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No matter how much I wish I was in Spain right now, I am stuck in the United States....thinking about good times and good authentic tapas and pealla.

Luckily for me and anyone located in the Northeast United States, the centrally located state of Connecticut is home to 6 Barcelona Wine Bar & Restaurants.  Barcelona Wine Bar & Restaurant is a Spanish restaurant with a focus on tapas, a handful of entrees and a long list of expensive wine. 

The 6 locations are Greenwich, Stamford, Fairfield, South Norwalk, New Haven and West Hartford.

Before chosing one, I read several reviews.  Each location is different - different atmostphere, different menu, different chef, different waitstaff.  Some restaurants are smaller, some are bigger.  Some waitstaff can be new and unskilled, some can be excellent and polished. 

View AboutSpainTravel.com's latest travel photo gallery for Cadiz, Spain.  In it are photos from spending an afternoon in Cadiz, an old city on the coast of Spain.  The day involved walking around Cadiz and stopping at a few cafes.  There are a lot of pictures of monuments, the seaside and architecture - and plenty taken from inside a car driving through the streets of Cadiz, wishing I had more time to spend looking around.

Here are some highlights:

Looking for things to do near Las Ramblas, the famous pedestrian walkway in Barcelona?  Consider the Museu de Cera, a wax museum on a Las Ramblas sidestreet not far from the Christopher Columbus monument.

The Barcelona wax museum contains a hundreds of human-like wax figures representing historical and entertainment personalities.  Most of the characters only exist in our minds because we only see them in the movies or on the television.  The Museu de Cera brings the characters to life - and then makes time stand still.

Imagine seeing Star Wars characters in person.  The museum makes it possible.  The wax museum has realistic representations of famous Star Wars characters Chewbacca and R2-D2 alongside Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. 

One of the best ways to experience the uniqueness of Spain is to get above the roof-line and look at the rooftops. The pictures in this article will prove this to be true.

Many cities in Spain offer some sort of way to see above the rooftops. This could be from inside a church tower, a hilltop castle or park and from a hotel room balcony. Wherever the location, the Spanish rooftop views can be amazing.

This collection of photos shows many of Spain's greatest rooftop views.

Salamanca, Spain

One way to save money on travel in Spain is by reducing the amount of meals at restaurants.  Dining out for every meal adds up fast. So what is the best other way to eat on the cheap? The best alternative to dining out at a restaurant is to do-it-yourself.  How?  By making your own meals from food bought at local farm stands and farmer's markets in Spain.

Who would have thought that part of Spain's vast and diverse landscape would be dotted with windmills?

It's true. 

Windmills are anything but widespread, though Spain travelers may stumble upon windmills in places like the La Mancha region, Mallorca, Lanzarote, and Ibiza.

The most notable windmills in Spain are in the La Mancha region, a region south of Madrid, a region made famous by the book Don Quixote which takes place in the La Mancha region. Some of the nicest looking windmills in Spain are in the town of Consuegra in the La Mancha region.

The New York Times Travel Show provides local travel enthusiasts with a great way to plan for a visit to Spain or anywhere is in the world.

The New York Times Travel Show is the big travel show of the year. Held this past weekend, it was the place to learn about how to get more out of travel. Fortunately, I was able to make the trek to the show.  This was my 2nd time at the NY Times Travel Show.

In addition to seminars by travel gurus, the Travel Show featured an exhibit hall where tourism boards around the world were answering questions and handing out literature.  I even saw the Tourist Office of Spain there with a booth. Guides provided advice to the many travelers who visited the booth to ask questions about Spain.  It's like Spain came to New York!

Surprisingly, this year's show seemed busier than last year's.

Couldn't get to Madrid this past December? Here's a video of what you missed:

Navidad 08 en Madrid by Canon EOS 5D MKII from Mauro Fuentes on Vimeo.

Travel to Spain during the Christmas holiday season to experience a festive, fun atmosphere as the cities and villages transform themselves to celebrate the season.

And if you want to visit Spain on a budget and don't mind the cooler weather, this is a good time of year to visit.  Think about visiting during late-November and all during December.  The hotel prices go down as the Christmas decorations get put up.

You'll see tastefully done Christmas decorations all around the country.  Here's a sampling:

A holiday light display on the side of a Madrid building. I think this is El Corte Ingles in Madrid.

Donkeys are funny.

That's all I have to say.