Riding the rails beside the Camino del Norte

If you’re in a bad mood, go for a walk. If you’re still in a bad mood, go for another walk.                                                             – Hippocrates As my sister and I make our way across northern Spain here’s a description of the countryside from a scouting trip Robie and I made to the region a few years … More Riding the rails beside the Camino del Norte

The Pillars of Hercules  

All places, no matter where, no matter what, are worth visiting.                                                             – Paul Theroux I used to avoid reading travel narratives. I just couldn’t stomach following someone else’s voyage down the Amazon or trek across the Himalayas. Not when I so desperately wanted to be the protagonist in a far-off adventure and reading their … More The Pillars of Hercules