Spain

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

It took just over an hour to drive to the site in Sitges, on the outskirts of Barcelona (aka BCN), and it poured down the whole way. I just took it easy, cruising down the motorway at 50mph, in no rush at all. Having stopped off at a petrol station to fill up with LPG, … Read more

We’re parked up on a another free aire, this one is about 100km from Barcelona. Like most of the free aires, it’s very basic, just a glorified car park with water and waste disposal facilities, but that’s all we need. We spent the morning in Alquézar, walking around the town. It was practically deserted, just … Read more

The drive to Alquézar took about three hours. In the UK I’d have stopped half way for a coffee and a rest after a couple of hours, but here is Spain the driving is so much easier. We haven’t seen a traffic jam yet, let alone sit in one, the roads are so quiet. The … Read more

Our original plan for today was to go to a historic old town called Daroca, about 40km from Calatayud, and then meander back to Calatayud (yes, we’re working in km now, even our satnav has been converted!).  There’s a place called Belchite, near Zaragoza, which I’ve had on my list of ‘must see’ places to … Read more

It was grey and overcast first thing this morning, and rather cold with a slight frost. We’d decided that today we would follow the route of El Cid in the direction of Zaragoza, which was recommended to us by the lady in the tourist office yesterday. It was a good route to drive, mainly along … Read more

Having decided to stay put today, we’ve taken it easy and just chilled out. I haven’t been able to resolve the USB charging problem, and drew a blank with the guys on a Facebook group for technical moho issues. The van’s already booked in for a service when we get to Valencia in mid-March so … Read more