If you follow me on Instagram, you know about my second trip to France this past September/October. Unlike the previous trip to Brittany in August, this trip included outdoor activities, like kayaking and hiking. This is the last of 3 posts about these activities. Click to see the others, Kayaking the Gorges of Tarn and …
Who knew there were volcanoes in France? Not me. So we headed north to check out some of the so-called young volcanoes in the Parc Naturel Régional des Volcans d’Auvergne.
If you follow me on Instagram, you know I took a second trip to France this summer. Unlike the previous trip to Brittany in August, this trip included outdoor activities, like kayaking and hiking. This is the first of 3 posts about these activities. After flying into Toulouse and sightseeing in the surrounding area, we …
The Happy Runner by David and Megan Roche is probably the best book about running that is also about much more than running. Their outlook and messages can be broadly applied outside of running. I believe this book, especially the first half, will resonate with all who strive for anything, whether your pursuits are athletic, creative, or just living.
It’s hard to regret visiting the striking Siete Picos, especially since it’s one of the few places in the Sierra de Guadarrama I haven’t been to. So, to the mountains!
I’ve been lucky to travel with a variety of people with varying goals for their travels, ranging from relaxing to extended adventures. As I have mentioned before, I don’t consider myself a natural traveler finding much of the process rather exhausting despite the interesting places I have been privileged to see. I just returned from …
Back in the early spring, while it was hot but not too hot, I got it in my head that I should head to Casa de Campo to write. It was a confluence of events really. I had been doing most of my writing during my lunch break, which I normally take in a small, …
After our solitary visit to Castillo de Peracense, we continued on to Albarracín, which is located in the province of Teruel in Aragón. Albarracín has everything I could ever want in a Spanish town: a castle, cave paintings, and Roman ruins. Although, the cave paintings and roman ruins are not in the town, per se, …
It may seem surprising considering the varied places I have been, but I don’t really think of myself as natural and avid traveler. I find much of the process exhausting and overstimulating, often feeling like I need a vacation from my vacation. This can be quite a difficult attitude when living in a city that …
When I first came to visit Spain with my partner in March of 2019, we visited the family apartment in Biescas in the Pyrenees. Someone, I can’t remember who, gave me a tourist booklet on hikes in Aragón, which is the region where my partner is from and where his family still lives. I perused …