This week’s Camino a Ítaca looks at the rising cost of merely taking a breath. Click over to read the original Spanish version in el HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF abajo) After living and working on four continents, my social media feeds can at times seem like a BBC world weather report.…
In this week’s Camino a Ítaca, a spider bite turns into a near mortal experience in a barbaric country. The populist No-Tax brigades are once again singing their siren songs from their particular hymn book. That one that sees public services disappear, while they enjoy their private plans. Click over to read the original Spanish version published…
The specter of something dark and frightening runs through this week’s Camino a Ítaca. Progressive politicians afraid of their own shadow look on with terror as real-life Bogeymen and women ride the wave of their indecisiveness and inaction. At least I learned a great new word out of it, sacamantecas. Click over to read the…
In this week’s Camino a Ítaca there is silence. A great silence that seems to have been purchased at an extreme and dangerous cost. If the Emperor isn’t wearing any clothes, he must be told…even if he is from your political party. And if they are guilty of crimes…let them pay. Click over to read…
In this week’s Camino a Ítaca, travel returns. But it’s a return like no other…a dystopian world of conflicting messages that alarm and confuse the traveler, mostly for no reason. Click over to read the original in el HOY in Spanish or read the English version below. (PDF en castellano abajo) It always catches me…
En el HOY El pulso de la provincia de Cáceres fluye por un gran valle de treinta kilómetros de largo y seis de ancho en el Parque Nacional de Monfragüe. Esta Reserva de la Biosfera combina tres elementos vitales que hacen de cada visita una nueva experiencia de aprendizaje.La ultima de mi serie de…
Experiencias diferentes esperan al viajero en las laderas opuestas de la vertiente sur de la sierra de Gredos. La Vera y el Valle del Jerte atesoran esencia propia para brindársela a quienes buscan aprender y experimentar. La quinta de mi serie de seis partes sobre viajes por la provincia de Cáceres publicada por el HOY.…
En el HOY Slow travel: El arte de viajar sin prisa y disfrutar del momento. Un recorrido para todas las edades, bañándose en los bosques que rodean el camino desde Baños de Montemayor en el Valle de Ambroz hasta Trasierra y Tierras de Granadilla. La cuarta de mi serie de seis partes sobre viajes…
En el HOY El río y todo lo que corre con él. El Tajo, sus afluentes y el arte prehistórico que lo salpica. La tercera de mi serie de seis partes sobre viajes por la provincia de Cáceres publicada por el HOY. The river and all that runs with it. The Tagus, its affluents and…
Scared of the dark nuthin’! It’s regression therapy in this week’s Camino a Ítaca. An age-old fear has returned as our pockets are being openly picked. Click over to read the original article in Spanish or read the English version below. (PDF en castellano abajo) As a young boy on the vast stretches of the…