Now that we’ve left Spain I thought I’d put together a list of things we’ve learnt during our time there. 1. Fresh olives picked straight off the tree are awful. They are disgusting horrible things where your immediate reaction is to spit them out straight away. 2. The Spanish word for morning, mañana, seems to include […]
City Travel
More Roman Ruins and Another Pilgrimage Route
We’ve had a bit of a break since the last post. We both caught a cold which meant lying around in bed for a few days not doing anything, and then me forgetting to check for wifi before booking accommodation and ending up in a string of places with no wifi. (During this period Pedr’s […]
Semana Santa: Holy Week in Spain
Happy (late) Easter to everyone. This year for Easter we didn’t get to have any chocolate eggs or bunnies, since they’re pretty scarce in Spain, but we did get to enjoy the celebrations Spanish style which is to watch the processions. The processions start a week before Easter Sunday and take place every evening/night right […]
Las Fallas: A Festival for Pyromaniacs
Valencia has an awesome festival that they run each year called Las Fallas. Each neighbourhood puts together enormous gravity-defying sculptures of wood, wax and foam which are then burnt a few days later. Each neighbourhood spends the whole year designing, preparing and making the individual parts of the overall sculpture (or falla) and then on […]
Chasing the Winter
First up, we’re safe and sound in Spain still. Far away from the horrible attacks in Brussels. We’ve seen quite a few heavily armed police around keeping an eye on things. It’s been a while since the last post and we’ve been to lots of places since then: Salamanca, Segovia, Avila, Toledo, Madrid, El Escorial […]
