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Mike and Carla are Globetrotting... 2 people, 1 van, 5 countries (+2 try-hards), 5 weeks...

Trip: SPM

There are [10] stories from my trip: SPM


Gibraltar...Why Not?

GIBRALTAR | Saturday, 20 Nov 2010 | Views [221]

Again, we knew nothing about this tiny country, except that somehow it is part of Great Britain, and were plagued by the same questions as Andorra. What is there to see? What language do they speak? Does Mike need a visa? These were pretty quickly ... Read more >


Andalucia

SPAIN | 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 >


Craziness in Cordoba

SPAIN | 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 >


Madrid, via Valencia

SPAIN | 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 >


(What was supposed to be) A Day of Rest...

SPAIN | 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 >


Hola! Barcelona!

SPAIN | 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 >


The Mountainous Andorra

ANDORRA | Sunday, 31 Oct 2010 | Views [224]

As we approached the imaginary line separating Andorra from France, Mike and I both realised we knew absolutely nothing about Andorra (including any possible visa requirements for Mike...which we discounted quickly based on EU merits). So the benefits ... Read more >


Shooting Through France

FRANCE | Friday, 29 Oct 2010 | Views [311]

We crossed the Channel with Seafrance, and I was back in familiar territory...Calais docks on the right side of the road. This was a 'pinch-yourself moment', we were actually doing this! We headed straight down the west ... Read more >


In the beginning...London

UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 29 Oct 2010 | Views [328]

After purse dramas in Holland that morning (I had left it on my coach the night before - it had my passport in it, without it I wasn't going anywhere!), I caught the ferry to Dover with some colleagues, where Mike met me with the van, bed ... Read more >


The Premise

UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 28 Oct 2010 | Views [298]

A nomadic 5 weeks spent discovering the delights and wonders of Spain, Portugal and Morocco, employing Mike's art of “winging it” and Carla learning how.