Category Archives: Odyssey #3 2015: UK Spain Morocco France

TANGIER PART 1. 3rd– 5th June 2015 The day began with a taxi ride from Camping Torre de la Pena to Tarifa ferry terminal. There are both fast and slow ferries from Tarifa to Tangier. The slow ferry trip takes about … Continue reading →

TARIFA 31ST MAY to 3RD June The trip from Seville to Tarifa was not arduous as all we had to do was get ourselves and our bikes aboard the bus and settle down for the three-hour journey. Oleander (Nerium oleander) … Continue reading →

SEVILLE SPAIN Thursday 28th– 31st MAY 2015 There were no worries riding the bikes from the hostel to the bus station in Faro and getting them onto the bus. In theory they went free but in practice it cost 5 … Continue reading →

FARO 28tH, 29TH and 30TH MAY 2015 Lisbon is far behind us as we venture to the most southern Portuguese town of Faro in the Algarve Region. The reason for choosing Faro as a stopover point was its nearness to … Continue reading →

LISBON PART 2:  OUT and ABOUT  21st to 25th MAY 2015 Since September 2012 when our Encountering the Past journeys commenced I have laid down around 400 000 words. The words come easily enough and so does the general context … Continue reading →

LISBON PART 1 21st to 25th May, 2015 The overnight sleeper train from Salamanca to Lisbon departed at 1-30am so you could say we had an early start today. At Salamanca Station we met Oscar, a young Mexican lad, who … Continue reading →

SALAMANCA   SPAIN TUESDAY 19TH MAY 2015 There was no particular reason why we decided to go to Salamanca. We didn’t visit the city in the 1970s, it just happened to be a convenient stopover on the way to Lisbon in … Continue reading →

SANTANDER CITY, OUR SPANISH LANDFALL. Wednesday 14th to Monday 18th May 2015 Bev and I were last in Spain in 1972 and at that time, it was ruled by dictator General Francisco Franco. Franco was in power from 1936 (the … Continue reading →

PORTSMOUTH to SANTANDER SPAIN TUESDAY 12th MAY 2015 When we first started planning this trip we intended to tour UK first and then make our way south through France, Spain, and Portugal to Morocco, however after studying the weather for … Continue reading →

LONDON SUNDAY 10TH MAY 2015 The weekend was one of for recuperation after the long flight from Australia. Fortunately our hosts had nothing seriously active planned other than the Wanstead Village Dog Show. The show was held in the grounds … Continue reading →