Spain

My recent Bordeaux and wine-tasting journey ended with a scenic drive from San Sebastián to Biarritz, a route that turned out to be more popular than expected. Along the way, I kept running into familiar faces I’d first met earlier in the trip, including some…

Here I am again, back in Altea after almost exactly five years. I left this charming town during the pandemic (you can read about that in my earlier blog post here), and now I’ve returned, hiking the Penyal d’Ifac once again. Altea, along with its…

I had read about the Montserrat Monastery even before my trip to Andorra. However, I wasn’t sure I could be bothered stopping there. Until I saw the actual mountains while relaxing at Hotel Mon Sant Benet. They looked so dramatic, rising seemingly out of nowhere…

To go back to Germany or not? That was the question I asked myself as I finished week 5 of the spanish lockdown in my Altea apartment. I mean, how many more weeks could I walk the garage? On the other hand, going back to…

As it turns out, 2020 has become the year of the Coronavirus! For now, I find myself more or less stuck in my apartment in Altea. However, with the stunning mountains, and plenty of hiking trails in Altea, I could certainly be in a worse…

I am back in Madrid, the capital of Spain. Last (and first) time I visited Madrid was in 2018 when catching up with my friend from Australia. And although this time, the temperatures were a bit cooler (no summer heatwave), the city itself is nevertheless…

When I think about Spain, skiing is not the first thing that would cross my mind. However, sitting at 3,479 metres above the sea level, the Sierra Nevada Granada mountain range in Spain is one of Europe’s most southerly ski resorts. So why not try…

I have just finished four days of skiing in Spain! How did I get there? Well, after Portugal I had only three days of sunshine left before a week of heavy rain. So my planning needed to be well timed. I decided to continue my…

Once again my trip has taken a spontaneous turn after reading the weather forecast. After Seville I needed to avoid some rainy days (it happens sometimes) so I decided to head towards Lisbon. But first, and to break up my drive, I headed north, to the state Extremadura. Trijullo and the Game of Thrones Castle was amazing..