Lú in Bilbao. This would give me the opportunity to meet
some of the families of the kids that stayed with us and a week in country to
do some sight seeing and then fly back with Mari Lú.
