I changed jobs last summer, which meant going on summer holiday was not really an option. Not that it bothered me too much, I rarely go away in summer anyway, as everything is crowded, more expensive and overbooked. As the previous year’s adventure in Canada had been a wonderful experience and a huge success, I … More 176 – Albacete to Jaén on Two Wheels
As I already said elsewhere on this blog, one of the best features of fencing in the veteran circuit in Spain are the competition destinations. The timing is not always well thought through: we had Córdoba during Patios weekend (flower festival and the major tourist event of the year, you can imagine the accommodation situation), … More 175 – Euskadi
Everytime I need to switch off and relax, I abuse my friend Isaac’s generosity. Isaac owns a weekend home on the other side of the mountains, less than 2 hours of drive from Madrid, in a little village abbandoned by almost all permanent inhabitants and ignored by every mobile phone provider. Which is perfect when … More 174 – To Paradise
There is really not much to say about this last stretch of this year’s stage of Ruta de la Plata. At this point, the region is so neglected and so abandoned that many villages don’t even have a bar. Tragic. That doesn’t mean that the route is boring. Not at all. You just need to … More 173 – Camino Season 2 Episode 3
This post brings photos from the second part of this year’s Camino: from Granja de Moreruela to Villar del Farfón. The landscape becomes more interesting with rolling hills and lush vegetation. Well, what is left of it, after the wildfires that devastated vast areas of the region of Zamora last year. We will be walking … More 172 – Camino Season 2 Episode 2
Following the brief introduction into the western world’s ultimate pilgrimage during Easter weekend ’22, this spring I rejoined the journey where I abandoned it last year. I am not a very good pilgrim: for starters I am not walking the entire camino in one piece, lack of holiday being the major reason. I also cannot … More 171 – Camino Season 2 Episode 1
Time for a lesson of colloquial Spanish with Kacenka. There is an amusing expression in Spanish that indicates a coitus more ferarum (intercourse in the manner of wild beasts), a somewhat dramatic latin expression for what is more commonly known as doggy style. The Spaniards look towards Cuenca, or more often, make someone else look … More 170 – Mirar Hacía Cuenca
I am often complimented (by the Spanish) on my extensive and capillar knowledge of Spain in general and the surroundings of the capital in particular, an inevitable result of having cycled on every paved road in the region. As mentioned elsewhere, for me cycling (or hikling) is not just a way to burn calories, it … More 169 – Short History Excursions Around(ish) Madrid
Good afternoon everyone. First of all, apologies for what has now become a leitmotif of this blog: I am so much behind that it’s not even funny anymore. This blog used to be interesting (I hope, at one point, when I was travelling through exotic places), or at times even funny (Tinder made me lose … More 168 – Sintra, again
Sic Erat Scriptum – “Occasionally a writer places [sic] after their own words, to indicate that the language has been chosen deliberately for special effect, especially where the writer’s ironic meaning may otherwise be unclear.” Just to stress that I used “may” instead of “should” and the exclamation mark quite intentionally, thus changing the rhetociral … More 167 – May Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot and Never Brought to Mind! [sic]
Kacenka on the road 