Here´s some pictures from our last little ´tour´ outside of Catalunya. We hired a car, and took off to the road on a Saturday afternoon, nice and easy, on our way to Huesca. About five hours later, we arrived to the camping site, where we spent the night. (Quite a new experience for Susan, poor thing, I am not sure she slept at all that night!) --

Anyways... the next morning we went to Zaragoza, where we visited the Roman City (a couple of amazing museums, including an old Roman Theater)... and in the afternoon we visited an Almudejar palace, a mixture of Muslim and Christian architecture, absolutely amazing.

By late afternoon we were absolutely knackered, so we started our way back to Barcelona. After a couple of hours on the road we decided it was too unnerving and tense; we were doing 140Kmph, and other cars were flying past doing 200Kmph and over... and since it was getting darker, and it was a Sunday afternoon (when everybody else is also on the road back to Barcelona) we spent the night at a little two-star motel at Lérida (Lleida). The next morning, nice and easy, we strolled back into Barcelona, with plenty of time to wash the car, have lunch, and a nice long siesta.

Minnie, making sure we had everything ready. 

Susan, posing next to our 5 star mini-hotel. 

Extreme close-up at the Hotel foyer, in Huesca. 

The road ahead. It took us about 5 hours from Barcelona to Huesca, and then about an hour from Huesca to Zaragoza...

Some plains of Spain where the rain doesn´t... er... rain. It´s kind of dry country out there, really, when compared to Cataluña. (Huesca)

Some nice Spanish countryside, on the road from Barcelona to Huesca, and then Zaragoza...

Amazing colours, lights and shadows forming upon the most beautiful contours. (a little rosy from the sun). Oh, and behind, some more Almudéjar architecture.

Some more Zaragoza amazingness. The whole city was clean, nicely done-up, quiet and beautiful. Of course, it was during August holidays - on a Sunday... but still, it was amazing to be there. 

Inside the castle/Palace. Absolutely amazing; the christians respected the muslim artwork, and added their own. 

Almudéjar Castle in Zaragoza, from around the 7th century. It was first a Muslim King´s castle, then the Christians took over, then it became the Reyes Católicos... and now it´s a Museum and also the Courts of Zaragoza. 

Well! The trip is over. Now we go back home to Barcelona..:!