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Cracks are starting to appear in the icy hold of Covid that has held us trapped for so long. After receiving our first A-Z shot at the beginning of May, we are feeling more free to get out a little bit and explore again. This has included the wine region between Valencia and Madrid centered…

It has been a while since our last update. There’s a reason for that; very little has been happening. We’re still here, still haven’t gotten the plague knocks forehead, still in Valencia. Since Christmas things got very bad in Spain and the whole country has been all but locked down, including “perimetral lockdowns,” meaning the…

“What happened to the rest of the August story?” you ask. Hey, it’s only December, don’t rush me. Meanwhile, September October and November saw us sticking closer to home and taking day trips around the region. It turns out Valencia has a very nice regional rail system and some pretty cool locations not too far…

We had to get out of Valencia. Temperatures were north of 95° and humidity was high in July and we had been told it would be worse in August. Border closures thanks to Covid-19 would keep us in Spain, so the mountains and near the Atlantic were the clear choices. Cindy did her magic and…

The weekend after July 4, we made a trip to Alicante. Cindy planned this in May once we thought we could see an end to the lockdown. The hotel was offering a great deal, fully refundable, so what did we have to lose? We booked a 4-day stay. As it turns out, we picked a…

Been lazy, haven’t posted since the end of June. Bad us. In late June we caught the Metro out to the suburb town of Manises near the airport, to visit the Ceramics Museum there. It was an average Thursday afternoon but very shortly after the lockdown was lifted and sadly, the museum itself was closed.…

Since June 8, the Valencia region has moved to Phase 2 of the lockdown de-escalation planned by Spain, meaning that more restaurants are open, they’re open for limited seating indoors, museums and shops are open and we can travel within the Valencian Community. As a result, we’ve gotten out. We have been able to visit…

We have been allowed to move to Phase 1 of the de-escalation of the Coronavirus lockdown. Now we can get out to do a few much-needed errands, for example Cindy got her hair cut and I got a new set of tennis shoes that I thought I’d be able to get just after we arrived,…

The lockdown has begun to be lifted here in Spain. Since last Saturday May 2, we’ve been allowed out for exercise for an hour a day, either 6-10AM or 8-11PM, within a 1 KM radius of our house. Elders over 70 and children have their own hours, to minimize overlap. They’re calling this Phase 0…