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• The Basque Trail: the Outermost Álava.

  

  .In the last chapter of my series The Basque trail I punished the readers with a dull share of History, and today I want to reward them with something more... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. The Wayfarer’s Solitude.

  

  Regardless of being a UNESCO world heritage site -and regardless of its deserving it-, my interest in Bamberg this time was to reencounter an old friend. Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Is Order Boring?

  

  .Austria and Germany are so come to terms with their common identity that, by way of border mark, there’s only a small sign under the twelve yellow stars on blu... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. A Snapshot of Austria (and a Travel Tip).

  

  .After spending two nights in Bormio I’m on the road again. I ride once more the eighty six bends of the Stelvio pass and, then, a few more kilometres along... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Passo Dello Stelvio.

  

  .Just by chance, not knowing anything about the region nor having ever heard about Stelvio, this has turned out to be a true “biker” stage in my trip, along a... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Storm.

  

  The sky is threatening rain since noon, and I can’t blame anyone but myself for the soaking.But let’s not go ahead of time.I depart from Chiomonte (where I’ve... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. The Great Fortress.

  

  When Napoleon occupied Cherasco, after several defeats upon the Piedmontese, one of his conditions for granting them the armistice was the demolition of the... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. The Last of France.

  

  Vaison-la-Romaine, where I spent the last night, puts an end to the lowlands I’ve had to cross, the easternmost side of the Roussilion. Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Lost in Wilderness.

  

  Let me say in advance that this “lost” is a figure of speech, mainly to make the title look more attractive; a bait, so to say. Yet some of it is true. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Shortest Full Documentary About Poland Ever Made.

  

  It happened just by chance; I didn’t plan it.I had just crossed the border and stopped in the first Polish village offering accomodation. After settling in at... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Devil’s Bridge.

  

  The idea that my head had more or less been giving shape during the previous days was to reach Italy through the Alps trying to avoid when possible the busy... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Feeling the Contrasts.

  

  For exiting Andorra to France there aren’t many choices: Pas de la Casa; so, this time, I took the pleasure of enjoying the lack of freedom (and please don’t... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Andorra: a Large Shopping Mall.

  

  When you come to think of it, you can’t but get surprised by the amount of wrong certitudes we take for granted, unmodified, along decades and, often, along... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. The Pyrenean Route.

  

  The Pyrenean Route (actually, and literally translated, Pyrenean Axis) is the state road which, under different numbers and across different regions, runs... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. A Place Called Javier.

  

  There’s no ceral more beautiful and noble than wheat.There’s only one hundred fifteen kilometres from Olite to Jaca, but it took me a whole day’s ride. I... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. A Pleasurable Oasis.

  

  San Martín Square, the social centre of Olite; castle in the background.As usual, the moment I stop writing for a couple of days, events and places start... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Enjoying Olite.

  

  San Martín Square, the social centre of Olite; castle in the background.When keeping travel logs, the moment you skip a couple of day’s write, events and... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere. Touching Heaven.

  

  Santo Domingo de Silos has been unforgettable and hard to beat. Little did I know, when I decided to spend the night there, how would I be rewarded. Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere III. A Monastic Life?

  

  I leave behind Peñafiel, its castle and famous wineries; ahead, the plain is losing its harshness as it slowly gets higher, towards more beautiful and faraway... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Journey to Nowhere

  

  .Many people envy us travelers. That’s because they ignore our life’s drama. Every process in the Universe, every movement, every activity takes origin in some... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL