Adventures in Daisy van

 A fitting end to a great adventure! Saint Jean de Luz The journey back through France started with us crossing the Pyrénées on the western side, once again passing San Sebastián after over 6 weeks of travelling. We found a lovely site, where the reception stayed open for us till nearly 7pm so we could check in.  Camping Larrouleta  in Urrugne, on the outskirts of Saint Jean de Luz, was one of the only sites left open at this time of the year. We got to use the ACSI card for the last time and arrived in the dark. Finding the electricity was interesting as we had to feed wires through a hedge, but we managed to settle in for the night after walking around what would be an enormous site, but was quite empty at this time. Corniche Basque   One last hill climb for Daisy on leaving the site the next morning, we headed for the coast and the Mirador del Balharra. From here we could see the Corniche Basque and all the way to the north coast of Spain. It was beautifully sunny...

 24 hours in Toledo gives just a flavour of its treasures View across Toledo’s rooftops The wait to get here was so worth it! The city is described as an ‘open air museum’ and it is easy to see why. Our 24 hour visit really just gave us a taste of what the beautiful medieval city holds. It is a place where you can see its Jewish, Islamic and Christian past. Many of the buildings have been taken over and Christianised with the take over by Alfonso VI in 1085, but their history is clearly seen in the architecture. The city felt completely safe in the old town, which is where we stayed, and this allowed us to carry on ‘sightseeing’ at night too. Río Tajo looking down from the walls of the city Given that there are 33 museums and monuments, we knew we would only see a fraction of it in the time we had, so stuck to soaking up the atmosphere and the beauty of the buildings from the outside. I definitely wanted to visit the synagogue as I hadn’t yet, on this trip, been able to get to one....