A bit of a bumper post today… It absolutely poured with rain on Sunday evening, and it was lovely going to sleep to the sound of the rain on the roof of the van. It was still raining on Monday, but we went into town as I had an appointment with a chiropractor, a Canadian guy … Read more
Here’s what we’ve been up to over the past week. We spent a day in Valencia, starting off in the Jardí de Túria (the river that’s now a park) and making our way up to the City of Arts and Sciences. We didn’t go into any of the buildings, but instead enjoyed the architecture from the outside. … Read more
It’s hard to believe that this time a month/four weeks ago we were on our way to Canterbury for the first night’s stop on our great big adventure. It seems so long ago, but at the same time it has flown by. We’re so lucky to have been to so many places in such a … Read more
Last night we booked ourselves in for one of those free guided tours, where you tip the tour guide at the end of the walk. The walk started at 10:30 so we had to be up reasonably early, and we were at the starting point with half an hour to spare, and had time for … Read more
Today’s been spent on site doing admin. Now that the house has been let out, we’ve had to let the utility companies and others know. Being outside of the UK, this is a lot less straightforward than you might think, as everyone except the local council has an 03 (non-geographic) telephone number which I can’t dial … Read more
We took the metro into Valencia this morning. It’s always a bit of an adventure using a metro for the first time as they all have their quirks. Our station is the penultimate one, and there are only a couple of trains per hour. We arrived about five minutes early to find there was no … Read more
Yes, we decided to come to Valencia! The aires with electricity between Tarragona and Valencia are few and far between, and things were going to get tricky without the electric to charge all our gadgets. By coming to Valencia now, we can book the van in to get the USB and plumbing problems sorted sooner … Read more
This morning we made the short drive to Tarragona. It’s quite a large coastal town, and on the drive in there were signs for the Centro Histórico. As these typically have very narrow streets, we headed away in a different direction and parked up on the sea front. After a steep climb up a hill … Read more
We’d been told that the Sitges children’s carnival would take place in the afternoon, so we pottered around in the morning and had lunch in the van before walking into town. It was a beautiful sunny day, but at this time of year it gets rather chilly in the evening, so we packed our woolies … Read more
We haven’t had much luck with neighbours the past couple of nights. At the aire in Cervena, a van parked up next to us at about 11pm, just as we were going to bed, and the bloke decided it would be perfectly fine to get out of his van and wander up and down outside … Read more