The mind that opens to a new idea, it will never go back to its original size
-Spanish Sugar Sachet-
I have been there last year with Mary (
We made the first day of travelling towards Tarragona, a historical city close to Barcelona. We left Verona (Italy) at 5am, reaching Tarragona at 7pm. I drove all the way and it was quite relaxing and coffee in French cafeteria along the motorway were great. Much better than Italian!
Here are a couple of pictures.
Terragona, the roman theater.
Terragona, the sea view from the main street.
Of course, the typical Sangria (also named Calimocho) could not miss! It was tasty, cheap and fresh!
Sangria, Calimocho
I loved Spain as it’s a very relaxing place, very welcoming and with warm people.
Food was so amazing! We tasted Paella, different types of fish and many typical dishes. Here you can find some.
Some Paella
Roasted sardines
Some "tapas" of codfish
In total we have been to Terragona, Cartagena, Almeria, Malaga, Alicante, Murcia, Valencia and some other intermediate steps on the road.
Architecture and history were great things as well and here are some pictures I took here and there.
The Arena in Malaga
The Sea-walk in Alicante
A nice Murales in Valencia
A view in Malaga
In general, what I really loved in Spain is that aside the most touristic places, the country and the people are very calm, relaxed and welcoming. Many of them could not really speak English well, so I spoke the small Spanish I learnt to speak and in the end we could understand each other all the time.
This seems quite normal BUT in other countries I have been, people were not so patient with tourists that could not express very well.
Another thing is that life there, avoiding the most touristic place, is cheaper even than Italy, meaning and we tried a lot of local specialties, mainly on food as almost all the monuments, churches and relevant monuments were free-entry, something that in Italy is quite different.
We could visit the Holy Graal in Valencia as well as some ancient fortresses in Almeria and castles in Malaga.
The amphitheater in Cartagena
The Church where the Holy Graal is exposed
We went there also in the perspective to look around to go there starting living there. At the moment we did not feel such traction to move, but we are still looking forward to evaluate place to replace to. And we will keep looking for but for now, the best place that we have been to has definitely been Spain!
All pictures are taken from me, with no filters used