After a rather dull, dusty day on the road with stopovers at Tlaxcala and Huejotzingo, we finally arrived in Cholula,…
From lush to dust: the drive from Xalapa to Cholula
Not all travel days can be party days. Coming from two wondrous travel days visiting Pre-Columbian ruins and pueblos mágicos…
Running on Paseo de la Reforma, Ciudad de México
After a rather disappointing first encounter with Ciudad de Mexico, I carefully planned my brief second stopover in town before…
Ciudad de Mexico: First Impressions
I was looking forward to my short stay in Mexico City. More like two stopovers, really – one en route…
Atlantis (Ibiza): that deadly trap
There was a tinge of madness in how she approached tourists who walked casuallly on the first part of the…
Riaño revisited: Solitude after Confinement
As the end of the particularly harsh COVID-19 quarantine in Spain became apparent, I had little doubts as to what…
That which is not the beach: walks and meals in Barbate, Cádiz
There’s no getting around it. K and I didn’t pick Barbate for it’s charm but, rather, as a convenient base…
Beach days around Barbate, Cádiz
We gotta make it here in the Summer, I remember thinking last year in May, when my kids and I…
A camping trip to Sierra de Albarracín, Teruel
It’s hard to overstate the value of Spain as prime walking country. There’s just so much, and so diverse. And…
B-Side hiking around Riaño, Spain
I basically headed to the Riaño mountains because I was alone that weekend and found an extremely cheap single hotel…
