El Camino :: Spain June 2006

Introduction

Just some figures to begin with… As well as to let u know how obsessive-compulsive a person i could be…

Age at which i first wanted to go to spain: 17.

Age i started to take spanish and the desire to visit spain intensified: 19

No. of years i had to wait before the dream came true: 6

No. of months taken to plan the trip in extreme detail, down to the last detail of which metro station to drop off to our destination: 1 only! (i barely studied for elective)

No. of persons on this trip: 4.5 (not that MX was half a man, he joined us for only 4 days, unfortunately)

No. of days spent in spain: 16

Here’s a map showing the places we visited and our route.

Map of Spain

The red dots represent the cities where we stayed in ie. Madrid, Barcelona, Granada and Sevilla (in chronological order), while the yellow crosses indicate day trips taken to various cities. The following travelogue will be in chronological order. To view the photographs from a particular city, click on the appropriate category on the side bar.

SPAIN ITINERARY

Day 1: Madrid
- Arrival & Metropol Hostel
- Cable car and city centre

Day 2: Madrid
- Parque del Retiro
- Puerta del Sol
- Museo del Prado
- La Almudena Catedral

Day 3: Toledo

Day 4: Madrid
- Palacio Royal

Day 5: Barcelona
- Ciutat Vella
- La Rambla
- Gaudí’s works
- La Sagrada Familia

Day 6: Barcelona
- Parc Montjüic
- Anella Olímpica

Day 7: Montserrat

Day 8: Barcelona
- Platja Barceloneta (the beach)
- Port Vella

Day 9: Figueres
- Salvador Dalí & Museum
- Departure to Granada

Day 10: Arrival at Granada
- City and the Cuervas

Day 11: La Alhambra
- by day
- by night