My first trip back to Spain to see Laurie since 2018 (technically, Portugal that trip). I stayed in La Losa for a while, then Laurie and I headed up to Logrono in La Rioja and Hondarribia in Basque Country. Wednesday, August 16 We took Luna to the vet’s house in La Losa where she would …
My first trip back to Spain to see Laurie since 2018 (technically, Portugal that trip). I stayed in La Losa for a while, then Laurie and I headed up to Logrono in La Rioja and Hondarribia in Basque Country. Thursday, August 10 Since my flight left at 6pm and I had to be at Dulles …
I watch a lot of cooking and travel shows. One of my all-time favorites was Made in Spain which introduced me to many of the regions, cuisines and dishes of Spain, and made me a fan of Jose Andres and his expanding empire of restaurants. During Covid, when Andres was not juggling the survival of …
For Allie’s fourth grade Spring Break, Barb, Allie and I jetted off to Spain to see Maggie and get our first taste of the country. With Maggie living in Madrid, we felt like Spring Break 2005 was a good chance to visit the country for our first time. I had technically been in Spain before, …
As 2005 got underway, we were in the midst of constructing the Pfefferkorn house, I was taking personal finance classes online and Allie was in fourth grade at Glenelg Country School. On January 13 we did something or other with Chris Garwood and her dog, Tallie. It’s possible that at this point Chris and Gerard …
For my last day in Segovia, we started with a little shopping. Laurie and I walked through the touristy Old Town area looking for some local thank you gifts for Laurie, Maggie and Juan, and some things to take home. We came across a Segovia-based store (modern, black and white store with wine in rear) …
We got ourselves up reasonably early for the drive back to Segovia. Laurie had heard of a place along the way called Las Medulas, a former Roman gold mine with very interesting rock formations, so that became our midpoint destination. It took nearly four hours to get there, and we were ready for a stop …
Our last full day in Galicia featured a visit to A Coruna, the main port and second largest city in the province. It’s a longish drive of about 2.5 hours, mostly over highways that made it easy. The city is surprisingly big, with lots of traffic, especially after a few days in villages of Galicia. …
This was a day for exploring the Costa da Morte area north of Finisterre. We didn’t have a solid idea of where we wanted to visit, so I spent some time the previous afternoon scoping out various options on the web and my guidebooks. One of the things we confirmed once in the area is …
Today was deliberately a non-driving sort of day. We started with a very short drive (we considered the option to walk…but we drove) down the peninsula to the Lighthouse at Finisterre. This is the proverbial last stop at the “End of the World” for the Camino de Santiago. We passed a few pilgrims along the …
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