Through the valley in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park

When you've checked off all the sights in the area you had planned to visit and you have another couple of days left on your holiday, what do you do? In my case, definitely not just sit back and relax. I take the map and see what else there is to see within reasonable distance.…

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From buckets of rain to brilliant sunshine in San Sebastian, Spain

It's crazy to witness how fast the weather can change from one opposite to the other. When we arrived in the city of San Sebastian, or as it is known in Basque language; Donostia, dark gray clouds were not just threatening to drop their load. They did, full force. All evening and night. But then…

Fast exploration of Bilbao – one evening and one morning

A few years ago a friend of mine told me that one of her favorite trips she'd ever taken was to the North of Spain and Bilbao. For reasons unknown we didn't discuss it in dept, but ever since that conversation this city had been on my radar. Our initial plans of a roadtrip through…

Riding along the coast of Biscay and Basque Country, Spain

After two and a half days of mountain peaks and lush, green surroundings, it was time to leave Picos de Europa and all its beauty behind us and head north to the coast. The next part of our roadtrip through the north of Spain would be focusing on the coastline of Biscay and Basque Country.…

Peak moments in the Picos de Europa

No great September without a good roadtrip and this year was no different! With corona still not entirely out of our lives, I once again opted to depart from home rather than fly somewhere and rent a car on location. This way we were always able to go home in a worst case scenario. Fortunately…

The culinary delights of Barcelona

In all those years I've been going places, I have never been much of a foodie. Going out to eat abroad was more 'a must' than something I actually put thought into and enjoyed. I would only make sure that I got to try the really typical dishes of the country as part of experiencing…

Seeing all highlights of Barcelona in one evening and three full days – My itinerary

People who know me know that when I'm travelling it is always my goal to see as much of a city or place in the time that I have at my disposal. So for Barcelona, I tried to fit all the highlights that interested me within my three days and one evening. The length of…

Don’t miss these five places when you’re in Barcelona

Remember that time when I was in doubt about whether or not I should go to Berlin? Well, I managed to fall into that same trap again this year... One of my best friends' boyfriend lives in Barcelona so she often goes to visit him. She had plans to travel there again start of February…

Madrid: El Rastro & Reina Sofia

The last day of our trip started off with a downer. It was raining and the place where we had had breakfast the first morning – and wanted to have breakfast again – was closed. We quickly headed back to our hotel and had breakfast in the bar there. For a little amount of money,…

Madrid: Mercado de San Miguel, Palacio Real, Templo de Debod

On the third day, we had breakfast in a little bakery called ‘Que Pan’ on Carrera de San Francisco. It was really good, but once again, not a living soul there spoke one word of English. Oh the horror. First on the agenda of the day – after breakfast of course – was the Mercado de San…