Leaving Spain
Hello from Ireland! Sorry we have been so long between posts! We took a vacay from social media and have just been enjoying ourselves. It was a nice break, but now we are back and will get caught up over …
Category: Spain
Sunny Spain – Part II
When we left off our previous post, we were still enjoying the beautiful city of Granada. The food, markets and architecture were amazing. Before leaving and continuing our trip through Spain, we saved the best part for last – the …
Sunny Spain – Part I
Holy cow, here I was thinking I was all caught up on my blog and that I could take a break! It has been over a month since we wrote our last post, who knew our time in Spain would …
Change of Plans
We are barely out of the gate with our 2023 travels and already we have made big changes. When I outlined our plans in a previous post I mentioned that at this time of year, weather dictates our plans more …
Last days in Spain, new plans…again!
We slept like the dead on our first night back in Spain after a long and fraught travel day. We managed to get over to Carrefour and restock before making our way to the petrol station to refill our propane …
Hola Sevilla!
We made it to Spain, finally! We were looking forward to Seville and had planned three days of sightseeing. Unfortunately, it just didn’t turn out that way. Best laid plans and all that…. On our last night in Portugal we …
The long journey home and back
We are back in Bijou now having arrived just over a week ago. It seems much longer because we’ve had a lot going on. Unlike our trip to the states, our return travels went according to plan. Our first flight …
Our Camino, Part 5 – Hola, Santiago!
The weather cooled significantly in the days after leaving Leon, a welcomed change from the hot, dry Meseta. We bundled up in whatever warm clothes we had, which for me included a pair of leggings I purchased years ago at …
Our Camino, Part 4
Nearly two weeks after our rest day in beautiful Pamplona, we planned our second one in the city of Burgos. By this time, we were nearly 200 miles into our 500 mile journey. Rest days are complicated. In …
Our Camino, Part 3 – A Day in the Life
A stripped down version of a pilgrim’s day would look like this: wake up, walk, eat, walk, eat, sleep. The simplicity of a day on the Camino is of one of the things people say they miss most once they …