Spain

"Espani Fountain" Zaragoza

Around the world with a mother and daughter

Traveling with multi-generations THE TRAVELERS: Lafayette, California mom and consultant Nancy Brown, age 40-plus; and her mother, Janet Mooers, former Moraga resident and international traveler, age 80-plus. THE TREK IN A SEC: This mother-daughter duo was Barcelona-bound. Janet Mooers, a recent widow, wanted to see a few more sights before she retired her passport. Daughter […]

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Rain in Spain falls mainly on San Sebastian, Holiday Shopping in Germany

    San Sebastian While “the rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain” according to Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) in the 1964 film “My Fair Lady,” the rain in Spain that our tour group encountered fell mainly in the resort town of San Sebastian. As Hemingway reflected in “The Sun Also Rises”: “The trees seem

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Mutiny in Bilbao

In the former industrial city of 354,000 residents, Bilbao has transformed itself from the once ugly ogre to the dashing young prince of the Vizcaya Province. Once surrounded by cranes, container ships and sludge, the rejuvinated city straddled by the Nervion River, now offers public parks and gardens, fashionable shops and the magnificant titanium coated

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Zaragoza to host Universal Exposition in 2008

  The 2008 banner hangs proudly from the administration building announcing the Zaragoza Universal Exposition,  www.Zaragozaexpo2008.es/ taking place June 14 until September 14 of next year, based on the theme of water and sustainable development. The 17th century, Moorish-influenced La Seo Cathedral looms above the Goya statue, Zaragoza's home town hero.  During our October visit

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