The pilgrims breakfast provided is usually just a couple pieces of bread with butter and jam with one cup of coffee. No free refills. But, once you get down the road there are cafes to stop at that have more stuff. Nothing super fancy. Usually more bread products. The church bell was pealing for the…
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Roncesvalles – Day 1
Our taxi dropped us off at our first accommodation on our Camino de Santiago. It’s a very, very small mountain town with a very, very big church founded in the 12th century, to help take care of the pilgrims along the way. You can read and see a bunch of cool stuff Here. I’m staying…
Spain
I’m skipping some days, just because there are only a few things we did that do not need to be documented. Or, I already posted them on my instagram site. @bigalwood or @alhitstheroad. We made it to Spain. Super easy flight on Ryanair which was only about an hour. We received all sorts of “you…
Dover Castle and Cliffs
Several things have stood out on our drive around the southern part of the UK that are different from driving around the US. Other than driving on the wrong side of the road, that is. And yes. I’m driving. It’s getting easier. The roundabouts were difficult, but we’ve gone thru at least 50 in the…
Bath and Stonehenge
We left London and headed to Bath for the night. The entire city of Bath is a World Heritage site. Not just part of it. The whole city. It is the only place in Britain that has hot springs, and the Romans built bath houses and such starting around 60 A.D. Most of the…
United Kingdom
After arriving in London the end of July, we quarantined for the 14-days and starting venturing out. Stores are open and masks are required inside and on all public transport.The government is paying people to go out to eat. Yes. Paying people to go out and stimulate the economy. Social distancing is practiced. Gel is…
Finland for the Northern Lights
Finland with www.AbercrombieKent.com(A&K) was a non-stop whirlwind of adventure. We were lucky enough to be included in the small group with the Founder and CEO Geoffrey Kent and his lovely wife Vi. From the start it was over the top fun, with dinner on the Ice Rink and “playing” hockey with one of the National…
Treasures of Palau
I know, I said that Iceland was next. Belive me, so did I. But, I’m still wading thru the TONS of pictures and photographs I took. It’s so difficult to narrow it down because there are so many amazing photos of Iceland. I just want to limit it to the best. Because, in today’s world,…
Pacuare Lodge
I know I told you in my last post that Iceland was next. Well, I’m still working on it. In the meantime, I took a little trip here in Costa Rica to one of my favorite places: The Pacuare Lodge I’ve been to the Pacuare Lodge over 15 times in the past 15 years or…
Norway – Part 3 – Jan Mayen and Greenland
Jan Mayen is tiny. Only 18 people live on the island. It used to be a Dutch whaling station in the 1600’s until the whales were almost hunted to extinction. It remained abandoned for a couple of hundred years. Now Jan Mayen is used by the Meteorological Institute or the Norwegian Military for Cyber Security. Although…