Xàtiva
27. helmikuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Xàtiva (valenciano)/ Jàtiva (castellano) has been our home for five weeks now! Time for an update on Find Penguins :).
After spending 10 days in a hotel, we've found a little 🏠 in a cosy,Lue lisää
Las Fallas
20. maaliskuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Our first visitors in Xativa! Laura’s parents came from sunny Belgium to rainy Spain to experience the Fallas of Valencia, a crazy four-day festival that celebrates the arrival of spring.Lue lisää
Bienvenida Lisa!
10. huhtikuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Lisa's visit encouraged us to explore certain things we kept on postponing. We finally visited the castle in Xativa - which turned out to be pretty spectacular - and the Silk Exchange and the Opera inLue lisää
Granada
15. huhtikuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Easter break! First stop: Granada. We rushed to Andalusia to meet our time slot at the wonderful Alhambra. Located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, the views over and from this palace complex areLue lisää
Sierra Nevada & Almuñecar
17. huhtikuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We made two cool day hikes in the Sierra Nevada, a beautiful mountain range containing the highest peak in continental Spain. In nearby Almuñécar we visited Miel's family, who spoiled us with aLue lisää
Sevilla
19. huhtikuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Back in Seville! As we stayed here for five weeks in December, we felt right at home. We walked around and visited our favourite places in the city, hung out with friends from the CELTA course who areLue lisää
Cordoba
21. huhtikuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Last stop of our Andulasia road trip: Cordoba. An important Roman city and a major Islamic center in the Middle Ages, the city is best known for La Mezquita, an immense mosque that was transformedLue lisää
Moros y Cristianos
24. huhtikuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
After Fallas, we thought we had experienced the loudest festival there is. It turns out we were wrong. People in Alcoy take it a step further while celebrating Moros y Cristianos, a festival thatLue lisää
Bienvenidas Sandrien y Ine!
2. toukokuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We were happy to receive our next visitors, Ine and Sandrien, and took them on our usual tours around Xativa and Valencia, which mainly focus on food 😅. Additionally, we went on a day trip to ElLue lisää
Valencia
2. toukokuuta 2022, Espanja
Our adventure in Spain wouldn't be complete without a post about this magnificent city. Valencia really has it all: breathtaking buildings ⛪, a former riverbed converted into a picturesque parkLue lisää
Life in Xativa
6. toukokuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Some impressions of our laid-back life in Xativa the past months ☺️
New roomies
11. toukokuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Meet our new foster friends: Ivette & Boomer. The shelter asked if we could foster one of the two dogs that needed extra help. We couldn't choose, so now they both live with us until they find aLue lisää
Chulilla
14. toukokuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Day one of our camping trip with the dogs. After we arrived at the beautifully situated village of Chulilla, we started the 'Ruta de los Puentes Colgantes', a breathtaking hike with highlights such asLue lisää
Montanejos
15. toukokuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
After a spending the night with Ivette and Boomer in tiny Otto, we drove to our next destination. Montanejos itself was less likeable than Chulilla, but the environment certainly wasn't! We had toLue lisää
Bienvenidos Maarten y Laura!
22. toukokuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ⛅ 35 °C
Another lovely visit from Belgium 🥰! We visited nearby Cova Negra & Anna, tried to hike but instead we enjoyed the sun and went swimming (too hot too hike!).
Bienvenido Michel!
30. kesäkuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Michel's visit encouraged us (Miel especially) to plan some more action into our daily life than we normally would. And so he got spoiled immediately by two consecutive two-day trips. During the firstLue lisää
Bienvenida Elke!
5. heinäkuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
Yet another wonderful visit that made working life seem like a holiday. Since Elke's not one to stay still and temperatures are starting to rise here in Xativa, we sought out some water activities andLue lisää
Bienvenidos padres!
24. heinäkuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 39 °C
We had warned my parents that it could get quite hot here during summer and that turned out to be an understatement 🥵. Temperatures stayed above 26°C during the night so there was just no escapingLue lisää
Sagunto & l'Hospitalet
27. heinäkuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Roadtrip to Catalunya, where we will meet Jolien & Julien :)! After dropping Boomie off at the shelter (😥) we drove to Sagunto. This small town north of Valencia preserves several archaeologicalLue lisää
Tarragona
28. heinäkuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
This provincial capital in southern Catalunya is known as one of the best destinations in the country for ancient culture, with several UNESCO-listed Roman archaeological sites that date to when thisLue lisää
Poblet & Montserrat monasteries
29. heinäkuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Two monasteries in one day! The Monastery of Poblet was founded by Cistercian monks from France in the 12th century and served as a royal pantheon of the kings of Catalonia and Aragon. The MontserratLue lisää
l'Escala
31. heinäkuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Yeey, we finally met Jolien & Julien! Our days in L'Escala were mostly spent in the water. We went diving, snorkeled at the nature reserve of Illes Medes, and went on a 10 km-long SUP-adventure (4Lue lisää
Figueres
1. elokuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
We stopped for a few hours in Figueres on our way to Cadaques. This town is known as the home of surrealist Salvador Dalí. We visited the impressive Dalí Theatre-Museum (designed by Dalí himself)Lue lisää
Cadaqués
4. elokuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
The former fishing village of Cadaqués is surrounded by the Cap de Creus Natural Park. Another SUP adventure gave us the chance to admire the incredible landscape of this park, both above (rockyLue lisää
Girona
4. elokuuta 2022, Espanja ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
We stopped in Girona on our way back to Valencia and loved it! We visited the Arab Baths, walked on the medieval walls, admired the impressive cathedral, strolled around in one of the best preservedLue lisää





































































































































































































































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