Happy Birthday

[Roger Warwick]

The TravelSpain discussion group was created on 21st February, 2000.

Happy Birthday to us all!

Roger.

[brian glynn]

To whom  do we owe, "thanks" in particular for such a great concept and its execution? All the best, Brian Glynn Weichert Realtors 908 507 7694 --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Roger Warwick <roger....@gmail.com> wrote:

[Webmaster - Conference Coordinator Spain]

Its not my birthday is it??

brian glynn wrote:
> To whom do we owe, "thanks" in particular for such a great concept
> and its execution?
>
> All the best,
>
> Brian Glynn
> Weichert Realtors
> 908 507 7694
>

[sue james]

Hi Brian
As far as I know Roger was the instigator and continues to be the main fount of knowledge - particularly re Madrid.
Thanks Roger for nine informative years and to everybody who has contributed trip reports and chipped in with comments and questions.
It's the questions that keep the group going so lets hope as the travel season starts up again that there will be plenty more.
Sue

[brian glynn]

Thanks, Sue for the information and thanks, Roger for creating the group.

All the best, Brian Glynn

908 507 7694 --- On Sat, 2/21/09, sue james <sue....@InfomaxGroup.co.uk> wrote:

[Alfonso Gonzalez]

Thank you Roger for creating the group and all the others that have
contributed to the group. I just wish more of us would contribute to
make a more active group. We have/had a group of people who know and
visit Spain frequently and that can provide insights into the country
and its culture. It would be beneficial to have the opinions of those
still interested on different places and regions of Spain....I know that
Sue's base is Salamanca and has family ties there...but what is her &
others favorite places to visit and places they do not like or feel
they are over-rated. This includes, esp Roger.
My centers (because my cousins are there) are Puebla de Trives (in
Orense prov of Galicia) and Santiago de la Ribera (on the coast of
Murcia in the southeast). When my companion accompanied me to Spain,
from the 1990s through 2006 we always spent some extra days in Madrid
and we traveled to virtually all the tourist attractions (never made it
yet to the Canaries) and different parts not as frequently visited by
North American tourists, but notably favorites for us: Cangas de Onis &
Covadonga in the Picos de Europa, La Alberca & the Sierra de la Peña de
Francia (near Salamaca) , resurrected village (Valdelavilla) in the prov
of Soria, San Sebastian, Gibraltar, Andorra, Alicante-Elche, La Albufera
(just south of Valencia), the Ebro delta and adjacent coast, El Puente
del Arzobispo (SW of Talavera de la Reina) and many places in Galicia,
especially Orense, Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña (city and coast to
the west). There are truly no places I dislike, but I have disliked the
recent congestion of many places and parking in the cities (include
small cities) since my first adult trip in 1971.
I certainly would like to know the views of this group about which
places of Spain they like and dislike ......hope you are all able to
make it there again this year (as I am hoping)......have been traveling
every year to Spain since the early/mid 1980s, except for 1996.....Roger
how long have you lived in Spain and Sue how long have you been going there?


Alfonso

brian glynn wrote:
> Thanks, Sue for the information and thanks, Roger for creating the group.
>
> All the best,
>
> Brian Glynn
> 908 507 7694
>

> --- On *Sat, 2/21/09, sue james /<sue....@InfomaxGroup.co.uk>/* wrote:
>
> From: sue james <sue....@InfomaxGroup.co.uk>
> Subject: [travelspain] Re: Happy Birthday
> To: trave...@googlegroups.com
> Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 10:42 AM
>
> Hi Brian
> As far as I know Roger was the instigator and continues to be the
> main fount of knowledge - particularly re Madrid.
> Thanks Roger for nine informative years and to everybody who has
> contributed trip reports and chipped in with comments and questions.
> It's the questions that keep the group going so lets hope as the
> travel season starts up again that there will be plenty more.
> Sue
>
> brian glynn wrote:
>> To whom do we owe, "thanks" in particular for such a great
>> concept and its execution?
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Brian Glynn
>> Weichert Realtors
>> 908 507 7694
>>

>> --- On *Sat, 2/21/09, Roger Warwick /<roger....@gmail.com>/*

[Ken Bielen]

Thank you, Roger, for keeping it going at an often thankless task.

Ken B


--- On Sat, 2/21/09, brian glynn <brian...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[Mac]

¡Feliz cumpleanos al este grupo! And thank you Roger for setting it
up, and also for the extremely informative GoMadrid site. I´ve really
enjoyed sending my 'letters from Spain', as it not only gives me a
record, but I hope helps others get a flavour of this great country.

Salud

Mac

[Roger Warwick]

>.Roger
> how long have you lived in Spain?

First of all, thanks are due to so many others. To Sue James and John
Zumsteg, who also administer the group, to Mac for his wonderful
travel stories, and to so many others who have contributed over the
years, your good self included Alfonso - but it's simply impossible to
name you all.

I've been living in Spain for nearly 21 years, since April 1988. I now
divide my time between Madrid during the week and Lisbon, where I
spend every weekend.

It's clear to me that so many of you know that much more about travel
in Spain than I do, so beyond mentioning my two homes of Madrid and
Salobreña (where my parents have a house on the coast), I would prefer
to hear about other travellers' favourite places, rather than mention
my own due to my resident's status limiting my travel knowledge.

I am quite happy, however, to comment on social mores, since I
probably think more like a Spaniard now than a UK citizen, which I was
originally.

In any case, long life to the group and all your travels!

Roger.

[Clara HATEM]

I would like to thank you Roger, and everyone on this list. This group has been a great deal of help in my travel planning to Spain, especially in the years 2001 through 2003. It has also been a big pleasure for me to sometimes revert back with trip experiences and reports..

Happy birthday and many years to come!

Clara

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:17:02 +0100
Subject: [travelspain] Happy Birthday
From: roger....@gmail.com
To: trave...@googlegroups.com

The TravelSpain discussion group was created on 21st February, 2000.

Happy Birthday to us all!

Roger.

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[Stewart Fishburne]

And a warm and large "Thank you" from me too. Although I haven't been to Spain for a few years now (and the exchange rate between Sterling and the Euro isn't making it any more affordable at present), the site did help considerably when I did go (5 trips between 1999 and 2005, I think).

 

And I still love the trip reports (Thank you Mac, Sue and all the others, whoever you are!).

 

Regards

 

Stewart Fishburne

----- Original Message -----

From: Clara HATEM

To: trave...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 12:56 PM

Subject: [travelspain] Re: Happy Birthday

[Roger Warwick]

By the way, early trip reports from Stewart, Clara, Mac, John Zumsteg and others, are still available here ...

http://groups.google.com/group/travelspain/files?hl=en

[Simona Cecilia Marginean]

A giant Thank All of You, from Romania!

Frendly,
Simona

2009/2/23 Roger Warwick <roger....@gmail.com>