Oct 16, 2023 | Europe, Iberia
We had a great excuse to visit Pamplona, famous for the annual “running of the bulls” festival, as our friends Gary and Sarah from New Zealand were there at the same time. We couldn’t resist the staged photo session. After Pamplona, we reached the...
Oct 16, 2023 | Europe, Iberia
From Chaves, we crossed back over the border into Spain. First stop was Carrión de los Condes. Next was the beautiful city of Palencia. From Palencia, we drove through the Rioja wine region. Lots of vines laden with grapes. The harvest here is a bit later than the...
Oct 16, 2023 | Europe, Iberia
From Porto, we headed towards the north of Portugal. The first stop was the lovely city of Braga. Next, we visited Viano do Castelo. This was highly recommended to us by a number of people that we had met. We briefly visited Belinho. We took an overnight transit stop...
Oct 3, 2023 | Europe, Iberia
After the lovely Duoro valley, we headed towards Porto on the coast. First of all we visited Aveiro, which is just south of Porto, and was the furthest south that we went on the trip. The Atlantic coast here (Costa Nova) had beautiful beaches – which made...
Sep 6, 2023 | Europe, Iberia
The first stop in Portugal was Bragança. The highlight is the Castel at the top of the hill. We walked up to the Castel which had a whole town within the walls. Then we went to Dune for a hike. We had prepared a picnic in our backpacks, and were all set for a decent...
Aug 28, 2023 | Europe, Iberia
After two nights on board, the sunrise welcomed our ferry into the port at Santander. The North coast of Spain is quite green. I wonder why? It appears that the rain in Spain doesn’t actually fall mainly on the plain. For the first three nights, we had a...
