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Province-Alpes-Cote d’Azur Feb 17-20, 2019 CARMARQUE NATIONAL PARK. Basically this is the wet-land delta of the Rhone River. A world-famous gypsy pilgrimage happens each year in May. Bird Watching. It can be visited at any time of the year, but the … Continue reading →

LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON I had driven through this province in March 2018 on my way to the UK and saw Nimes, Montpellier and Carccassone. This time I drove north from Barcelona and saw the following in order. LE PERTHUS. In the NM … Continue reading →

Greece Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Greece Intercity Railway Experience Experiences: August Moon Festival  Evening out at the ‘bouzoukia’  Experience a baptism  Play/hear bouzouki  See a play/concert in an Ancient Greek Theatre  Taste Souvlaki/Gyros  Wear a toga NOMAD MANIA Greece … Continue reading →

Albania I have no record of this visit other than what is crossed off in the Nomad Mania Region. This is apparently what I saw. Albania – North (Tirana, Durrës, Shkodër) Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and … Continue reading →

Croatia Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Croatia Intercity Railway Experience Experiences: Participate in maškare  Play/hear tamburica  Taste brodet NOMAD MANIA – Istra and Primorje (Rijeka, Pula, Krk, Pag) World Heritage Sites Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic … Continue reading →

Catalonia (Barcelona, Tarragona, Girona, Lleida, Sitges) Feb 12- 16 2019 LLEIDA Cathedral of St. Mary of La Seu Vella (Turó de la Seu Vella de Lleida). A tentative World Heritage Site (2016) is the former cathedral church of the Roman … Continue reading →

Aragon February 12, 2019 Guadalajara (pop 85,000). In the NM ‘European City” series, it is in Castilla–La Mancha located roughly 60 kilometres (37 miles) northeast of Madrid on the Henares River. History. It was founded by the Andalusians in the 8th century who built the Moorish Bridge over … Continue reading →

Madrid February 4-11 2019 It was another 100 km from the La Granja Palace to Madrid. The short route Google Maps took me on was up and over a mountain – there was lots of snow at the top of … Continue reading →

Basque & Cantabria. Feb 1-3, 2019 I entered Spain from the Basque country and it continues for much of northern Spain. With three local languages to deal with (French, Basque and Spanish), English gets left out. All the main road … Continue reading →

The following post covers my travels south of Paris through several departments on my way to San Sebastian in Spain. The drive from Maincey (near Fontainbleu) to Le Mans was 211 km and I foolishly decided to take a route … Continue reading →