Category Archives: Travel

Writing, photos and experiences from the road.

Escape to Cadaques

Posted on 2/16/2010 by Willow

Last weekend Juanjo planned a surprise trip to Cadaques, a small town near the border with France. He rented a house in the old town and we drove there from Barcelona after finishing work on Friday. The drive was about … Continue reading →

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Saturday Drive Up the Coast

Posted on 1/17/2010 by Willow

One of the things I’d been looking forward to about this year was taking small weekend trips. Until now, we’ve mainly spent the weekends working though, or have done family trips to Toledo. But yesterday we finally took a meandering … Continue reading →

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Trip to Jaén

Posted on 11/14/2009 by Willow

Thursday night we took the last train to Madrid, and Juanjo’s dad picked us up and brought us to Toledo. Then we left early Friday morning and drove 2 1/2 hours south to a small city in Andalusia called Jaén, … Continue reading →

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Two Newspaper Articles

Posted on 11/2/2009 by Willow

Paris has a similar biking system to Barcelona’s Bicing system I wrote about recently, and it was interesting to read about it yesterday (French Ideal of Bicycle Sharing Meets Reality). Then I scrolled down and found another article on the … Continue reading →

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Monasterio de Piedra

Posted on 10/31/2009 by Willow

Waterfalls around every corner. Fall leaves rushing over mossy rocks. Late afternoon light and mild, warm weather. Reflections of red mountainsides in pools of water. Jumping trout. And a monastery built in the 12th century, nestled into the hillside. Yesterday … Continue reading →

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