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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 25th, 2013
The return stretch back toward Barcelona kept in mind that we would later see much of Spain, our home for the next year. Thus, for a more unique experience, we traveled along the French Pyrenees to Ax-les-Thermes, a ski village almost 400 kilometers due East, from the Atlantic Coast toward the Mediterranean Coast. Lengthy drives […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 24th, 2013
The next leg of the journey was short, about an hour, but to Biarritz (still in the Basque country), and without more than a wave and a nod in terms of Spain/France border patrol. This time I had a reservation, and I picked a good hotel, not because of the locale (very central) or the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 23rd, 2013
From Bilbao, we headed toward San Sebastian, also in the Basque country, but I didn’t learn my lesson. I figured that if we show up earlier in the evening, rather than at 1 a.m., there had to be some amount of available lodging. But there was absolutely nothing. So, we headed to the nearby (15 […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 21st, 2013
Showing up in a town with no hotel reservations can work, but it is probably better to reserve a room(s) if one or more of the following is true: a) you are arriving at 1 a.m.; b) the town is hosting its annual festival; c) it is August and you are in Europe; d) you […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 20th, 2013
On the drive from Barcelona to Bilbao, there must be a few dozen towns for which the romantic traveler longs; these are the cute little several-hundred-year-old villages with some amount of historical significance, and it would take weeks to drive this route and stop at all of them. Of course, on a similar 600 kilometer drive (San […]