Over the span of 85 days we spent time in 20 cities. That does not count London where we flew in, caught a cab and rode the train out; all in the span of about 4 hours. Tomorrow is city number 21, …
Why Spain Almost Didn’t Happen: Sculptures & statues, bier, olives, helados
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 …
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Madrid, The Reward For 4 Days Of Stress: But, only for a day, onward to Oviedo
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 …
Oops! Not In Charge: Slow travel
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 …
Nimes, Near Perfect Vacation City?
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 …
Weird And Wonderful Bruges: A fine day in France and Belgium.
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 …
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