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Makes us feel like we belong, even if the word has nothing to do with our country.
5 months agoIn French these are called something like Grenades. They taste slightly tart and have many very small red fleshed seeds that are all clustered together. They can also be made into a very dark red/pink juice.
5 months agoTwo if you count the photogŕapher!
5 months agoCrazy to be right in the middle of big news, eh? I know you two will stay safe ❤️
5 months agoHappy Belated Birthday Dodie!! And I agree with Suzanne - it is a great shot.
5 months agoGood to know that you are several feet above sea level.
5 months agoa big city with only one cyclist that I have the privilege to know !
5 months agoWednesday morning now. The wind has died, but news reports people died in Valencia from flash floods. Today it's just the bird park, but tomorrow we'll throw caution to the "wind" and head for the wetlands!
5 months agoShall I continue to read your blog ?
My computer screen is getting wet !
Valence is making the headline news here in France, hope you are in good shape ?
There you go !
5 months agoNever heard of these fruits. How do they taste like ?
5 months agoI would be very hesitant about biking out to the Albufera. We were there a few years ago and it was badly flooded out and a challenge to get around: https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/iberia2019/in-valencia-day-1-la-albufera/. I can’t imagine that it’s not much worse now. I’d wait until you come back in the spring.
5 months agoWe are fine, although the wind was a bigger problem for us yesterday than rain or flooding. We are still hoping to look in the Albufera, but the weather will have to be the final decision maker.
5 months agoOddly the news stories seem to be worse than what we encountered. We are fine, and if we encounter too much water across the road we can always turn back and try to find a different way through. Swimming with a loaded bike is not our idea of fun.
5 months ago
We are on the 10th floor, so if there had been a flood that reached us it would have been a truly Biblical one.
5 months ago