On a late summer’s day in August, a migration is taking place in the far north-eastern corner of Spain. With a new school year looming, the AP7 motorway is busy…
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The first time we visited Tarifa for a whale watching cruise was in May, and I was disappointed to hear that we were early for the Orca season, which would…
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There is such a dizzying array of choice of restaurants and bars in Madrid that it is often difficult for the visitor to know where to start. Madrileños love to…
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We first caught sight of Ávila zooming past it on the way to Salamanca. Only one word can adequately describe it: breathtaking. Lit up in the black night sky, the City’s…
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Madrid may not have a beach, but just a short drive north you can find La Pedriza in the Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range which provides a cool haven and…
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I fell in love with Baqueira Beret before I had even set a single ski on one of it is Pyrenean pistes. I love to ski, and have done since…
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Madrid is roasting hot in the summer, there’s no getting away from that. I visited the City for the first time in July 2013, arriving at the cavernous Barajas…
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The English have a reputation for being obsessed about the weather. It is a reputation fairly earned, as well it might have been given the weather’s propensity for rapid change…
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The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain… (My Fair Lady by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner, 1956) It’s been my intention to write a blog about life…