Taking it easy: Barcelona Day 2 (7 Sep 2013)

We decided that we’d try to make this a quiet day, and we managed, sorta! First though, despite having said goodbyes the previous night, some group members met Cyra for breakfast before she headed back to Madrid and her next tour. After that, we dispersed – Cyra to the railway station, most of the others … Read more

Adiòs a nuestro grupo: Barcelona Day 1 (6 Sep 2103)

Most of this day was taken up with another long train trip, during which Sue managed to catch up on post writing, though not much reading. We left our hotel at 8am and reached our Barcelona hotel around 3pm. After the usual 30 minutes to freshen up, it was off for our last orientation walk … Read more

More b****y cathedrals: Burgos (5 Sep 2013)

But what a cathedral. First though, the start of the day. It was an earlyish start with the taxis arriving at 8am to take us to the station for our first train trip of the tour – and it was a long one, some 6 hours, across the north of Spain. It was drizzling for … Read more

Yes, we are not pilgrims: Santiago de Compostela Day 2 (4 Sep 2013)

We did feel a little guilty at swanning into Santiago de Compostela relatively, given our various lurgies, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed without the dust of the camino on our shoes – but not so guilty that we weren’t happy to be there! Cathedral Santiago de Compostela The main business of the morning was to visit the … Read more

Back to Spain: Santiago de Compostela Day 1 (3 Sep 2013)

This post should also be a short one as we spent half the day on the bus from Porto to Santiago de Compostela. Our tour group was happy to discover that we first had the morning in Porto to explore it a little more, having only had a half day the day before, as we’d … Read more