The Northern Coast, near Cabo Peñas, Spain I’m not having the best day today, (Nothing major, just didn’t sleep well last night and I’m ready for the weekend.), so I thought I would post a picture of my favorite travel destination and the place I would love to be right now. Continuing the theme from [...]
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When the DH and I went to canoe on the Sella River, we chose to stay in the city of Ribadesella, which is the terminus of the river. We could have stayed in the mountain town closer to the river, Arriondas, but we wanted to enjoy both river and beach. Well, it ended up raining [...]
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Back in August, the DH and I joined a group of our friends in a canoe trip down the Sella (Say-ya) River, in Eastern Asturias, Northern Spain. The Sella River is very scenic and fairly gentle, so the descent in canoe has become very popular. There is even an annual race, the International Descent of [...]
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Mijas, Spain 2008 More Wordless Wednesday here.
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Back in time to Spain. (If this doesn’t prove I am a serious procrastinator I don’t know what will!) It is August and in the mountains of Asturias, it is green and cool. We’ve been in Asturias for only a few days but this trip we’ve decided we are going to get out and see [...]
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Villanueva, Asturias with Horreos For years travel writers and tourists have mostly ignored the verdant northern Spanish province of Asturias, and since I would like for it to remain my own private paradise, I don’t mind. What do you think about when you think of Spain? Dry, rustic hills dotted with white villas? Sunny beaches [...]
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After visiting Medinaceli and a night in Guadalajara, we headed north through Soria to the wine region of La Rioja and the city of Logrono, where the DH’s brother lives with his family. The rolling hills of Soria were covered in bright yellow sunflowers. It was painfully difficult to capture the seas of flowers on [...]
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Medinaceli is really old town. As far as history goes, “Medina” (as the locals call is) has had it all – Romans, Celtiberians, Arabs, etc. I am sure I could be a lot more detailed than that if I wanted. (In fact, the local city government has a nice web page all about the villa [...]
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Adios Spain, I had a lovely time. It was an unexpected surprise to be able to visit you and I hope to see you again soon! Ni Hao China, I’m back. I hope that all that Olympic nonsense is over! Spain photos forthcoming once Internet connection reestablished in Qingdao.
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So I am just sitting here by the pool at a friend’s country house in Mijas, Spain. There is a small mountain directly behind the house and last night it caught fire. While I was out in Puerto Banus being overwhelmed by the yachts and fancy cars, residents of a few housing developments had to [...]
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I'm an American expat living on the fringe of Chinese society. Thanks to a lifetime spent moving around, I often feel like an outsider. This blog explores life in Beijing, China, the occasional aviation topic, expat issues, random travel experiences and interesting things I see, read and hear. If you want to know more about my latest hobby, visit Sewing on the Fringe, where I blog about learning to sew in Beijing. And for daily documentation of Beijing's ever changing air quality, visit My Beijing Window. And, yes, I do wear my santa hat year-round. ;)
