Tarragona Tarragona, a large industrial town with major ports and active industry. It’s so good to see all the manufacturing and industry throughout all of Spain, each small town appearing to have its own factory/plant. Everything from raw materials to finished articles, ceramics, cars and all sorts of things are produced. Employment and financial security …
Delta – from La Rapita to L’Ampolla What’s a Delta? I didn’t know either. Not an Australian singer or a country song. In this case the Delta is an area of flat land that is farmed using flood irrigation. Open aqueducts, gates, rushing water and healthy new growth surround us. For me, the interesting aspect …
Lookout
$$$ the moment/experience, not the room itself A number of people have asked how we manage to travel for such a long period of time. We are on long service leave. In Australia, once you have worked 7 years within the same job you are able to take 10 weeks holiday on full pay. We …
Madrid Wandering into Madrid, we found the May Day public holiday in full swing. Luckily, this was a tourist day for us. Our whole focus was to chill out, wander around and see the sites. The park in the middle of the city was absolutely chock-a-block with people relaxing, families eating, playing games and making …
Moving on from Burgos Negative temperatures and morning showers awakens every element of your being, like the blissful melodies of a three month old with a tummy ache. It’s 8am and nowhere is open to grab a quick breakfast. Luckily we know of an important landmark where many, many, many, cafe’s reside and early starters …
Inland we go. Burgos is a city with many sides. My initial introduction to the city was that the city was quite sterile and modern. The apartment blocks looked like newly constructed student accommodation, not that there is anything wrong with that, it is simply my first thoughts. Cycling past this newly constructed facade toward …
San Juan to San Pedro A friend once told me, when travelling and someone gives you advice on a must-do direction, “always choose the YES option”. Yesterday’s climb included a stop half way up at a rest area and church. This was shortly after a brief police interaction, but that is another story. A local …
San Sebastian Sitting upon a hill top, gazing towards Miramar Palace in San Sabastian. Basque country, not Spain; or so we are told (it is Spain really, just don’t tell the Basque people I said that). Views one direction towards the Pyrenees Mountains. The other direction takes in a small bay and harbour to die …
South to France – Dunkirk Skies are blue-ish. Wind has eased-ish. Time to take advantage of the conditions and hit the road south. The channel from The Netherlands to The Netherlands (Vlissingen to Bresken) has a major shipping port in-between. I mean, I’m fairly sure at any one time you can see around 20 ships …
Cycling south from Keukenhof towards The Hague. “Towards the south, and towards the warmth,” we cry. Our enthusiasm to straddle our steel horses is renewed. Courses are plotted with Mapout, some coastal, some parklands. Our journey begins within the pastural lands of Keukenhof. A kaleidoscope of coloured fields blind our eyes as we push on, …
Housing in Holland comes in many and varied sizes. Our trip from Amsterdam west toward the coast, went along many paths, roads, footpaths, cycle only highways and canals. The variety of housing was dramatic. From stand alone properties, through to terraced housing, floating boxes, old ships and work boats that have been converted to specifically …
