Destination: Spain

Adios Spain

Wed, 5 Oct 2016 | By dawnandmark | Views [435] | Comments [1]

We have eaten and drunk our way through Northern Spain and very enjoyable it has been! If you have been following the blog for 6 weeks you will notice it has very much been a case of 'eat, sleep, explore, repeat'!! I love Spain, the people are friendly ... Read more >

Basque Country - Bilbao

Sun, 25 Sep 2016 | By dawnandmark | Views [541] | Comments [2]

Made the short journey to Bilbao our final destination on this trip. Had low expectations of Bilbao as it has been a very industrial city but was absolutely well impressed. Over the last 20 years the whole docklands has been re-developed with a strong ... Read more >

Photos: Basque Country - Bilbao

Sun, 25 Sep 2016 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery

Basque Country - Donastia Sans Sebastian

Thu, 22 Sep 2016 | By dawnandmark | Views [468]

On the steep journey downhill out of the hills the breaks on the beast were stinking, we have had this a few times on the bad downhills but this time the break light came on. After much contemplation and discussion with our mechanic in the UK we decided ... Read more >

Photos: Basque Country - Donastia Sans Sebastian

Thu, 22 Sep 2016 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery

Basque Country - Gorbia National Park

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 | By dawnandmark | Views [401]

Left the cities behind and headed for the hills in the Basque region. This is were the language becomes even trickier as the Basques have their own language which is completely different to Spanish it contains lots of x's, z's, u's and the words are ... Read more >

Touristing in Toledo and Segovia, Spain

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 | By kurenai | Views [545]

Spain has been a fascinating city to explore – which is good because my flight to Madrid from the US was so late that I missed my separately ticketed flight to London, much to my dismay and my wallet! This led me to have more days in and around ... Read more >

Tags: culture, madrid, segovia, spain, toledo

Photos: Basque Country - Gorbia

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery

Photos: Castille - Astgorga & Burgos

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery

Castille - Astgorga & Burgos

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 | By dawnandmark | Views [399]

Castille, Astorga Left the Ancares region and headed east into the heart of Castille for a couple of tourist days. Visited a lovely restored village and then continued to Astorga. A historic town with the cathedral, squares and Roman walls. Had a ... Read more >

Photos: Castille - Ancares National Park

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery

Castille - Ancares National Park

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 | By dawnandmark | Views [521] | Comments [2]

After a couple of days hanging around the beast because of torrential rain we left Galicia and headed to Burbia in the Ancares National Park. A very remote area of Castille. We visited the tourist information in the largest village in the area and between ... Read more >

Photos: Galicia - Costa de Morte (again!)

Thu, 15 Sep 2016 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery

Galicia - Costa de Morte (again!)

Thu, 15 Sep 2016 | By dawnandmark | Views [438] | Comments [3]

Galicia, Costa de Morte (the return) As we are staying in Northern Spain now we decided to do more exploring of the costa de morte as it is a really lovely stretch of coast. Went back to our harbour stopover and did a great mountain bike route along ... Read more >

Photos: Back to Galicia!

Sat, 10 Sep 2016 | By dawnandmark | Photo Gallery