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Granada

Penitents marching through the streets of Granada for Semana Santa.

31 March, 2016 By Amanda

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 […]

Carvings from the main (Nasrid) palace.

1 March, 2016 By Amanda

Into the Alhambra

It took a while but I finally got my Alhambra photos sorted, so here’s the results! We went to Sacromonte in Granada which is the old Gypsy area and you can see that all the old traditional cave houses are still there and being lived in, and you can even go inside some to check […]

The Alhambra in front of the snowy Sierra Nevada.

26 February, 2016 By Amanda

Three Weeks In, Getting to Grips with Spain

We’re starting to get used to the way things work in Spain. You can’t expect things to go the way that you think they will, access to information depends on the mood of the person you ask. And if you’re told ‘yes’ or ‘no’ then that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s set in stone, and […]

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Hi, we're Amanda and Pedr and we think that you don't need to be an athlete or look like a fitness model to be able to enjoy adventurous activities. We're just two regular people who don't fit the young / beautiful / athletic traveller mould, but we're still doing all sorts of adventurous things. Read More

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