Thrive, Life is your Opportunity!
Here we are in Oviedo Spain, even though about six weeks ago I was convinced that would not happen. What changed? Six weeks ago I consistently read stories about the ill feelings toward tourists in Spain. Then a big oppressive heat wave hit (there is another now), and a 4 day blackout hit most of …
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It was about 96 hours ago I made the decision to pivot on the direction of our European travels. Between train challenges and the ominous heat predictions for almost all of Europe previous plans went out the window. Prague, Warsaw and Krakow say goodbye. Say hello to the northern most area of Spain, …
[Read more...] about Madrid, The Reward For 4 Days Of Stress: But, only for a day, onward to Oviedo
Fluidity, flexibility; they are important to me. Too many years spent raging against the machine with too many head butts into impenetrable walls. Perhaps I am here on this existential plane to learn fluidity and flexibility. The rage and assaults on immovable objects that caused me pain and …
Nimes, France is filled with interesting places to go, pretty, vibrant, friendly and compact. On top of that we are in an ideal location. We are in a maze of streets interspersed with homes and businesses, but not a lot of auto traffic. Many of the streets surrounding us are pedestrian only because …
We walked to a train station yesterday morning in order to follow up on Alex' advice to go to Bruges. I struggled to get our bus tickets loaded on to my phone before the bus left, even though I gave myself 30 minutes. More evidence of my tech deficiency. The ride was green and pretty, like all of …
[Read more...] about Weird And Wonderful Bruges: A fine day in France and Belgium.
