Looking back on the four weeks I spent getting to know and falling in love with Bilbao, I find it hard to compartmentalise this great city. Everything is interlinked. Food and relaxation, culture and history, shopping and culture. One thing…
Seville is a place to savour. In a post I wrote for another site (You can read the full version here), I share my pick of Seville after spending five special weeks in the Spanish city. Easing into Seville A…
In 2014, I was lucky enough to have the time and fitness to walk the Camino de Santiago from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago, Spain. What is the Camino de Santiago? The Camino de Santiago, a walk of…
I walked over 800km from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago to Finesterre in April/May 2014. What follows are links to my musings on the Camino. Being new to blogging, it is free form without details of distances and…
25th April 2014 Day 2. The Virgin to Burguete What a Difference a Day Makes The taxi driver taking us back to where we stopped walking yesterday gave us a minute to photograph a spectacular scene. While yesterday was sunny…
Day 3 Burguete to Larrasoana Head Torches Leaving before sunrise meant using our head torches. The pleasant yellow glow of the street lamps contrasted with the icy wind which drove the light rain into our faces. It did warm up…
Day 4 Larrasoana to Cizur Menor Day 5 Cizur Menor to Puente de la Reina 28 April 2014 Prevention is better than Cure Yesterday the sheep’s wool came out. I felt my first hot spot and being the good girl…
Day 6 Puente de la Reina to Estella Day 7 Estella to Los Arcos 1 May 2014 Over a Week of Walking We have now walked for 8 days -an average of 20km each day. We are both good but…
Day 8 Los Arcos to Viana Day 9 Viana to Navarete via Logrono Day 10 Navarete to Najera 2 May 2014 A False Start This morning we let ourselves out of our accommodation at 7am leaving the key in the…
Day 11 Najera to Santo Domingo de la Calzada 3 May 2014 Not Quite What We Expected I’ve always wanted to stay in a Parador (usually a converted monastery) but they are really expensive. … some as much as $600/…