Travel diaries: Spain 13 Articles

by Chris Green

Mention Andalucia to a lot of people and their immediate reaction is "well, I know it's in Spain, but don't ask me where". Mention the Costa del Sol instead and then they'll say,"OH! THERE!" To be fair, I have done t...read more

by Teena Kay

PortAventura, Salou, Costa Dorada PortAventura had been on my 'to do' list since before the name change a few years ago. I already knew about it when it was still known as Universal Mediterranea. The park renamed PortAv...read more

by Annalou Mack

From Ukraine to Spain During my second year as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine I was invited to spend Christmas with a friend in the navy stationed in Spain. I readily agreed not only to see more of Spain but to get ...read more

by Pete Buckley

Galicia - World's End and the Coast of Death. Heading up the hill from the pleasant fishing town of Ribeira and following the signs towards Corrubedo, we crossed the low spine of what was now our home peninsula. It w...read more

by Carl Halling

The Innocence of pre-Movida Spain/Gambolling Baby Boomers The dreamy, introspective aspect of my nature became increasingly marked in 1972-73, and I fantasised about fame and adulation as Rock or movie star as never be...read more

by Bob Tyson

BARCELONA - OLD AND NEW Barcelona has changed a great deal since the first time we were there on honeymoon. Back then, in 1954, packaged air tours were still a thing of the future except for the really wealthy. The re...read more

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by Sezin Rajandran

After so many years of traveling and living around the world, I have finally learned that there is a huge difference between spending a couple weeks somewhere on holiday and living there full time. When I first went to Spa...read more

by Jean Pauly

The "Maana" Mentality I remember on my first trip to Spain being astonished to walk right off of the plane and out b of the airport through the "nothing to declare" door, where two guards stood around talking and basical...read more

by Laura Joy

Palm trees, the sea breeze, and seemingly endless dance parties. Barcelona, Spain sounded like the place for me. We arrived outside of Barcelona at 10:30pm on a ridiculously noisy Easy Jet flight. Once we were all packe...read more

by Jill M. Hames

My First Day in Spain: June 2004 It had been a long, overnight flight and I was sick. All I wanted to do was sleep. Thankfully, I had a few hours before my host father would pick me up. But first, I had to call home and...read more

by Jan De Vries

When you travel around the world, every now and then you'll visit places that leave you completely breathless, with no desire whatsoever to ever leave again. Strangely enough, to me this happened to a city just a one hour ...read more

by Christina Brzustoski

"There is nothing in life so cruel as being blind in Granada" Granada, Spain is a quintessential Andalucian town with its pueblos blancos, those quaint, white-washed houses climbing up the hillsides, and the obligatory...read more

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by Nohrie

Spain. I must pause before I attempt a sentence with this entity in it. A country so challenging to my sensibilities in the best way while also resurrecting some inclinations that wish to be spread out and explored like...read more