Whenever I ask my partner when we will hike the Moncayo Massif, he usually replies that it is only worth doing in the winter. Well, finally, it was winter, there was snow on the mountain, and we had a free day in Zaragoza. So, we set out early driving to the mountain.
In the beginning of December, we took a four-day trip to the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands and explored the island in our favorite way—on foot.
For a couple weeks in November, I participated in a caving course through a club here in Madrid called Flash. The course consisted of two classes during the week and two full weekends. For the second week of the course, we learned the geology and biology of caves and descended 100 meters into Carlista cavern.
For a couple weeks in November, I participated in a caving course through a club here in Madrid called Flash. My primary aim was to learn vertical caving skills. As a life-long lover of bats and exploration, the underground environment has always really appealed to me. I first started caving in the US, also through a local club.
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 …
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 …
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 …
It has been some time since I’ve gone hiking (and written here), pretty much since I hiked from Morata de Tajuña to Chinchón in March. Because my athletic goals this year are different than my partners, I’ve been focused more on running than slow hiking with a heavy pack. In addition, his training hikes usually …