Category: Adventure Travel

• Travel vs. Vacation

  Flashback 2016. Sitting at Gatwick airport waiting for our flight, we, like everyone else in the airport, were logged into the one free hour of wifi available. Checking email and Facebook, my family was just passing time before our flight to Spain. As the time grew closer for boarding, an announcement. Fight delay. Then again. […]

  Gonzo Girl

  May 7, 2022

  Adventure Travel, Bicycle Touring, European Cycling

  Adventure Travel, Bicycle Touring, Culture shock, European Cycle Tour, Middle-Age Adventure

• ¿Habla inglés?

  As I desperately looked through my backpack one more time, it was painfully clear, I had forgotten my wallet at the hotel. I looked apologetically at the cashier and longingly at my pile of groceries and murmured, “Lo siento”, as I skulked away.  It had taken 30 minutes to find something that we could eat […]

  Gonzo Girl

  May 6, 2022

  Adventure Travel, Bicycle Touring, European Cycling

  Bicycle Touring, European Cycle Tour, Galicia, Middle-Age Adventure, Spain, Spanish Healthcare