We may not be dusting off our passports yet, but we can dream can’t we and get excited about things that are on the horizon in travel for 2021? So I thought I’d give you a little bit of inspiration about things that are new this year.
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Walking the Camino
Sometimes you feel like you need a change. It may be a spiritual desire. It may be you want a challenge physically and mentally. Or perhaps you are craving some time alone. Or maybe it’s the opposite and actually you want to spend more time connecting with someone or something.
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Something for the weekend - Málaga
Málaga is a revelation. For years I’d just viewed it as an airport with an unremarkable city on its outskirts. But having visited recently with Julian, I am glad to report that the city is so much more.
As one of the oldest cities in the world, Málaga has been occupied at various points through its history by the Phoenicians, the Romans and the Arabs, all of whom left their mark on the city giving it some rather lovely architecture and design.
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Something for the weekend - Bilbao
I first visited Bilbao 20 or so years ago. It was my first stop after getting off the ferry in Santander at the start of my month long trip Inter-railing around Europe. Looking back I can’t quite remember why I made the stop; all I can remember is looking and thinking “oh”! It was grey, unglamorous, there were abandoned docks and sidings and the whole place had a feeling that it was rapidly slipping into post-industrial decline. That wasn’t what I was searching for on my travels around Europe so needless to say I didn’t stay long!
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