Dec 2, 2021 | Europe, Spain
When I decided to go see the volcano Cumbre Vieja in eruption, in La Palma, the cheapest way to get there was through Tenerife. When I visited my friend Jose between Zaragoza and Cuenca, we were talking about the highest places in the world where we had already been...
Nov 25, 2021 | Europe, Spain
I don’t usually watch the news, so the first time I heard about the volcano at La Palma was two or three weeks after the eruption started, due to the news referring to “volcano negacionists”. At the beginning of October I went to visit my friend José...
Nov 18, 2021 | Europe, France
If you’ve read my two last posts, you’ll know that I booked a flight to Luxembourg in part because I have two friends living in Metz, a pretty French city an hour south by train. I waited for the weekend so that my hostess and friend Sofia could show me...
Nov 10, 2021 | Europe, France
As I explained in the last post, I booked a flight to Luxembourg because I have two friends who work there. But the two live in Metz, about an hour by train south of this small country, and they studied and lived in Nancy, another hour by train south of the city where...
Nov 3, 2021 | Europe, Luxembourg
I have this stupid goal of visiting 50 countries before I turn 30. At the beginning of 2020 I was at 46 and I thought I would achieve that goal in that same year, but then you know what happened… the pandemic came, borders were closing and I ended the year with...
Oct 25, 2021 | Europe, Spain
Last stop of my week in Spain, Cuenca, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the city José calls home. When José first told me about Cuenca, six years ago, still in Mexico, I imagined a small village, on top of a hill, and that was how it was, many many years ago. Today it is...
Oct 20, 2021 | Europe, Spain
José lives in Zaragoza but says he is from Cuenca, where he lived from the age of 15 to 18 and where his mother lives. So, when I decided that I was going to visit him in the capital of Aragon, we decided that we would finish this tour in Cuenca. But between Zaragoza...
Oct 16, 2021 | Europe, Spain
Usually I’m the person who, when traveling, organizes and plans everything. So, from time to time, it feels really good to let be guided! After three days in Zaragoza, always very well accompanied by my friend José, he took me on a day trip to see Tarazona and...
Oct 13, 2021 | Europe, Spain, Travel Itineraries
For the past six years that I was to visit Zaragoza, as my great friend and travel companion in southern Mexico and Guatemala, José, lives there. Finally, our calendars lined up and I was able to spend three days exploring Zaragoza and the rest of the week in other...
Sep 12, 2021 | Europe, Malta, Travel Itineraries, Valletta
In a year with Covid-19, the answer to where to go on vacation is not easy, as I wanted the destination to be a country where I had never been, which in Europe are already few. Thus came Malta! A cheap flight from Oporto, Jorge didn’t have the time off, my...
Jul 1, 2021 | Europe, Portugal, Travel Itineraries
The Peneda – Gerês National Park is one of the most beautiful places in Portugal and therefore the first place I thought of for a weekend getaway. Two days of trekking through the mountains visiting waterfalls, viewpoints and lagoons, finished with delicious...
Oct 9, 2020 | Europe, madeira, Portugal
After a fabulous and windy sunrise at the highest point in Madeira, Pico Ruivo, we continued on to Porto Moniz, in the northwest of the island, to spend the day in its famous natural pools. There are two areas of pools: the old ones, with free access, with a more...
