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A spanish travel agent with six years of experience leading and guiding tours around Spain and Portugal, sharing info about places to see, traveling tips, accomodation, nightlife and all he knows about where he is been, either leading tours or on his own,
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The Skyline of Madrid: a sculpture museum
I remember, as a child, how my mother would tell me off for not looking at the ground when I was walking and running around. As much as I appreciate (now) her caring for my welfare, it is a piece of advice that I always found very hard to heed. I ha...
Gaztelugatxe: the Chapel of the Sea
Myth, superstition and fantasy are basic ingredients deeply embedded in human nature. Some places have an equally evoking and intimidating atmosphere that bring out and excite that old connection, which dwells within us all, with the popular lore of ...
The Green Spain: Galicia
International tourism business in Spain started flourishing in the sixties and seventies decade of the 20th century, mainly featuring beach and sunny locations and (at the time) very cheap prices in an economy that fell way behind the rest of the wes...
Monasterio de Piedra: Gardens of lush beauty
I have led many tours, in many occasions, to places I was visiting for the first time myself, which is obvious and natural if you think about it (“nobody is born knowing” we say in Spain, and, after all, only practice makes perfect), and a signi...
El Angel Caído: Monument to Lucifer
My beginnings in the tourism business took place on top of a panoramic hop on-hop off bus in Madrid, seven years ago, pointing out the most interesting spots to the tourists; we completed, depending on traffic and time of year, an average of seven to...
Accomodation in Spain: Quality Standards
It’s been a while since I last visited France, but I have led several tours there in the past, particularly to the south region bordering Spain and, more specifically and most often, to the catholic pilgrimage spot of Lourdes, and every time I go i...
Spain: a sketch ( II )
A rough outline of the geography of Spain: It occupies most of the Iberian Peninsula, two minor archipielagos (Canary Islands, by the norhtwestern shores of Africa, and Balearic Island in the Mediterranean Sea to the east of the peninsula) and two au...
Spain: a sketch ( I )
Some data for consideration (when I’m working as a guide my lectures are prepared and I give exact figures and dates but I won´t now. because if you are at a computer you have wikipedia or the Britannica for that and I really do not believe a coun...
Why Spain?
Worldnaut's Journal / D. 11748:Bullfighting toreros, paella rice dish, sleeping siesta, olé!Is that what you were looking for (please say no)? If the answer is yes, buddy, you in for a one night stand with the sharks! Away with him lads, off ye go!M...
