I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my most memorable travel experiences. Sometimes it4. comes down to moments that just made me weak in the knees. Sometimes it’s a monument or edifice or place that wowed me. Other times it’s … Continued
I’m recently back from a three-month journey. (Actually 89 days.) This was by far the longest trip I’ve ever taken. Friends and family have asked me how it was to be gone for so long. Was I tired of being … Continued
I’m home now. I guess I will do a retrospective post on my entire three-month journey, but first I should share a little about my five nights in Madrid.
I’m currently on .a train from Granada to Madrid. I wasn’t supposed to be on a train. I was supposed to be on a plane, and if I were, I’d have arrived by now. But I’m on a train. (I’ll … Continued
I spent three nights in Toledo at the tail end of the third and final OAT tour of this three-month excursion in Iberia and Morocco. All that’s left are Granada (where I am now as I write this) and Madrid. … Continued
Úbeda is not a place that was ever on my radar when I was planning my trip to Spain. If I weren’t on this tour with OAT, I never would have gone to Úbeda. It turns out that it was a … Continued
Today is day 76 of my 89-day travel marathon. I’ve been struggling to keep up with the blog, and moreso now because I’m having a hard time thinking of interesting ways to write about each place I visit. So although … Continued
In Mérida I learned about how Mérida got its name (and also how Mérida, Yucatan, got its name). And in Carmona I enjoyed a hike. Here’s a little more
It wasn’t a genuine pilgrimage, since the vast majority of it was by bus. But starting in France, I made my way (with my tour group) across northern Spain, and we arrived in Santiago de Compostela feeling more or less … Continued
I have too much to catch up on since leaving Bilbao and arriving in León, so I’m just going to give an overview and share some favorite photos from the last few days.