Haven’t written a travel blog for a while and felt I just had to share this one. It was a lovey trip to Sydney to support my friend Dan Mullins at the screening of his movie/documentary…..what could possibly go wrong? I started with an early flight. Getting up at 4am. Question 1 : Why do …
Madrid is not my favourite place. This is my third time here and I’m still not impressed. This morning, I ventured out to battle the crowded streets in search of a “proper” and healthy breakfast. I found a jewel! My taste buds were singing with each delicious morsel. Despite the crunchy crusted Spanish bread that …
Saying goodbye is so hard, yet I find here in Spain, I seem to do it almost on a daily basis. On the camino we make deep friendships as we are all undergoing the same experience and often need help from each other. We band together, we share, we understand. Often people only do sections …
I’ve been slack, or rather, hesitant. A lot has happened since Baiona and it has left me really thought-ful. Plans had to be changed overnight as our visit to Tanya’s place in Oia was cancelled. After I had spent a good day trying to work out buses and taxis to get there, she rang me …
So funny…..I only ever sleep 5 or 6 hours but I woke up in a panic this morning. I had to look, blink, and look again at my watch. It was 8.50 am and our breakfast was booked for 8 o’clock. Breakfast is done in shifts as the hotel is so big and always booked …
One of the highlights of this trip was to take my group to Oia and stay with my friend Tanya at La Cala - a pilgrims inn. I first met Tanya years ago when she had come to Spain to find a house to set up as a welcome place for pilgrims. We had a …
Porto is beautiful but I was smacked in the head not once but twice by huge fat pidgeons ! I love birds but this is why I’m terrified of them. I do not have great experiences with birds! However, I do have such fond memories of Porto and I wanted to share the experience with …
Does the word Lisbon mean mountain? I’m sure I could crack walnuts between my bum cheeks again now! Jose, a sweet and friendly fatherly type, picked us up from Merida and drove us all the way to Lisbon in Portugal. it was quite a drive but interesting as we passed a lot of familiar type …
Up early, out for breakfast and then off to the bus station to move onward and upward to Merida. This took about 2.5 hours and then after finding our rather colourful accommodation, (my room is. Bright purple), we hit the streets to look at more roman ruins. We were distracted for some time as we …
Our little group has now combined in Seville, the starting point for our adventure. Having already been to a flamenco night in Granada, and being quite underwhelmed by it all, I sent the others off last night to enjoy their own experience here in Seville. I stayed in the apartment and did some planning for …
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Margaret Caffyn 