Report from Girona

We arrived in Girona two days ago and have moved into our apartment for the month of February. We are in the heart of the old Jewish center in the town on Calle de la Força, which is the original Roman road through this area. We feel the depth of history here very deeply. We spent the morning walking the walls of the town and taking pictures. We'll get them up on Facebook in the next day or so.

Our newest book: Powerful Places in Catalonia has just been released and we got a great review in "Foreword" magazine. If you go to Powerful Places Guidebooks in Facebook you can read the reviews and see the book covers.

Our intent is to rest and relax for most of this month before a very busy travel schedule that begins at the first of April. We'll keep you informed of our adventures here in Girona and surroundings.

Leaving for Catalonia

We leave on Wednesday for Barcelona and intend to live in Girona for the month of February. We have loved our time in this town before and want to spend enough time to really get to know it.

New Article by Elyn

Elyn just had an article published on My Life is a Trip. Go to the link to read it. Leave a comment at the end. It helps get her out to the online public. Click HERE.

Powerful Places on the Caminos de Santiago

Our first Powerful Places book is out and available from Barnes & Noble. Click HERE to see their ad. Powerful Places in Scotland will follow shortly. Stay tuned.

And one of my faithful readers pointed out that B & N has a special on. Their members discount (10%) is available to everyone, member or not. The book is $8.05 with the discount.

Cabalgata in Sahagún

Here in Spain, the Day of the Three Kings (January 6) is bigger for children than Christmas. On that day they get all their presents, not on Christmas Day. The eve of the Kings day is filled with anticipation here. All day long I was seeing children with bright, excited eyes on the streets with their parents. It is a big day of general celebration, brought to a close in the evening by the Cabalgata—the arrival of the Three Kings.

At about 7:30 a train arrives in the station here in Sahagún and the Three Kings are on it! They descend and climb aboard trailers pulled by farm tractors that have been highly decorated and are filled with local kids in costumes. The parade begins and spirals through the streets with the kids on the trailers throwing candy to the assembled masses. General excitement prevails. The Kings arrive at the town hall (just across from our apartment—how convenient) and hold court on a stage especially constructed for the occasion. More presents are distributed and everyone goes home happy to await the big bonanza of presents on the morning of the Día de los Reyes.

This year, for the first time in the history of Sahagún, the black king was really black (a local restauranteur), who played the part to the hilt. The king has always been a white guy in black face before. The black guy looked really happy to be included in this small town celebration and we were happy to see him there.

Transformational Travel

We have just launched our new Facebook site about transformational travel and our new series of books--"Powerful Places . . ." The first of the series is coming out this month and we look forward to discussions on the Facebook site.

Go to: http://www.facebook.com/ and type in "Powerful Places Guidebooks" into the search. Take a look at our site and join as a fan. We look forward to the conversations that will follow.