Spain
Story 1: I arrived in San Sebastian (Donostia Basque), after having driven for 3 hours in the Atlantic sea coast at a rate too slow to appreciate what was happening around me, no doubt San Sebastian had to be a must as this city has a unique charm and a beautiful sunset that make a dish unique to the pupil. I spent several days in San Sebastian to know the city and its environs, as well as enjoy walking on the beaches, a city that should not be missed.
Story 2: I've gone back to the road due south to the capital of Spain, the center of the country's climate is felt when the cold wind slashing my face, drive for 4 hours to reach the city of Burgos and leaving for the next day it would be my final destination Madrid. I'm in the capital of this great country, I have come to the house of Jose M. Garcia, who twice ran the famous Paris-Dakar rally. The capital has taken me several days to know it almost entirely. I met some friends friendship llevavamos riders thanks to the Internet. Today we went for a walk in the mountains of Madrid which was fun and we crossed many parts with mud. After a week in the capital continue my way to Cordoba is famous for its Cathedral-Mosque.
Story 3: I'm in Cordoba and I was shocked the city much as it has much influence Arabic and Roman, visit the Cathedral-Mosque also unique in the world as a single building combining Catholicism with Islam, a very quiet city narrow, cobbled streets in its entirety where the diversity of its monuments and edifcio make a very interesting place to visit.
Story 4: Sali Cordoba to Malaga direction which would have to make a mandatory stop as the adventurous new tires would have to continue on the road. Sali de Malaga without visiting any of this city and the left for a next time, drive across the Mediterranean coast through Marbella and its surroundings to reach the southernmost point of Europe, the small town of Tarifa, famous for windsurfing practiced in the area. After having arrived and left my things at the hostel went out to meet these people who could be seen in the distance my next continent, Africa.
Story 5: I'm back after almost 3 months in Spain, I did for the region of Extremadura, particularly the city of Merida, a city with a lot of Roman history, all part of the city center is scattered Roman ruins and the main and most large leaves your mouth open so well preserved that is, an outdoor theater and a theater near you back those times where gladiators were those who entertained the people.
Story 6: After several days in Merida, return to Madrid to fix some outstanding had to be done and when riding with some friends we had left to do before. Andres comes with my friend from Mexico who now had changed his job to live in this city. Being the capital was far from good and I met new friends motorcyclists, I was interviewed for a channel of motorcycling and many other activities that had yet to be done.
Story 7: I translade Tarancon, a town 80 kilometers from Madrid to take a course in photography at night I had really wanted to do and take it with the best photographer specializing in pictures at night. After taking the course back to Madrid and take my belongings and follow south stopping at Granada, a city that had recommended me for being too cute and so it was a very influential Arab city since centuries ago, the same Arab were living in it.
Story 8: At last after so many days' journey to reach the area of Gibraltar to renew my license in Europe, to get across the border had a great surprise that the Spanish police did not want to seal my departure from European union for several arguments that had no validity whatsoever, so I had to start with an alternate plan to take a quick trip to London to get out of that community.
Story 9: I have returned to Spain after spending several days in London renewing my permission to stay a while longer in Europe, decided to take the route along the Costa del Sol that comprises the area of Andalucia, Malaga through to address this, the first Nerja day I decided to sleep in a small city 50 kilometers from Malaga, a place to visit as many sites are emblematic of the region.
Story 10: After several days of Nerja continue my way to Barcelona, to the Almeria visiting the ecological reserve of Cabo de Gata where the route was spectacular coast, at a time with many curves a little bit away from the coast and other sections seeing the whole coastline and stunning beaches, contrasting turn to ruins with a few decades old. Carboneras Stop by to visit some friends we were motorcyclists to see on that site.
Story 11: arrive in Barcelona after 6-hour drive across the road, where I much as I say that with traffic can make a couple of hours on the route, to reach 30 km from the city and I was waiting for my friend who showed me Sergio Pueyo part of the city to earn some time since my stay in Barcelona a few days would be to have a boat ticket to Genoa Italy transpora me to follow the route. Barcelona a beautiful city with much to see and know, visit the most important sites but still miss me so much to see, you can breathe and see lots of art for every corner of the city. After a few days in Barcelona to change my hosting site Rubi a town just outside Barcelona where I was enjoying the company of my friends Jorge and Fernando riders who take the ship bound for Italy.
Thank you very much to all who made and who participated in one way or another to make it more pleasant my stay in Spain.
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