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Spain

Arrival @ Barcelona, Spain

After two months of wandering in Lebanon, Cyprus, Jordan and Egypt, I came back to Spain and to Europe. As always, the car greets me covered in dust. The next step is to have a small break to rest and reflect. The following chapter would be from here towards eastern Russia, ultimately. @ Aeropark, Barcelona, Spain, February 27, 2019 @ Barcelona, Spain
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the power of hooking up people @ Aeropark, Barcelona, Spain, January 2, 2019

While I’ll be gone and backpacking from Lebanon to Egypt, my car will rest in a parking lot in Barcelona. In fact, it started having its vacation from a month ago, when I flew to Korea. Today I dropped by the parking lot to swap some contents in my backpack and to do some car maintenance work. Understandably, I found the battery totally discharged, but my portable jumpstart battery could not start the car either. The battery was not too young anyways, so I started to...
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2018, you were good @ Parc de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain, December 31, 2018

2018, you were good People say happy new year to one other. Fireworks are shot into the sky. Many people party until late into the night. People seem happy but happiness has not been something that could best describe what I feel around each year’s end. It is the time to say goodbye to a good old friend, i.e., the year itself, and I am not too excited to throw a party right after I see my friend off. Well, the years may be just some...
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staying fit on the road @Cabo Vidio, Asturias, Spain, November 7, 2018

The fact that I’m constantly on the road means that it’s tough to maintain some daily routines. And that applies to working out on a regular basis. In fact, I believe working out is essential for traveling for a long-term because it keeps you healthy and gives you energy for continued adventures. But not every small town has a gym, and gyms can be quite expensive anyways to use on a daily basis. In fact, I had been using a ‘home gym’ even before traveling, by...
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Less touristy cities @puente Viejo, murcia, Spain, November 17, 2018

Compared to the previous cities – Granada and Madrid, Murcia is much smaller and definitely less touristy. Google says the most popular attraction is the Murcia Cathedral, but I cannot care less about cathedrals these days – there always have been and there always will be cathedrals. So I came to the Old Bridge of the city, constructed in the mid 18th century, and I watched the locals jogging around it Less touristy cities usually lack ‘things to see’, which people find beautiful or interesting. Maybe...
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Memory of Asturias @Cabo Vidio, Asturias, Spain, November 7, 2018

Cabo de Vidio, Asturias Between the Vasco region and the Galicia region of Spain, I needed to drive through the Asturias region. When I realized this, I wanted to get to know the region at least for a couple hours although my itinerary was already quite tight. The name Asturias is special to me, because it is also the name of the famous classical guitar piece composed by Isaac Albeniz of Spain. And that was why the name of the student guitar club at my undergraduate...
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Albergue Santuario Nuestra Señora de Magallón, Leciñena, Spain, November 4, 2018

After a long and sweet break in Barcelona, I hit the road again. The first destination of my Iberian adventure was Zaragoza. To be exact, it was a very small town in the North of Zaragoza, Leciñena, with about one thousand habitants. In part, I was drawn to the unique hostel there. It was inside the 800-year-old sanctuary on the top of a hill. Being so old, the place has a long and complicated history. To the extent that I understood, the place was initially involved...