Road trip
2024年9月22日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Today we went on a road trip to St Nicolas Del Peurto. Nice river running through and a waterfall a couple of kilometres downstream from the town. A coffee at the local bar and back home. Most of theもっと詳しく
Tapas
2024年9月23日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
We’re making sure we visit every cafe/bar in Constantina. 🙂. Coffee (with churros) during the day and beers/wine in the evenings. The coffees are good and strong, and cost about half compared toもっと詳しく
Cerro del Hiero
2024年9月24日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
A short drive away is Cerro del Hiero, an old iron ore mining site amongst interesting rock formations, overlooking the Sierra Norte. A UNESCO rated geological site. Mornings are getting colder now,もっと詳しく
El Pedroso
2024年9月25日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
A nice drive today to El Pedroso. A sleepy little hill town amongst the olive plantations. Wandered through the lanes to the church, which in its past, was damaged by an earthquake. PS. We looked upもっと詳しく
Castillo de Almodóvar del Río
2024年9月26日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
On the road to Córdoba is Castillo Almodovar. Sitting high over the valley and town, this was a Roman fort, then transformed by Arabs in 760. NB. Part of the 7th season of Game of Thrones was filmedもっと詳しく
Fiestas Del Robledo
2024年9月28日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Today is the day in Spain where Mary is transported back to her local basilica to wait another year for the next celebration. Music, horses and cavalcades follow the procession for the 2km walk.
Train to Toledo
2024年10月1日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Today we leave Constantina with fond memories. We drop the car back in Seville, then stroll over to Seville’s main train station. The fast train to Madrid and takes about 3 hours. Short wait andもっと詳しく
Toledo
2024年10月2日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Quite a city. We are staying in the old town, near which was once the Jewish Quarter. Great views over the river and suburbs. Toledo was in existence even before the Roman Empire, and every street andもっと詳しく
River walk
2024年10月3日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Went for a walk along the river today. This side of town is built on top of a rocky gorge overlooking the fast flowing Tajo river. Back up a steep road to the town, then cut across back to home.もっと詳しく
El Greco Museum
2024年10月4日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
El Greco, one of the masters, lived for some time in Toledo. The El Greco museum pays homage to him and his contemporaries including Tristan. Overall, the museum buildings and gardens are quiteもっと詳しく
Military Museum
2024年10月5日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
A walk across town took us to the Alcázar. A very large fortress facing the hills of La Mancha. The fortress was closed for repairs. However, the Military Museum is part of the Alcázar and had freeもっと詳しく
In and around the Old Town
2024年10月6日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Strangely enough Sundays here are when most of the grocery shops, cafes and bars are shut during the day. Maybe not strangely, for it’s the sabbath. Even though the tourist buses keep comingもっと詳しく
Westside
2024年10月7日, スペイン ⋅ 🌬 23 °C
Today we headed to the lower west side of town. Not much here but we stumbled right in the middle of a substantial marathon. Seemed like everyone and their dog were running. Back up the 6 x escalatorsもっと詳しく
Toledo at night
2024年10月9日, スペイン ⋅ 🌬 22 °C
Went out for a short while to get some night shots. Doesn’t really get dark till 9pm, and nights are now colder.
East side of Toledo
2024年10月10日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Continued our walk along the river which surrounds Toledo on three sides. Then back up the hill and explored the eastern side of town. At our coffee stop we saw an amazing site. At first we thought itもっと詳しく
Museum of the Visigoths
2024年10月11日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Interesting museum chronicling the history of the Visigoths. The ones who sacked Rome and ended the Roman empire. They were living as allies within the Roman Empire, however, they attacked Rome in 408もっと詳しく
Our Taberna
2024年10月12日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
We say goodbye to Toledo tomorrow. To mark our stay here we have a few drinks at our local pub. Right next door to our apartment. 🙂. Beers and wine are 3€, so not too pricey, and the place has aもっと詳しく
Madrid
2024年10月13日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
A short trip from Toledo. Arrived at our quirky hotel via the Metro. A great system. You are only waiting max. 10min for any train. Walked up the road for some beers and Tapas. Also went into town toもっと詳しく
Perlora
2024年10月14日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
We leave Madrid at 4.30pm for Perlora by train. A 3 hour trip in deepening gloom past small towns and pastures 🤔. Arrived at our hotel at 10pm and that was it. Perlora is a quiet little village onもっと詳しく
Avilés
2024年10月16日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
This morning we take the 30min train to Avilés. A small port town with a nice town square. We find a cafe under the arches and nicely surprised to receive a complimentary ‘pintxo’ croissant. Andもっと詳しく
Slugs
2024年10月17日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
More wandering along the coastline. Some of the biggest slugs we have ever seen! 😳.
Gijón
2024年10月18日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
A short train ride takes us to Gijón, the largest town in Asturias. Known primarily for its maritime heritage, its beaches are what people come here for. Architecturally, it’s quite modern with fewもっと詳しく
Candás
2024年10月20日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Only 2km up the coast is the small town of Candas. It comes alive on weekends for its beaches, scenery, shopping and restaurants. It’s an easy walk from our hotel, but buses and the train make stopsもっと詳しく
Perlora to León
2024年10月21日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Our journey today is from the quaint hills and seaside village of Perlora, to the bustling city of León. (Lion). We have taken the slower but cheaper Regional train through the Cantabrian Mountains.もっと詳しく































































































































































































































































































































































































































