Author: Jim Carter

Didn’t really know what to expect when we arrived in this northern Spanish city, but it wasn’t long before we realised it was another beautiful city that rivalled the cities we’ve seen in southern Spain. I would certainly recommend a trip to Burgos. It’s on the camino way, pilgrim route when travelling to Santiago de…

After Porto it was a bus journey to Vigo, only there for 2 nights, so only one full day, so not able to give a comprehensive review of the place. The reason for going there was simply because it was too far to get from Porto to Burgos in one go, so it was a…

We’ve had our first full day in Porto, and what a beautiful city it is too! We went on a guided walking tour around the city with Felippe, pictured in the featured image of this post. We organised it through airbnb, I recommend doing this as it’s a great way to find your way around…

We stayed for 3 nights in Cascais, which is a beach resort suburb of Lisbon. We caught a train from Cais do Sodre, a 40 minute journey. It’s a pleasant enough town with some nice town beaches, although must admit a bit of a big contrast to what we’ve enjoyed over the last month in…

So we’ve now been in Tavira for 2 weeks and it’s ticking all the boxes, although we’ve had a bit of unusually iffy weather for a couple of days here and there. We’ve enjoyed cooking plenty of meals in the apartment (see separate post under the food and stuff tab). Here’s some new images and…

We are into day 4 of our Tavira chill out stop. No more packing our bags and setting off to a new destination for another 3 and a half weeks. Very nice to be back here, but the weather has been a bit dodgy for the last 2 days, so not been to the beach…

We’ve arrived in our third country on our European adventure, and after 3 weeks of culture, history and outstanding sights across 6 different cities it’s time for some R and R. Tavira is just the place for that; it’s one of our favourite places in the world, a lovely charming Portugese town with great weather,…