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Cercedilla: The Run Home

You know when you’re in a nice mountain village or coastal town and say, hey, I wish I could own…

Cercedilla, Fuenfría, Hiking, hiking in spain, home travel, madrid, nature, running, slow travel, trails, valleys, water

La Pedriza: the playground of my life

La Pedriza: ode to granite rock, smells of rockrose, mecca of Madrid climbers and hikers and, well…one of the few…

childhood, climbing, granite, Hiking, hiking in spain, la pedriza, madrid, Spain

On an island. In Greece

K. said we were enjoying the Mediterranean dream, and I had to agree.  She couldn’t get over the olive trees…

Aegean, Alonissos, beach, Chora, cove, Greece, K&A, Sporades

Still Remote: Another Try at Loving Gredos

It had been – what – 20 years since I had hiked in Gredos for the last time? And this…

Cercedilla, gredos, Hiking, hiking in spain, landscapes, sierra de guadarrama, sierradeguadarrama, solo hiking, Spain

2020: Best B-Sides in the Year of C

2020, phew. So thankful it’s over, like y’all. In what regards the project behind this blog, there were some disappointments…

Albarracín, Barbate, beach, bestdestinations, Cádiz, colmenar viejo, COVID-19, home travel, Huelva, Ibiza, Mexico, mountains, Pyrenees, Riaño, San Juan de Ulúa, sierra de guadarrama, skimo, tres cantos

Sierra de Guadarrama: The Freedom of the Hills

No hay mal que por bien no venga, we say in Spanish. Good stuff comes out of shit times, I…

Cercedilla, Fall, Hiking, hiking in spain, local travel, madrid, sierra de guadarrama, Spain, travelwithkids

Surprises around Puente del Grajal, Colmenar Viejo

I said it before on this blog. COVID season sucks like you wouldn’t believe, but there are lessons to be…

colmenar viejo, hiking in spain, local travel, madrid, manzanares, Puente del Grajal, riverside, running, slow travel, Spain, sunset, tres cantos

An evening around Cholula, Puebla

After a rather dull, dusty day on the road with stopovers at Tlaxcala and Huejotzingo, we finally arrived in Cholula,…

accommodation, Cholula, conquest, Food, Hernán Cortés, hotel, Mexica, Mexico, mole poblano, Puebla, pyramid

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…

Cholula, Cofre de Perote, conquistador, Hernán Cortés, Huejotzingo, Mexico, Puebla, Tlaxcala, veracruz, Xalapa

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 México, Iglesia San Hipólito, Mexico, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Paseo de la Reforma, running, sunset

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