After a year of living in the land of potatoes, pierogis and. . . (nope, NO POLKA DOT bikinis here). . . head-butting goats, Poznan, Poland, it's finally summer vacation time and, yup, we're on the move again!! This time exploring Poland 21 days of family camping road trip number 5. This time it's all … Continue reading All-in-Poland, Family Camping Road Trip #5
This is our last stop in Spain, for a long while. Finally, after 4 years, a months and 4 family camping road trips, we are leaving our adopted motherland. It's time for these self-styled, pseudo-nomads to roam again. . . this time to a winter wonderland of Poland. But before all that we've got a … Continue reading In Pictures: Camping Lake Caspe + Family Camping Road Trip in Spain, Days 15-17
Two weeks into our family camping road trip (number 4!) and we're camping in the region where Spain's greatest literary hero, Don Quixote, roamed--from the plains to the mountains of Castile-La Mancha,. From Camping Los Batanes by the emerald green lakes of Ruidera to Camping Caravaning Cuenca, we move our modern gypsy caravan, some 477 … Continue reading In Pictures: Review of Camping Caravaning Cuenca, Days 14-16
After a couple of quick stops at what has been called the most well-preserved Renaissance towns in all of Spain and also UNESCO world-heritage sites--Ubeda and Baeza, we continued north on day 14, in mid-July, on the 7th leg of our 4th family camping road trip across Europe. Destination? The pre-medieval town of Cuenca, with … Continue reading In Pictures: The Hanging Houses of Cuenca, Spain, Day 14 Road Trip with Kids
On day 12 of our family camping road trip from Spain to Poland this year, we finally leave Andalucia and with it, a piece of our hearts, for the our kids grew up in it, even blossomed in it, and our family gained a little bit more peaceful perspective by appreciating the small things in … Continue reading In Pictures: Review of Camping Los Batanes in a Chain of Lagoons, Days 12-14
184-something miles (or 296 kilometers) to the next campinground at Ossa de Montiel. But first, we've gotta a couple of quick stops at what has been described as the most well-preserved Renaissance towns in the whole of Spain--Ubeda and Baeza. This is definitely one of those beautiful places and UNESCO world-heritage sites in Andalucia, if … Continue reading In Pictures: Just Passing Through the Best-preserved Renaissance Towns of Ubeda and Baeza in Andalucia
"Are you a troglodyte?," a friend of mine once asked when I told stories about living in the caves of Granada, learning flamenco. What the heck is a troglodyte anyway? A cave dweller who chose to be simple, even ignorant of the outside world. I don't know about you but that sounds good to me, … Continue reading In Pictures: Guadix Cave Houses in the Desert of Granada, Spain? Or Arizona, USA?
Going through the Alpujarras is definitely one of the best relaxing Andalucia road trip that our slow-go family enjoys. This is day 9 of our fourth family camping road trip in Europe, from Spain to Poland and back again. Yet, a road trip across southern Spain is our family's favorite. Why? Well, because there's a … Continue reading In Pictures: On the Road from the Highest White Villages to the Desert Caves of Granada, Spain
Travelling on lonesome mountain roads in Andalusia give way to timeless beauty of the "pueblos blancos" (white villages) like this one below. Beat poet or not, you'd likely utter some poetic stuff other than "Oh sh*t!" Here's a review of Camping Trevelez, some 1,560 meters above sea level, in the high Alpujarras of Andalucia for … Continue reading In Pictures: Review of Camping Trevelez in las Alpujarras + Andalucian Family Camping, Day 9
From a slow-go visit to the white villages in southwestern Sierra Nevada--the second highest village in Spain (Capileira) in Las Alpujarras, its idyllic little sister (Bubion), and the colourfully charming Pampaneira, we headed east to Trevelez--the highest village in Spain. Or is it, really? Here it is in pictures. Skyward view of Trevelez, from the … Continue reading In Pictures: Trevelez Day Trip, The Highest Village in Spain? + Family Camping Road Trip, Day 8
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