Most of our travel arrangements for Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, had been made in advance with Caroline of Lucky Bean Travel, who did a superb job. Once there, we added on a day trip to Botswana for wildlife viewing. Only 3 days in total was just enough to give us a taste of what a longer African…
[I’ve decided (at least for the moment) to resume some blogging. It is often hard to convince myself that anyone should read my trite tales, but they don’t have to! I enjoy keeping my blog more than I would enjoy a dreary secret diary – my posts are an account of my activities that I…
We arrived in Madrid in the pouring rain, but the next day was a sunny spring Sunday. Madrileños and tourists were outside in the thousands – strolling in the parks, shopping, and above all, eating and drinking in the cafés and bars. I recommend a visit to the Mercado de San Miguel for a snack.…
When we got back from the Tangier trip we found there was a bus to Cadiz that evening, arriving at 10:30 pm. I was able to reserve accommodation there, so off we went! Cadiz is almost surrounded by water and has an interesting history as a port city back to the time of the Phoenicians.
MB is getting into this nomad life, and decided that we should go to Africa. So, from Malaga we took a bus to Tarifa, the southernmost point in continental Europe. It was quite exciting to see the Rock of Gibraltar appear, and it was interesting to glimpse the massive port facilities. Tarifa has two main…
Some walking was in order for a change – Stage 5 of the Gran Senda de Malaga, about 15 km from Cuevas de Nerja to Frigiliana. It was perfect weather, being generally cloudy with a few sun breaks to keep things cheerful, and not too warm. MB had just this morning figured out how to…
The morning was unstructured. Which means that we were late getting out, and spent a few hours walking the streets of Nerja doing some mundane tasks. One of those mundane tasks was finding the Museo where the Cuevatren stopped. Google maps and GPS seemed to have trouble with the narrow winding streets. We found the…
Having reached Santiago, we had some hard choices to make, for the next two weeks. We chose south, with a night’s stopover in Madrid and a train to Granada. Early the next morning we dashed up the hill in the dark to get tickets to enter the Alhambra. (All reserved tickets were booked for 5…
Today we pushed on through pouring rain, other types of rain, hail, winds, and sun, in order to meet 2 Internet forum friends in Santiago. We followed the sidewalk shells into Santiago de Compostela… Up to the cathedral… Then we had 20 minutes to check into Hospedaria San Martin Pinario, peel off sodden clothes…
Today I decided to try eating a big breakfast to fuel me better for a long day of walking. However MB had her usual small breakfast and had to stop to eat anyway, so I ate at all those stops too. Springtime is nice for the baby animals we see. I’ve not bored you with…
The distance was officially 27.5 km but we did quite a tour of Melide before settling in to the Hotel Xaneiro. The conditions underfoot and the weather were easier today. except for a few patches… More typical Galician scenery… Lil a candle in the church in Palas de Rei… Looked back to see a school…
For a few days, we have been a little dismayed by how long it takes us to walk 15 km these days! We are zigzagging constantly to avoid running water and mud on the path and we need to stop for lengthy discussions of things we see. Furthermore the weather is capricious and MB (who…
A good walk up, down, along Galicia roads through settlements that are not really villages. Approaching Barbados, I told MB that last year an old fellow was waiting to offer an visit to the nearby 9th century church. Sure enough, there he was waiting in his car at the turnoff. We stalled a little, reading…
