September 25th Woke up to a coolish grey morning and without any further ado (i.e no breakfast) got the car which was parked in the port and set off… ….after about 1.5 hours of quick driving on the autopiste we stopped in Luanca on the coast, which is a good-looking fishing village (actually nicer than…Continue Reading “Cudilliero to Coroa …..from the coast to the Picos de Europa”
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September 24th …..a bit of a late start as breakfast was not served until 9AM….very nice lots of different eats to stock up on… like we need those additional calories…a few pics of the dining room where we also had dinner last night: From here we charted a course to our first stop of the…Continue Reading “Santa Christina to Cudilliero….Heading for the Atlantic Coast”
September 23rd Had a nice breakfast at the Parador…quite a few tour groups so felt a bit like mornings when we were on the tour to China. Lots of newspapers, unfortunately all in Spanish, so the selection was left largely untouched. In any event, off we went under clear skies and a rising temperature predicted…Continue Reading “Leon to Santiago de Compostella”
September 22nd Time to go ….we leave without a formal breakfast and are soon on the highway aiming first for Burgos and then Leon, where we will spend the night. The day is cool, cloudy and misty although the predictions are for sun…. We are following the route of St. James on our version of…Continue Reading “Briones to Burgos …..On Our Way to Santiago de Compostella”
September 20th Well here we are in the Roja…..nice breakfast with 3 other couples and we are ready to start the day. This is the heartland of this wine making region and the early morning was alive with the sound of growling tractors pulling small wagons as they embarked for the vineyards. This was quite…Continue Reading “Briones …….Wine Tasting and the San Mateo Festival”
September 19th After a mediocre breakfast we got rolling asap as it will be a full day… ….arrived in Pamplona by mid morning >> yes another beautiful sunny and warm day. The first order of business was to walk the route of the bull runs, the bulls stay in the paddock below: ……and at 8AM the…Continue Reading “Jaca to Briones …..Bulls, Wine & Tapas”
September 18th After a good nights rest and a decent breakfast we are off to Lourdes, a 15 minute drive away although all in we will have a longish day. We arrived just after 9AM, grabbed a good parking spot close to the main entrance and are a bit overwhelmed by the sheer number of…Continue Reading “Lourdes to Jaca, Spain…………….”
September 17th Another crisp, sunny morning low of around 6 Celsius but expected to reach a high in the mid teens ……….not bad for the Haut Pyrenees….and should make for some lovely views: No breakfast included so we were off and running sans coffee…. the rivers are reminiscent of glaciated rivers in B.C.: to get…Continue Reading “Escalona to Argeles-Gazost, France …..famous Tour de France passes the easy way”
September 16th The now smooth running machine was up bright and early, packed, breakfasted, car rendezvous completed and on our way to Santa Maria de Monistrol Montserrat ” the Monastery” the first stop of the day. Bright blue sky and temps were expected to reach early 20’s……the autopista grew a little thick with trucks on…Continue Reading “Girona to Escalona……and some serious high mountain religion”
September 15th Well after yesterdays exertions we have amended our plan and nixed Barcelona, we know……how can you do that …. well we can…. so off to the Costa Brava for another glimpse of the Med, first stop the medieval town of Madremanayo, arrived bright and early, walked around, took some pics there are a…Continue Reading “Girona ……day trip to the Costa Brava”