SpanjeCastilla y LeónPalencia42°1’2” N 4°31’47” W
18 september 2018, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
It turns out that just around the corner from our hotel in Valladolid is the best churreria in town, so churros and chocolate for breakfast was necessary. We were then going on the Burgos but went toMeer informatie
SpanjeCastilla y LeónBurgosRío Cardeñadijo42°20’25” N 3°42’24” W
18 september 2018, Spanje ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
After really enjoying Palencia cathedral we went to find our new apartment in Burgos, which was good and right next to the cathedral. So many cathedrals, maybe we should called this trip "cathedralsMeer informatie
SpanjeCastilla y LeónBurgosRío Cardeñadijo42°20’25” N 3°42’24” W
19 september 2018, Spanje ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Another cathedral - the cathedral in Burgos really does dominate the town so we started off there this morning. It is enormous, started in the 12C and added to over the centuries. It has some goodMeer informatie
SpanjeCastilla y LeónBurgosRío Cardeñadijo42°20’25” N 3°42’24” W
20 september 2018, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Woke this morning to thick fog, with even the spires of the cathedral barely visible. Thankfully it dispersed as soon as the sun came up and the day was clear and hot as usual. We drove out of town toMeer informatie
SpanjeCastilla y LeónBurgosRío Cardeñadijo42°20’25” N 3°42’24” W
20 september 2018, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
When we were in Segovia the road outside our hotel had brass scallop shells embedded in it, which are the symbol of the pilgrims taking the Camino de Santiago to Santiago de Compostela. The story isMeer informatie
SpanjeEuskal Autonomia ErkidegoaLaguardiaSolar de Samaniego42°33’14” N 2°35’7” W
21 september 2018, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Fòr most of this trip we have been travelling through brown flat countryside- the massive high Spanish plain - that is used mainly for growing wheat, now harvested. Also mile upon mile of sunflowersMeer informatie
SpanjeEuskal Autonomia ErkidegoaLaguardiaSolar de Samaniego42°33’14” N 2°35’7” W
22 september 2018, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
On our way into Laguardia we stopped to see the winery of Marques de Riscal, which is one of the biggest and most famous Rioja names. The estate is huge and I guess hadn't suffered much from Spain'sMeer informatie
SpanjeEuskal Autonomia ErkidegoaLaguardiaSolar de Samaniego42°33’14” N 2°35’7” W
22 september 2018, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
We spent the morning wandering the narrow medieval streets of Laguardia, and walking around the walls. The town is so small and confined to a narrow hilltop that it only takes 20 or 30 minutes to walkMeer informatie
SpanjeEuskal Autonomia ErkidegoaLaguardiaSolar de Samaniego42°33’14” N 2°35’7” W
22 september 2018, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
In the afternoon we visited two sites just outside of Laguardia. The first was the remains of a celticiberian settlement dating from 1400 BC to 400 BC. Although there are only the low remains of wallsMeer informatie
SpanjeLa RiojaEncisoEl Villar42°8’15” N 2°14’48” W
23 september 2018, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
120 million years ago the plain south of Rioja was a flat swampy wetland, home to many herbivore dinosaurs and so also the carnivore raptors. As these dinosaurs walked in the mud , it dried, wasMeer informatie
