A short way down the road from Santander is the aristocrat town of Santillana del Mar, which despite its name is nowhere near the sea. Santillana del Mar, once deemed Spain’s most beautiful town […]
A short way down the road from Santander is the aristocrat town of Santillana del Mar, which despite its name is nowhere near the sea. Santillana del Mar, once deemed Spain’s most beautiful town […]
There really ought to be a feature on map apps where you can press a button to loudly yell “liar!”. The plan was simple enough: locate the market, cycle there, buy yummy things, cycle back. […]
We’ve scored a good day to explore Bilbao, drizzly in the morning, clear and cool to follow. From our vantage point, the city is shrouded in fog and mist – I’m glad I took my […]
Our journey along the Basque coast continues and the pattern of yesterday continues – forest indispersed with sea views and the occasional high rise seaside town. Blue gum plantings join the eucalypts, their silvery blue […]
And so this morning we leave. I would have liked to have spent a little more time in San Sebastian, explored a little further, but it’s the heat that wins in the end. With the […]
Any way I count it, there’s no denying we’ve been away for a month, almost a third of our time away. The good news is that there’s two months to go. Yay! I am in […]
Another day in paradise…or at least it starts out that way. With the promise of heat later, the morning is devoted to walking the bay from Monte Urgull into the old city, along the spectacular […]
Well what else would you do in a warm climate… except hike up the tallest hill you can find? San Sebastian is flanked by the lushly green Monte Igeldo and Monte Urgull, the latter topped […]
I’m not sure if you believe in love at first sight, but if it exists, Sans Sebastian has surely collected its fair share of hearts. The transition into Spain is seamless – somehow between the […]
Just when I thought our Les Plus Beaux Villages tour was temporarily diverted, there’s a nest of three, just off the Spanish border. Our drive to them takes us through more beautifully forested areas […]