Sunday, 14 Nov 2010 | Views [326] | Comments [2]
We have fallen in love
with Andalucia. We made a deliberate decision to skip the motorway in
favour of the longer, but more scenic mountain roads as we headed
south. We had certainly had our own pre-conceived ideas of Spain and
what we thought ... Read more >
Sunday, 7 Nov 2010 | Views [300] | Comments [2]
We needed to head south
and had already decided to go via Cordoba, but at the last minute we
included two tiny towns called Ubeda and Baeza, recommended by 'the
book' for their medieval buildings. This was probably our first real
glimpse of Spanish ... Read more >
Saturday, 6 Nov 2010 | Views [373]
We skipped Murcia in
favour of heading inland to see Madrid, but before leaving the coast
we headed south to visit Tarragona as recommended. Interesting Roman
ruins, but after only half an hour of driving, we were still way to
cold to get out ... Read more >
Friday, 5 Nov 2010 | Views [350]
Departure day from
Barcelona dawned orange and cold. I couldn't
get out of bed. But Mike left the back door open so I didn't get much
choice. It was worth it though, to eat my cornflakes out the back of
the van watching the sun rise.... Read more >
Thursday, 4 Nov 2010 | Views [323]
Barcelona
loomed upon us earlier than we expected, which was a huge bonus as we
had discovered by then that our intended campsite was closing for the
winter, giving us only one full day to explore the city instead of
two. So we made the most of ... Read more >
