Road trips
Two week road trip in Douro Valley
If you were thinking where to start with sustainable traveling in Douro region, look no further than Portugal Easy Camp platform. Hop into your camper van, book an overnight parking at the preferred farm terrain, taste wines, learn agriculture process of the family businesses and support 0 km produce. Quinta Enxertada João transitioned from being…
To Pyrinees and Back, Pt III
French Pyrinees Day 14: Lac d’Oo Located in Luchon valley of the French Pyrinees this lake has an artificial origin and water drops into it through a 273 meter waterfall from Lac d’Espingo higher up. We parked overnight down in the village and hiked to the lake early in the morning but we saw…
To Pyrinees and back, Pt I
This road trip in fact happened in our honey moon and Pyrinees was a long desired destination but this blog post is not about honey moon pictures of newly wed couple, it’s about places we visited and the beauty we discovered, and that can give you some idea on how to plan a 3-week…
To Pyrinees and back, Pt II
Western Pyrinees It wasn’t a castle location but we couldn’t miss a chance to visit Aguas Tuertas in Western Pyrinees (Natural Park of Western Valleys). Before heading to natural park, we stocked up on veggies, seasonal mushrooms and borrajas in one of Jaca frutarias. The road through the canyon of Valle de Hecho is very…
Spring Road Trip With Our Dog, Pt 2
Malaga: Torcal de Antequera Late night arrival to the parking below the natural park meant less sleep with alarm set before the sunrise. The downside of this parking was that it was 45 minutes walk from the entry to Torcal. Essentialy I spent my sunrise time in this walk rather than on the trail of…
Spring Road Trip With Our Dog, Pt 1
Ever thought of traveling with your canine friend but never knew how to approach this ? In the end of February we adopted Luna, a 3-year old border collie, from the pet shelter and one month later she was already boarding onto a camper van trip with us. We opted for local Rumbo Tierra camper…
Two Weeks Of Vanlife In Gran Canaria
In pandemic we got stuck in Madrid community for a while and when the restrictions were getting lifted, Juan got stuck at the project which wasn’t going to end any soon. The next thing on the horizon was relocating from Madrid to a new place that would mean no time for any travels for…
Autumn Escape To Guadarrama
2020 kept us grounded in Madrid community more than we wanted, so once again neither La Rioja, nor Pyrinees happened in the golden autumn. What happened was Sierra de Guadarrama. In one of my earlier posts about places around Madrid I mentioned this mountain range briefly and how we hiked a mountain in the winter.…
Road Trip In The Northern Spain, Part III
With Asturias we learned it could be either a good fog or a bad one. You can’t choose it, it chooses you. From San Vicente de La Barquera we drove by the coastal road, making a first quick stop at Playa de La Fuentes. After discovering it was full of people we headed to our…
Road Trip In The Northern Spain, Part II
In the road we are ready for surprises from the weather, good ones or bad ones, or all in one. This is what happened when we drove off to reservoir Ebro, the weather caught us in its playful mood, sharing an abundance of fog, rain and wind with us. Cantabria Province As we spontaneously opted…