Fresh from our blue cheese and bagpipe filled jaunt through Asturias, Simon and I powered our little Baracuda West into Castilla y Leon. This is a part of Spain, I guarantee you, I knew absolutely nothing about. What I found out was that it was a place of pilgrims covered in red dust adhered withContinue reading “Castles & Lions in Holy Spain”
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Through the Basque and Into Asturias
In our last episode, Simon and I had been on the road for about three days and stayed in the middle of the misty mountains in the Basque Country. Afterward, we went South into Navarra to see the lunar plains of Las Bardenas Reales. Read more here. Now, it was time to move back upContinue reading “Through the Basque and Into Asturias”
Misty Mountains & Lunar Deserts
When we last met, we were spreading fast in our silver Tuna, Natalia, towards the great unknown of the Basque lands. Since moving to Europe almost four years ago, the Basque country has fascinated me in the way a toy car does to a child. Something about the rocky cliffs, the intense desire for independence,Continue reading “Misty Mountains & Lunar Deserts”
Madrid and Cowboy Country
Big things have changed in my life, including finally receiving my degree from Aalborg University. With this piece of paper reading “You’re now an ‘adult’….on paper”, it’s time for me to venture out into this world with starry eyes and a can-do attitude (or whatever). But not without a good ramble first. Yes, before IContinue reading “Madrid and Cowboy Country”
Southern Spain Day-Trips
Fresh from Morocco (Begin the journey here), we had three days to enjoy the warm, ever sunny coast of Southern Spain. We are staying at Aunt Katka’s place in Marbella, so our obvious starting point is right out the front door. Marbella is a bit of a plastic town, recently developed to accommodate the boomContinue reading “Southern Spain Day-Trips”
The Weekend Rambler 