Wedding in Bilbao (apr'07)

Neil & Maria (who appear earlier in this blog!) got married in Bilbao in April...

Apart from meeting all my friends from the UK: George (who continues to be a rock star!), Clive & Dave

I also met Ainara & Elena from Pamplona that I hadn't seen in 7 years!!! They did the Erasmus with me in Marseille!!!

I visited the Guggenheim museum, impressive building at the end of the street

Madrid (mar'07)

In February easyjet started flying to Madrid from Casablanca for peanuts, so we went there for a weekend with some friends...

'el oso y el madroño', symbol of Madrid

Plaza Mayor full of supporters of Spain and Danemark, who were playing that night

Palacio Real

Jardines de Sabatini

Western Balkans (aug'06) VIII

Finally left the Balkans to go into Bulgaria, straight to Sofia as I was running out of time :-(

street market

...and this trip was over...

Western Balkans (aug'06) VII

Crossed into Macedonia, where I visited quiet Ohrid and its lake

church Sv Jovan at Kaneo

and also the capital Skopje

Western Balkans (aug'06) VI

On my way to the Ionian coast in south of Albania...

stopped to cool the taxi's engine after crossing Llogaraja Pass; 2 Bulgarian travellers joined in

coast town of Himara

here some bunkers; Albania is covered with them

Western Balkans (aug'06) V

Then I went to Albania; travelling there was one of the most rewarding trips I've ever done, as it made me change completely my thoughts about Albania; I found a country full of nice places and wonderful people (and a bit polluted though); here some pics of Tirana:

Partying hard in 'Living Room' in Tirana

girls strolling around the cool district Blloku in Tirana

Western Balkans (aug'06) IV

In Montenegro, which had just become independent, I visited Kotor...

...which has a stunning fjord

and the capital Podgorica, where some kids were selling old school books on the street

Western Balkans (aug'06) III

In Croatia, I visited Dubrovnik on the Adriatic coast

Western Balkans (aug'06) II

After Serbia, I went to neighbour Bosnia-Hercegovina...

old center of Sarajevo

Latin Bridge in Sarajevo, where the 1st World War started

'the bridge over the Drina' (for those who read the book) in Visegrad

beautiful Mostar

Western Balkans (aug'06) I

In summer 2006 I went travelling to this interesting region; I started in Belgrade (Serbia)

rainy day in Belgrade center

the massive Orthodox church Sveti Sava

some building still remind us of the war

'Toma', the popular place to come eat some tasty burek

Lisboa (aug'06) II

Around Lisboa there are some nice places to see...

Sintra

Cascais

we stayed in non-touristic, but charming Palmela

coast on the Alentejo region

Setúbal

Lisboa (aug'06) I

In August 2006 I spent a week in Lisboa with my parents and my brother; here some pics:

my brother, mum & me

Praça do Comércio

New year's eve 2005 in Berlin

I spent new year's eve in Berlin with friends I met in Rabat

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... the massive Reichstag...

Juliane, me, Johanna, Su & Sven