After a few days in France, I’m back in Spain (for the third time on this trip). In Bilbao, where I spent three nights, I met the full group I’ll be traveling with until we get to Porto. I’m now in Pamplona, so before I get too far behind, I want to share just a…
In better weather I would have spent at least a good part of the last few days gazing at the Pyrenees as we made our way from Carcassonne to Bayonne, in the heart of the French Basque region. But there was a lot of rain and overcast skies, so we didn’t get to see any…
This is just going to be a short post to share a little about our group’s day trip from Carcassonne to Narbonne. There is normally an optional excursion to Albi, which is the birthplace of Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, but since the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec is closed on Mondays, Cyril, our trip leader, felt it would be a…
What happens when you visit a city that is so picturesque that you can’t stop taking photos? In Carcassonne, you just take a lot of photos. I’m so in love with this city. It’s just too pretty to believe it’s real. It’s like leaving the real world and entering a fantasy. I didn’t know anything…
I arrived in Girona late Wednesday afternoon, and I had two full days, Thursday and Friday, to explore the town. To be honest, it was more time than was needed to see what there is to see here. Some people do it as an easy day trip from Barcelona. But I am glad I allowed…
Barcelona is the fifth most visited city in Europe (after London, Paris, Rome, and Istanbul). I’ve spent the past six days learning why. Here are my stories about the things I’ve seen and done. I started to write this post at a halfway point in my time here, but I have decided to make it one…
I ate some oranges in Valencia, and they were delicious: sweet and juicy. What else can I say about Valencia? I’ll start by sharing my photo album, which captures all the highlights. Beyond that, here are a few things that stand out for me.
I realized I gave short shrift to my final days in Morocco, and there are a few things I want to write about before I move on to more posts from Spain. In particular, I didn’t say anything about Ramadan, which began about two weeks into my visit to Morocco. I arrived in Valencia last…
It’s the end of my third day in Seville; two to go. There’s really not much to write about. I’m not going to share all my activities, hour by hour. I’ve done that before, and I will just get bogged down, because there is so much to see here. I’ll just offer a few nuggets of things…
In two days I had the great delight of experiencing Córdoba and learning about how people of different religions lived peacefully together–except when they didn’t. Jewish, Islamic, and Christian cultures thrived here, sometimes simultaneously. Each of these three monotheistic religions has left behind an abiding cultural heritage in this beautiful city. Here’s my rundown of…
I’m always happiest when I’m either traveling or planning for my next trip. So even though I just got back from my last adventure, not to mention the one before that, I’m getting ready for another one, which starts in just a few weeks. And this will be my longest trip yet: three months in…
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