March 4th, 2010 | Author: Travel Poster
My first trip to Spain and just the packing of my bags gets me excited and motivated to jump on the plane. During my first visit, I plan to see as much of the country as possible. I want to not only see the culture, but I want to learn about the history of the various communities and providences, as well as learn the traditions of each of the regions.
This may be a large undertaking for my first visit, but I am well prepared.
My first stop is going to be Barcelona the capital of Catalonia. This city even hosted the olympics back in 1992. It has tons of museums, stadiums, Art galleries, and even gothic quarter’s made famous by Gaudi’s Barcelona. With more than 2,000 years of art and architecture, Barcelona is still a prime location for design. Since my major was architecture, I am very interested and excited to be visiting this city in Spain.
Bullfighting is also another popular sport of the country that I find intriguing and disturbing at the same time. I have never seen this take place in real life so I plan on learning about the origination of this tradition as well. Perhaps, even turn it into a documentary.
Madrid, being right smack in the middle of Spain, will also be a central location for my travels. Madrid is known as one of the most vibrant cities in Europe, and has tons of cultural learning opportunities form it’s many cafe’s, bars, posh boutiques, and even a medieval Madrid.
I believe a lot of my time will be spent wandering around these two cities, but because I have an extended trip, I do plan on going to various others cities with the other providences to explore the cultural variety that Spain has to offer.