Our route between Llanychaer and Maeshafn took us along the coast and through the Cambrian Mountains at the southern end of Snowdonia National Park. There was some magic scenery along […]
Europe
Liverpool
Liverpool was a hop, skip and a jump across the border into England from our base in northern Wales at Rowena’s house in Maeshafn, an easy drive through the nearby […]
Llanychaer and Southern Wales
It was a bit of a slog from Cornwall in southwestern England around the Bristol Channel and across southern Wales from east to west. The drive had us all longing […]
Cornwall
The South West Coast Path is England’s longest marked hiking trail and is also a National Trail. It stretches for 630 miles/1015 kilometers, running from Minehead in Somerset, along the […]
Bristol and Bath
Bristol and Bath are tucked below the southern border of the Cotswolds, the former we visited on a day trip from our base in the English countryside in Welford-on-Avon, and […]
The Cotswolds
Rolling hills covered with a patchwork of hedge-fenced, sheep-filled paddocks stretching between quaint English villages with names like Dorsington and Chipping Campden, the Cotswolds was quintessential English countryside. Our arrival […]
Oxford
Lisa deposited the kids and me in Oxford for the day from our base in the Cotswolds on her way further south to sample some of southern England’s bubbles at […]
Lisbon
Our arrival back in Lisbon completed the loop of Portugal we’d begun more than two weeks earlier after landing in the early morning hours from Málaga. Portugal was a fabulous […]
Sintra and Palácio Nacional da Pena
Sintra sits on the western outskirts of Lisbon and is home to the spectacular Palácio Nacional da Pena, a Disneyland-esque castle constructed on the order of King Ferdinand in 1842. The […]
The Douro Valley
The drive from Nazaré to the Douro Valley was just over three hours and Coimbra – a beautiful city some describe as an Oxford type town – worked out to […]
Porto
Porto was an easy day trip from our digs in the Douro wine region of Portugal, a picturesque drive through UNESCO World Heritage terraces flanking the River Douro as it […]
Nazaré and the Monasteries of Leiria
Nazaré is very famous in the surfing world for the monstrous waves that pound its coastline a few times a year in the winter months. Both the male and female […]