Author Archives: tbeartravels

LIMOGES – LIMOUSIN REGION, WEST-CENTRAL FRANCE 6TH – 8TH JULY 2015. Limoges is renowned for its fine porcelain production and because up until recently our major source of income was from the sales of porcelain figurines we had to make … Continue reading →

OUYRE, a small village near ST AFFRIQUE, in the MIDI-PYRENEES FRANCE. 25th June – 6th July 2015 Reluctantly we departed Beziers and caught a regional train for Tournemire village where our Australian friend Larry picked us up and took us … Continue reading →

BEZIERS, FRANCE 26th– 28th June 2015 It was a chaotic affair leaving Barcelona railway station and it was caused by the fact that it was swarming with post summer solstice tourists. Queues snaked across the main hall making it difficult … Continue reading →

BARCELONA 23rd– 25th June, 2015 For me Barcelona was not a comfortable city to visit even though we met some very approachable young locals and it was good to experience again the modernist architecture of the city. The negatives outweighed … Continue reading →

VALENCIA 22nd June 2015 The train journey from Cuenca to Valencia was through mountainous gorge and forest country and Bev says that it was the most beautiful train journey we have done to date. Unfortunately we have few acceptable photographs … Continue reading →

CUENCA 19th-21st June 2015 The journey from Cordoba to Cuenca was an ordeal and what made it so was the airport style security at both Cordoba and Madrid and the unbelievable number of people at the train stations. Our bikes … Continue reading →

CORDOBA 16th-18th JUNE 2015. Early this morning we bade farewell to the owners of Torre de la Pena Camping and rode down to our 1973 campsite for one last look and to take a photograph of the spot. Last night … Continue reading →

CASABLANCA to TARIFA 16th JUNE 2015 Today it was planned to take the train from Casablanca to the town of Oued Zem at the foothills of the High Atlas Mountains from where we could then do a spot of mountain … Continue reading →

CASABLANCA If you say Casablanca slowly the word rolls off the tongue. It is possible to take either a bus or a train from Fez to Casablanca. We chose the latter as there is a lot more space and I … Continue reading →

FEZ PART 2 OUT and ABOUT FEZ 10-12th JUNE 2015 The day following our arrival in Fez we met with our guide Abdul who led us through the twisted alleyways of the ancient Medina. The colourful food market was first … Continue reading →