- Day 4 of 4 ✅️Monday 1st May 2023 Looking forward to 7 hours of driving… NOT!! Why does Edinburgh have to be so far away from southern ferry ports?… Read more: Day 4 of 4 ✅️
- Day 2 and 3 of 4 ✅️Sunday 30th April 2023 A fleet of yachts sailed out of Bilbao harbour to wave their goodbyes. The weather was cloudy readying us for the… Read more: Day 2 and 3 of 4 ✅️
- Day 1 of 4 ✅️Friday 28th April 2023 We left Casa Mur de Alujan this morning. Not before saying goodbye to some friends. At the last minute 3 sheep… Read more: Day 1 of 4 ✅️
- Techo AbovedadoThursday 27th April 2023 We have covered a big area of northern/central Spain and seen a wide variety of terrain, both urban, rural and religious.… Read more: Techo Abovedado
- What’s that up thereWednesday 26th April 2023 Sometimes you go for a walk with no planned route, you make changes as you go. This was us today, we… Read more: What’s that up there
- MontserratTuesday 25th April 2023 We’re heading for the mountains and what is in the mountains near Barcelona, the holy Abbey of Montserrat. Choices walk or… Read more: Montserrat
- Gaudi LoveMonday 24th April 2023 We love Gaudi, we visited Sagrada Familia 20 years ago when it was almost completely scaffolded inside and out. In 1883… Read more: Gaudi Love
- Sant JordiSunday 23rd April 2023 As we all know St. George killed the dragon and is the patron saint of England. In Catalonia Sant Jordi (St.… Read more: Sant Jordi
- SurrealSaturday 22nd April 2023 Surrealism is weird. Salvador Dali was a genius, a master of Surrealism. We saw his weird today, but we also saw… Read more: Surreal
- El DracFriday 21st April 2023 A day trip to Girona and what a beautiful city it is, one of the best we have seen. It’s small,… Read more: El Drac
- Squirrels yesterday Swallows todayThursdays 20th April 2023 ‘Milk! We need Milk’ the coffee pods we found in the cupboard were 2 years out of date, so no way… Read more: Squirrels yesterday Swallows today
- Romans Go HomeWednesday 19th April 2023 “Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health … what… Read more: Romans Go Home
- Really?? Flamingos!!Tuesday 18th April 2023 Couldn’t believe it, actually had to leave the roof of Max up this morning, a bit of rain in the air,… Read more: Really?? Flamingos!!
- Up the creek without a paddleMonday 17th April 2023 A good start to the morning as Max got us to Chulilla. Max also got his first Hola of our trip… Read more: Up the creek without a paddle
- Lazing on a Sunny AfternoonSunday 16th April 2023 No Kinks in a Spanish Domingo, (Sunday). Max got his promised bath, he hasn’t stopped smiling since. Most of the day… Read more: Lazing on a Sunny Afternoon
- It’s all about discovering new placesSaturday 15th April 2023 We set out for the hot springs of Montanejos about 1 1/2 hours from our apartment. As we got closer it… Read more: It’s all about discovering new places
- Valencian PaellaFriday 14th April 2023 The main aim of the day was to eat a Valencian Paella. Supposedly the Paella originated in Valencia and was meat… Read more: Valencian Paella
- Breakfast with FriendsThursday 13th April 2023 Today was about shopping and exploration as per usual in a new place. After breakfast with the local wildlife, reddy for… Read more: Breakfast with Friends
- They are GiantsWednesday April 2023 Today was going to be a long day travelling from Bustarviego to Naquera, near Valencia. Prior to setting out we decided to… Read more: They are Giants
- 160 Arches!!Tuesday 11th April 2023 Destination Segovia. We heard there was a Roman Aqueduct and boy was there a Roman Aqueduct!! All 160 arches most in… Read more: 160 Arches!!
- An Eggscellent DayMonday 10th April 2023 We have eaten most of out chocolate Easter eggs so Sixty persuaded us to make onion dyed hard boiled eggs to… Read more: An Eggscellent Day
- El Oso y el MadronõSunday 9th April 2023 The official crest of Madrid is the Bear and the strawberry tree (as in blog title) with 7 stars (Ursa Major).… Read more: El Oso y el Madronõ
- There’s
GoldSilver in them there hillsSaturday 8th April 2023 An unexpectedly beautiful day. Set out quite late but thought this circular route would be very different from previous walks, and… Read more: There’s <s>Gold</s> Silver in them there hills - Big is beautifulFriday 7th April 2023 We are discovering that Spain really is a big country. Although Avila is only a small town it has some very… Read more: Big is beautiful
- Back to basicsThursday 6th April 2023 A very different apartment in the village centre. Cool, clean and spacious and ideal for acting like locals and spending the… Read more: Back to basics