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Another touching scene...
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  • belgianchocolate
  • Updated By belgianchocolate on September 15, 2004
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    by belgianchocolate

    I know this so well from the Antwerp zoo.
    Grandma of grandpa takes the children to
    the zoo. And they got a bonding with the
    animals.

    I witnessed this scene in the parc 'campo grande'.
    He was telling his grandchild about the squirrel.
    The little brown creature came down
    when he heard his name 'alfredo'...
    took the food and run.

    Other people tried to imitate...

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    Shall we rub it???
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  • belgianchocolate
  • By belgianchocolate on April 28, 2004
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    We were walking down the city when we
    came across this nice square with a fountain
    in the middle.
    Two naked men seem to push the fountain
    to another side.
    When we took a closer look we saw that the
    *** of one of those men was shining bright...

    It just made me wonder...
    We got a lot of statues in Belgium that are
    known to bring good luck rubbing this
    or that parth...
    I was tempted to try this one ... it was really
    shinning bright yellow - but I didn't dare to.
    So I can't tell you if it works.

    Do you think there could be another
    explanation for the shiny fraction ?

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    Capital
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  • micas_pt
  • By micas_pt on April 3, 2004
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    by micas_pt
    Valladolid is the capital of the autonomous community Castilla y León, situated in central Spain. Castilla y León is composed of 9 provinces, one of which is Valladolid - this city is situated about 200km north of Madrid. In the 1500's Valladolid was, for a short period, the capital of Spain - the King and Queen lived there, and the city grew a lot, due to the gold and money that was brought from Spanish discoveries and conquests overseas. Over the years, the monarchs moved to Madrid and Valladolid lost its importance and development stopped (as well as the richness from overseas). In the early 19th century, Napoleón Bonaparte occupied and had installed headquarters in this city. In the 20th century, Valladolid recovered its "strength" and went through a major development, which lead the city to being selected as the capital of the autonomous community in 1983.

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    They got them in white
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  • belgianchocolate
  • Updated By belgianchocolate on May 2, 2004
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    I love parcs and gardens.
    I love to watch people in parcs and gardens.
    Valladolid has a real nice one in the center.
    On the map it looks huge , and it is compared
    to the area of the cities center.

    One thing we saw were 'white peacocks'
    They are just stunning! I did see them ones
    before... but for free it was the first time.

    They like to sit in a tree near the angel
    waterfall in the center of the 'campo grande'

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    Where is everybody...
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  • belgianchocolate
  • Updated By belgianchocolate on September 21, 2004
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    It was a holiday when we arrived.
    The city was empty...except for one place.
    The parc 'campo grande' seemed to have
    turned into a low ^profile attraction parc.

    We saw this crowed near the central lake.
    When we came closer there was this
    popey character with a boat with a lot of children.
    There was talking and waving...
    he seemed to entertain the whole crowd.
    >Finally the children said goodbey to mum
    and dad. A last kiss...

    AND THE BOAT LEFT FOR THE TOUR
    ROUND THE FOUNTAIN. ;-)

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    Cosmopolitan city
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  • micas_pt
  • By micas_pt on April 3, 2004
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    by micas_pt
    I found Valladolid quite a cosmopolitan city, compared to other capitals of Castilla y León's provinces such as Salamanca, Segovia, Zamora or Ávila. It is a bigger city than those I mentioned - around 320.000 inhabitants - and seems to have bigger economic activity, such as services, more commerce and more leisure activities. Still, Valladolid is more than modern buildings - along the city many beautiful styled buildings may be seen, and some of them visited. Valladolid is a beautiful city by the river to visit during the day and to enjoy at night, as there are so many options to go out and have fun.

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    If you're in Valladolid during...
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  • Updated By bonmse on September 3, 2002
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  • Empanadas de Pucela - Valladolid
    Empanadas de Pucela
    by bonmse
    If you're in Valladolid during the Fiesta of La Virgen de San Lorenzo (September 9th) be sure to sample the food available at the street fairs and amusement park fair (set-up on the field next to Jose Zorrilla Stadium).

    The picture shown here is of empanadillas - a pastry that could have fish or other delicacies on the inside.

    The fondest sight of Valladolid I remember was the street stand sponsored by the 'Cerveceria El Guevo'.

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    xmas in the city snow falling...
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  • By GREGSF on August 26, 2002
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  • xmas in the city snow falling with the 3 wise kings arriving in the plaxa major with the tens of thousands of childrens faces all aglow.

    siesta time and the wine that gets you there.

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    Valladolid
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  • Carmela71
  • Updated By Carmela71 on March 27, 2003
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    by Carmela71
    Valladolid, the capital of Castilla-Leon has one of the most important sculpture museums of all Spain, and the famous Easter week processions are of great touristical interest.

    It is said that in Valladolid the most correct Castilian Spanish is spoken, so it is an ideal place to study this language.

    As my family are from Aranda de Duero, very near, my mother studied there in the university, so I can prove that this is correct (I mean that here can you can learn the most correct spanish).

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    I came to valladolid by train...
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  • By fabrice on August 25, 2002
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  • I came to valladolid by train from paris with my wife;it was so hot(36°C) that I felt sick and suddenly fell down on my knees in the street;valladolid is the very heart of spain,a mixture of ancient buildings and modern life,like the mall of 'el cortes ingles'

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