Author: Brian

Pais De Cava En Catalunya

09.07.2008 in Uncategorized

Originally uploaded by autarken It wouldn´t be hard to do much better than we did last time we visited Barcelona. At least now we have a place to sleep. But we´re doing a lot better than just finding a place to rest our heads. The…

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La Sagrada Familia – Wow!

08.07.2008 in Uncategorized

La Sagrada Familia – Wow! Originally uploaded by autarken We are @ La Sagrada Familia, our first stop in Barcelona… this camera phone pic can’t really do justice, you’ll have to wait for me to get back home to autostitch with hi rez. — mobile…

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Leaving Valencia

07.07.2008 in Uncategorized

IMG00311.jpg Originally uploaded by autarken Decided to take snaps of every airport we’re leaving on this trip… here is our Spanair flight out of Valencia to Barcelona. — mobile mail sent via phone

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Live From The Field

07.07.2008 in Uncategorized

Last few days have been exciting and exhausting. We’ve been promised they don’t party like this all the time, but Valencianos in particular have a reputation for fiesta that they haven’t disproven since we’ve been here. After pigging out on paella we roasted in the…

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Wedding In Valencia

06.07.2008 in Uncategorized

Wedding In Valencia Originally uploaded by autarken I just finished uploading photos from my phone (gprs slow here in Picassent) from the wedding… more and better quality pics from our cameras to follow when we get a chance (maybe not til we get home, we’ll…

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Llegamos en Valencia

04.07.2008 in Uncategorized

Llegamos en Valencia Originally uploaded by autarken Finally, feels like vacation. We arrived in Valencia this morning, were picked up by Ernesto, then grabbed Emily and Jean @ their hotel, taken to an horchateria and given a tour of Valencia. After meeting Ernesto’s whole family…

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Another Day Another Airport

03.07.2008 in Uncategorized

Another Day Another Airport Originally uploaded by autarken After catching a few hours of sleep last night we are on our way again, this time @ Gatwick airport in London… destination: Valencia, Spain. Our EasyJet plane is so cute! — mobile mail sent via phone

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Hurry Up And Wait

02.07.2008 in Uncategorized

Of course it was a mad dash home… pick up the dog… prepare the travel docs we’d put off to the last minute… shower/shave… oh yeah, pack! We made good time to the airport though. Almost too good, and now we have time to kill…

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Summer In Spain

19.06.2008 in Culture, Locale, People

Eight years after our first journey around Europe Kim and I are making a rare *return* trip to a place we’ve already been to! A couple of them even. When friends of ours announced they were going to be married in Spain we jumped at…

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Helping Tibet Again – Progress In Action

15.05.2008 in Culture, People

To follow up Kim’s post about what we can all do to help out the situation in Tibet… we called and emailed our representatives and senators and now there is legislation drafted in the US Senate for action to be taken! I haven’t read the…

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