Bucket List 196: Spain!
The Road Travelled · Tales From Spain · Photos
Country 52/196: Spain. A nation I had been taken to many times as a child – fortunately, not in the Liam Neeson way – I was curious to see if road tripping through its mountainous north and tropical south would reawaken any childhood memories. Despite monsoon-like rains disrupting trips to Granada and Barcelona, the country provided a plethora of reminiscence as platters of tapas and remote church visits took me right back to the days of Nickelback and Tamagotchis. N.B. To avoid bone-crushing disappointment, book Alhambra tickets several decades in advance.
The Road Travelled
Tales From Spain
Escaping Benidorm
January 18th, 2022 The road fleeing Benidorm was anything but straightforward. From spending several hours trying, and failing, to find a parking spot in Valencia and being forced to move on to driving through one of the worst storms I have ever witnessed, Spain would not let us circumnavigate her coastline easily. Barring a couple of days steering…
Alhambra Alarm
January 6th, 2022 Following our travails around the Portuguese coast, we returned to Spain and headed inland, this time tanned and with fully charged leisure batteries after a pristine week of southern sun. Seville was to be our first stop: a city famed for Flamenco, fine food, and forlorn foals - upon which eager tourists are carted around…
El Camino
November 8th, 2021 Our third week on the road began with a surprisingly low-key border crossing into Spain - no sign of police, PCR tests, or any sign of a global pandemic at all - and a short dash across the rugged and charming Basque country towards its largest city: Bilbao. As is customary for this trip, we…
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Spain
Country: 52/196 Visited: Autumn ’21
