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El Camino (de Santiago)
El Camino de Santiago is a network of pilgrimages leading to Santiago de Compostela in Spain which is where the apostle St James is...
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LA GUIRI
(the tales of an Australian overseas)
LA GUIRI
colloquial Spanish noun - foreigner
¡Bienvenidos a todes! Welcome to my 2022 Gap Year.
After relocating from Melbourne, Australia to Torre del Mar, Spain for 5 months as an English Language Assistant, I have since been backpacking through Eastern Europe, around the UK, and in Costa Rica (among other places).
Now, I am back home safe and sound.
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Day 149 (guassap & goodbye)
Yesterday was my last day at school. These past few weeks have been mostly preparation for the exams so I have been spending more time...
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Day 147 (ferries & freeways)
Just returned from another lovely weekend with the same friends from the Vejer trip. We rented a car from the Málaga train station and...
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Day 139 (Gibraltar)
What an interesting place! For those of you who don't know, Gibraltar is an Overseas British Territory on the coast of southern Spain. It...
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Day 133 (Patio Festival, Córdoba)
Spring in Córdoba is full of festivities! Córdoba, a town of 300,000 people, receives a million visitors during this period. The month of...
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Day 128 (colourful chicken)
I believe it's time I do a food update. A friend of mine invited me to her farmhouse with her family to learn how to make paella. It was...
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Day 126 (Milano)
Just came back from a weekend in Italy - yes, that's right, officially adding 'weekend international traveller' to my CV. I went with my...
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Day 120 - Part Two - (Fería de abril, Seville)
Founded in 1846, the Fería de abril (April Fair) was originally set up as a livestock show, however, it transformed the following year...
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Day 120 - Part One - (Cruces de mayo, Córdoba)
Just got back from the puente (literally 'bridge', but is the nickname for a long weekend)! My Aussie friend, now based in France, had...
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Day 115 (robbery)
What to do when you get robbed Dad left Spain nearly two weeks ago, and for the most part, we had an awesome time. However, on day one,...
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Day 105 (Semana Santa)
Semana Santa or Holy Week, is now over, but I have just experienced a full week of (Andalucían) Catholic tradition. I can still smell...
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Day 102 (Granada)
We're in Granada! We're staying in the Albaicín neighbourhood which is the medieval part of Granada with narrow cobblestoned streets....
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Day 99 (hikes & hippies)
Today, Dad and I left Órgiva and went hiking in Barranco de Poqueira. This mountainous area in Granada is famous for its walking routes...
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Day 96 (Ruta Mudéjar)
Today, Dad and I drove along the Ruta Mudéjar in Axarquía. The white mountain towns that compose this route were some of the last Muslim...
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Day 90 (Pueblos Blancos ('white towns'))
Dad's here! On Friday, we checked out Málaga, stopping at my favourite Antigua Casa de Guardia which I mentioned here. Then, we drove to...
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Day 84 (Vejer de la Frontera)
I've just had a wonderful weekend with four other Auxes (three from the UK and one from the US). We hired a manual car with Record Go...
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Day 76 (markets)
A Spanish friend of mine (who's the daughter of one of my students) drove me, another Aux, and her friend into the mountains in search of...
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Day 74 (Joseph & Mary)
I spent the day at La Herradura where there was the Feria de San José. San José is the patron saint of La Herradura and this fair always...
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Day 71 (Madrid II)
Another crazy weekend. On Friday, I lost my voice; it could be some kind of cold, or the fact that it was my birthday on Monday, but I...
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Day 67 (el mar de plástico)
Today I went to Almería with my Host Dad. He is an agronomist and has an avocado/mango farm. Despite being a capital city, Almería feels...
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