Luggage in hand, the next morning we finally got going, stopping at a beautiful, old, storied winery in the hills of Stellenbosch, before continuing onto Franschhoek, a lovely small town in the heart of wine country. It’s a bit of…
Transit adventures- Sri Lanka to South Africa
Indian visa in hand, I boarded my flight to Mumbai without any incidents. I had a hotel booked that was about a 10 minute walk to the airport, so I ignored all the taxi touts and started on my way.…
The Worst Airport in the World
Flying out of Madrid, I was heading to Sri Lanka for a couple of weeks, to meet up with friends from previous travels. Due to the very reasonable flight times (leave at 3pm from Madrid, have a 2 hours stopover,…
Final Days in Spain: Madrid
After a 5.5 hour bus ride from Oviedo, I arrived in Madrid. I took a quick Metro ride to my hostel for the next 4 nights, which was another really nice hostel. One of those ones with curtains on the…
Ode to Oviedo
From Valencia, I had a train booked at 10:40am, arriving at 1:05pm at Puerta Atocha station in Madrid, then a 2:00pm bus booked to Oviedo, a small city in Northern Spain, from Estacion D’sur station. The stations are a 30…
Valencia
After a brief recovery in Barcelona, I arrived in Valencia tired, of course. I think the heat was sapping my energy, as I was hardly drinking and going to bed very early by local standards (late enough though). I had…
Barcelona
Some late nights in Seville, a couple of very hot days in Lyon, and four nights in a big house with my friends from high school, added up to a desperate lack of sleep. I was starting to feel like…
Sleepless in Sevilla
Armed with tips from Rita on one of her favourite cities in Spain, I arrived in Sevilla in the morning, after a very early bus ride from Olvera. I had booked a room at an airbnb recommended by Rita, just…
Olvera sin automobile, and Cadiz
Olvera Without a car, my options were more limited. But then again, so was my stress! Luckily, Rita had plenty of suggestions of things to do without a car. One night Rita and I had been walking on part of…
En Route to Olvera- Hiking the Caminito del Rey
After Granada, I had one night booked in Malaga to get a rental car for a week to explore the Andalucia Pueblas Blanca’s region from my friend Rita’s place in Olvera. It was also a good opportunity to make sure…