Sunday, 21st June, 2026
Welcome to the Longest Day. It is all downhill from here. Allegory for Life. Warmest night so far. The temperature didn’t fall below 26C/79F through the dark hours. We are starting our 5th full day here of 28 in total. Having spent 2 weeks here last year, we have dropped back in immediately and it feels like we have been here forever.
Already, we are talking about coming for 2 months next summer and driving. It would be so much easier than our drive to Greece. Portsmouth Ferry Terminal is just 33 miles from our house in UK. It makes sense having the car with us giving us extra flexibility. The ferry journey is a long 33 hrs and not cheap. I pulled this example up to see. On top of the price shown, we would need a comfortable cabin as well.
The drive from Bilbao is fantastic and is half that of our previous drives to Ancona. It takes us through Zaragoza which has a magical attraction for me. It is a name I heard in my boyhood and fired my imagination for travel to European parts.
In adulthood, Zaragoza looks so interesting that we might just build in a couple of days there to explore either on the way out or on the way back.
On a sad note, it was on this day last year that Pauline’s sister, Phyllis, died in A&E after a fall just short of her 88th birthday. Incredible to think that she has been gone for a year.