Excursion to the “Cañón del Ebro”

Here I am at a lookout point over the canyon. You can see the Ebro River behind me... I'm squinting from the sun, but that's ok.

I wanted to share with everyone some pictures and stories from a recent trip that I took to the Ebro River Canyon located near Burgos.  I took the trip with some other teachers from the school where I work and, honestly, before going I wasn’t really expecting a lot.  You see, before we went, the other teachers told me that this would very much be a “rural” trip — we would be visiting small “pueblos” in the countryside and walking along rural routes.  Since I consider myself a “city boy,” I wasn’t sure if I was going to like this trip very much… but I went anyway.

After going on the trip, I have to say that I was quite impressed.  The villages that we visited were all very pretty, the landscape was very green (I didn’t even know things got that green here in Castilla y León), and I had the opportunity to see something that is a little less “touristy” and a little more “Spanishy,” if you know what I mean.  Plus, it was nice to leave the city behind for an afternoon and get a breath of fresh, country air.

Really, I think the pictures from this trip speak for themselves.  Below, I’ll leave a few more pictures for you to take a look at.  If you still want to see more, you can check out my “Pueblos of Burgos” album on Picasa.  Also, if you would like more information about the “Cañón del Ebro” you can check out this site.  Enjoy!

A waterfall on the outskirts of one of the villages we visited.

A view of a small village street.

Hasta luego,
–Chris
http://abroadinspain.com

PS: On an unrelated note, let me apologize to everyone for not updating in such a long time.  Since it’s the end of the school year here, I’ve been busy tying up loose ends and making preparations for next year.  All of that takes time, which means that the blog has been a little dead over the last couple of weeks.