On our last day we decided to go up with the Fuente De cable car again. One reason was that it predicted to be quite hot today, and we hoped to find some cooler weather higher up. We took our time for breakfast and so it was almost midday when we reached the cable car. … Lees verder
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Picos de Europa walk: PR PNPE 3: The Ruta del Cares
If you can only do one walk when visiting de Picos, this might be an excellent choice. It is a very popular walk through the valley of the Cares river. You can start the walk either from the North side (seaside) from Poncebos, which is I believe the more popular starting point, or from the … Lees verder
Picos De Europa walk: PR PNPE 27: Circular walk around the rocks of Brez
On our third day we needed some extra rest after two days of long walks. We decided to do the circular walk around Brez (730 m), a 2 hour track, which was said to be very nice. Many do this walk on their first day as a kind of warm up walk. But it also … Lees verder
Picos the Europa walk: PR PNPE 26: Circular walk Espinama – Las Ilces – Espinama
On our second day, still feelings soar from the day before, we chose this walk, thinking it would be rather flat. Correction: walks are never flat in the moutains. This walk leads you through forests of beech and oak on both banks of the Deva river. In these forests bears still roam, although the chance … Lees verder
Picos de Europa Walk: PR PNPE 24: Circular walk from Fuente De cable car down to parking lot of the cable car
It was maybe a bit overconfident of ourselves to make this walk our first, but the weather looked great on our first day and looked less stable on the next days, so we just went for it. The guidebook said the walk would take us 4 hours and 30 minutes, so that sounded doable. We … Lees verder
Best tips for a weekend trip to Amsterdam
Since our daughter studies in Amsterdam we visit regularly, and so we get to know many great places to visit, sleep, eat and drink. Amsterdam is the capital of a country but has the feel of a cosy provincial city, not unlike Bruges, our hometown. On the other hand, since it is the capital of … Lees verder