On the road again…Pamplona, Villafranca, Nuévalos…Felices Fiestas!

  Pamplona, Spain : September 2017 We are on our way to Pamplona, Chris is getting the hang of driving ScootR and I'm getting a crick in my neck making sure he does not drive over the line. It doesn't take long to get settled into the drive. Next stop was the supermarket. We unfortunately…

Donostia: San Sebastian the gateway to heaven for food lovers…& surfers

San Sebastián Spain : September 2017 We stayed in a lovely Airbnb in Donostia, the Basque name for San Sebastián, most things here are written in both Spanish and Basque.                     Gros, the area of SS where we are staying, is just over the bridge from…

Icons and a long lunch lead us to San Sebastian

Rioja, Spain : September 2017 We left Logroño and headed NW towards our next stop San Sebastián. Driving through the Rioja area we were astounded by the landscape. Vineyards everywhere which seem to sprout out of dusty red soil, they fitted any little parcel of land to be found. It's really a different landscape to…

Wine, pilgrims, witches and of course ….food!

Logroño, Rioja Spain : September 2107 We  left the apartment in Madrid after an epic pack! Somehow this ' light' pack gets heavier each stop. Chris had arrange to collect the rental car in Madrid, anywhere except the airport which meant we were now shlepping our bags onto the metro , 2 stops and then…

Madrid: another day another barrio

Madrid, Spain : September 2017 Another day, another Barrio; Saturday, and this time Centro and the Mercado de San Miguel. I have no real words to describe the food on offer at this market, (Think Neighbourgoods Market, multiply by a gazillion and add a few more zeros) needless to say we were like kids in…

Madrid: another day another barrio

Madrid, Spain : September 2017 Another day, another Barrio; Saturday, and this time Centro and the Mercado de San Miguel. I have no real words to describe the food on offer at this market, (Think Neighbourgoods Market, multiply by a gazillion and add a few more zeros) needless to say we were like kids in…