A Travel Blog
Some “Bad” towns We decided to spend the morning of our last day in Swabia exploring a couple of “bad” or bath/spa towns, and so headed off for Bad Schussenried and Bad Buchau. We discovered that Bad Schüssenried contained one of the 111 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings which have been “gathered ” together to create a UNESCO World … Read more
Dedicated to Lisa (who was concerned we didn’t go into the Palais des Papes on our first day in Avignon) and to Louise (who wondered if we’d gone “sur le pont” and done the tourist thing). On Day 1 in Avignon, because we’d arrived late, we just did an orientation walk, but this was our … Read more
How many towns do you visit that have gone from being capitals or major ports in their region to being small villages or minor towns? A surprising number it seems to us, which is just another reminder that towns, like people, should enjoy their day in the sun while they can, because it rarely lasts! … Read more
The adventure continues … Our adventures didn’t finish with our arrival at Cerbère though. Not only was it a roundabout trek up a fairly steep hill to the railway station, but when we got there we discovered that the ticket office didn’t open until 9.45 while our train was leaving at 9.39. To wait for … Read more
There were two places in Barcelona that Sue really wanted to see – La Sagrada Familia and Park Güell. Today was Park Güell day. Park Güell We decided to enter from the top of the park (built 1900-1914) rather than via the popular tourist entrance, though to get there we discovered involved a steep climb … Read more