Turruncún - I want to live here one day. (715 hits)
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Submitted by Merlina (View user info) at 2007-08-07 02:50:37 EDT
Driving around somewhere in Rioja, Spain a few months back we passed what looked like a battered old road sign, nearly completely hidden by weeds. Curiosity getting the better of us - and having nowhere to be in a hurry - we parked up at the roadside to take a look.
The sign, as it turned out was nearly illegible but we could make out the word, Turruncún, so walking back to the car we looked up and behind us, where I thought spotted a building.... Or was there more? We climbed for a while and came across the most beautiful place I have ever seen in Spain. Possibly the world.
It was a ruined, deserted village.
Clambering up, we spent most of the day there in the hot Spanish sun, exploring. We didn't see anyone all day, although you could hear cars in the distance. And you know? I can't get the place out of my mind.
When we looked at the map in the car we noticed that Turruncún was not on the map! Defiantly I marked it on the map myself. When we eventually left, we saw a sign leading the other way, clearly saying the name of the place - and so sadly realised that it wasn't quite the secret we had initially thought.
But I'll never forget it. I have secret little dreams of going and buying the whole site and rebuilding all the houses, the little church....
Wouldn't that be amazing? Here's a photo of it..
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Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-08-09 02:11:56 EDT (#)
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Thats what we did in Spain - went looking at castles and dinosaur tracks
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-08-09 01:52:50 EDT (#)
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Cool. During my time in Scotland (yeah that's right...suck it, bitches), my favorite touristy thing to do was visit the ruined castles and what not. That, and watch re-runs of Starsky and Hutch on one of the four television stations we got.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-08-08 17:19:57 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Random Joe at 2024-03-14 14:23:29 PDT (#)
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This country is going down the shitter - because of uneducated, uncultured, inexperienced douches such as yourself.
Get the fuck out of ConservativeTown, USA and go try living life on your own for once.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-08-08 09:19:02 EDT (#)
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I don't want to kill you.
Kidnap and torture you maybe... but not kill you, sweetie..
:-D
Let me know next time - you can come to my house for a bbq & a beer.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-08-08 09:09:14 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-08-07 12:43:35 EDT (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-08-07 09:28:58 EDT (#)
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I WANT THE MAP TO THIS PLACE.
btw, i went to london, the women still did the eyeliner thing.
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London??? Why didn't you let me know woman?
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i wasn't there for very long and i'm not quite sure if you want to kill me or not. no worries, going back next year (hopefully). next time + france.
ps, heard the sherlock holmes joke and am plotting proper revenge. it involves fire.
Submitted by brokenlizard534 (user info) at 2007-08-07 15:28:36 EDT (#)
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looks awesome
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-08-07 15:18:21 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-08-07 13:45:31 EDT (#)
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that'd be quite the project
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Incredible, hey? Was a great job...
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-08-07 13:45:31 EDT (#)
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that'd be quite the project
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-08-07 13:12:08 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-08-07 12:43:35 EDT (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-08-07 09:28:58 EDT (#)
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I WANT THE MAP TO THIS PLACE.
btw, i went to london, the women still did the eyeliner thing.
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London??? Why didn't you let me know woman?
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-08-07 12:40:01 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-08-07 09:28:56 EDT (#)
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Did you ever find out about the history of the place?
Beautiful place! It would make a fantastic site for a photoshoot.
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Yep, there are a few decent websites - with an "even better picture" than crappy Merlina's.
hahahahaha.
It was beautiful in the middle of the village, things dreams are made of.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-08-07 12:37:27 EDT (#)
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Submitted by creep_firebombing (user info) at 2007-08-07 09:15:57 EDT (#)
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Sexual fantasy involving Merlina in a peasant blouse and long flowing skirt next to a fountain in the center of Turruncún? Check.
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hahaha. absolutly.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2007-08-07 11:37:33 EDT (#)
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very cool in an off the grid kind of way
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2007-08-07 09:44:15 EDT (#)
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http://tinyurl.com/3d9f7n
wikipedia spanish has a short note about this village. Also an even better picture.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-08-07 09:29:35 EDT (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-08-07 09:28:58 EDT (#)
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I WANT THE MAP TO THIS PLACE.
btw, i went to london, the women still did the eyeliner thing.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-08-07 09:28:56 EDT (#)
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Did you ever find out about the history of the place?
Beautiful place! It would make a fantastic site for a photoshoot.
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2007-08-07 09:26:22 EDT (#)
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pretty
Submitted by creep_firebombing (user info) at 2007-08-07 09:15:57 EDT (#)
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Sexual fantasy involving Merlina in a peasant blouse and long flowing skirt next to a fountain in the center of Turruncún? Check.
Submitted by phuzzygish (user info) at 2007-08-07 08:12:34 EDT (#)
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Marge, please, old people don't need companionship. They need to be
isolated and studied, so it can be determined what nutrients they have
that might be extracted for our personal use.
-- Homer Simpson
Lady Bouvier's Lover
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-08-07 07:52:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-08-07 12:50:10 BST (#)
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Um... I'm doubting they HAD power in the days that village was inhabited.
Probably for the other villages, no?
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Considering it looks like it's going down the valley in the background, I'd say you're right. Looks great!
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-08-07 07:50:10 EDT (#)
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Um... I'm doubting they HAD power in the days that village was inhabited.
Probably for the other villages, no?
Submitted by Progr3ss (user info) at 2007-08-07 06:44:59 EDT (#)
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I'd say those power lines behind it proves it's not really a secret.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-08-07 04:06:01 EDT (#)
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Pretty.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-08-07 03:03:47 EDT (#)
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+2 Chuck Norris
Hey wait a minute!!!!!! Oh and that girl didn't mail me back :( Poor me.
Submitted by Zeglamancer (user info) at 2007-08-07 03:01:12 EDT (#)
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looks like a cheesey final showdown location for a late 80s chuck norris movie.
I can almost picture a helicopter rising up in the backround and a few guys in that tower and on the roofs of random buildings firing off their AK-47s at the chopper. The chopper dodges off into a shadow quiet ridge so Chuck Norris can repel down from it by a strand of dental floss. He is armed with a package of Dentyne Ice, a toothpick, and a shoelace.
Fast forward 14 minutes and 12 seconds. Every bad guy is dead and the whole place explodes in a fiery inferno as Chuck Norris once again saves the day and steals back the Congressman's top secret files. He parasails off the cliff into the sunset using a tattered shirt as his chute.
Roll Credits.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-08-07 02:51:08 EDT (#)
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