On the Road to Gijón: Mountains, Miracles, and Burgers
San Sebastián behind us, Gijón ahead. Another stretch of Spanish motorway, and I was back to my newfound obsession with road engineering. “Look at this one, Mary,” I said, pointing to a massive bridge soaring over a valley. “How do they even build things like this?” She barely looked up from her book. “You’ve said […]
On the Road to San Sebastián: A Journey with Pit Stops and Ponderings
We left Pamplona behind, winding our way toward San Sebastián, looking forward to beaches, pintxos, and hopefully fewer life-threatening sausages. “So,” I said, gripping the wheel, “bull running. Tradition or cruel?” Mary, staring out at the hills, didn’t answer straight away. “It’s both,” she finally said. “It’s brutal. But you can feel how much it […]
To Pamplona: Hemingway, Bulls, and an Anniversary to Remember
Right, so we left Zaragoza in good spirits, bellies full, van loaded up, and Mary still quoting Hemingway like we were some lost characters in one of his books. Pamplona was next on the list, but this one was different. It was our anniversary. Thirty-five years of marriage, if you can believe that. Now, before […]
Over the Mountains and Into Spain: Kevin’s Perspective
You know when you build something up in your head for so long, and then when it finally happens, it’s absolutely nothing like you expected? That was us, the Pyrenees, and a campervan. We’d been talking about this part of the trip for months—the grand moment where we finally crossed into Spain, the road stretching […]
The Flavours of France: A Culinary Campervan Journey
France wasn’t supposed to be a big thing actually. It was just a stop on the way to Spain. A bit of driving, a few nice meals, then onwards. But, well… France had other plans. Coq au Vin & Sylvie, the Legend First night, we roll into some little auberge near Lille. No clue what we’re doing, […]
Our Campervan Adventure: From Hull to Rotterdam
Right. So, we bought a campervan. No idea what we were doing. None. We’d barely wrapped our heads around the difference between a motorhome and a campervan before we found ourselves knee-deep in research, drowning in YouTube reviews, and arguing over whether we actually needed a toilet on board (Kevin: yes, Mary: we’ll manage). There […]