I left my hostal at 8:15, aimed for the river and northward, more or less. For those of you who wonder why the guidebooks say 22 km, let me start with 2 important points: I do not claim to have a great sense of direction. Rightly considered, inconveniences are an adventure. Instead of a double…
I have been transported around the world and to my pilgrim personna. In other words I’m on the Camino in Spain again. Taking just 31 days and planning to walk from Seville to Salamanca or Zamora (500-600 km). My first flight saw me feeling a bit anxious and guilty – Why am I doing this?…
I was lucky to be in the centre of Mexico City on the weekend before Día de los Muertos. (Apologies for posting so many photos, but how could I not?) First, the Frida Kahlo museum. I must read more about her and maybe watch the movie again. Then the Museum of Anthropology, which gave me…
Mexico City is an “alpha global city”, according to Wikipedia. Nine million people in the city proper, 21 million in the metropolitan area. It is huge and teeming with traffic. The traffic was slow but surprisingly organized and without honking mayhem. Those millions of people are moving about the city, using modern public transport, shopping,…
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.
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