Auf der Silberstrasse

Gijon. It's done! We have completed the 1081-kilometer Silver Route from Carmona near Seville to Gijon on the Atlantic coast in just under three weeks. Today's final leg was...

Mieres. We have landed in a different world today. For hundreds of kilometers, everything was flat like Lake Constance, but now we are in the Cantabrian Mountains, surrounded by...

The view of the Leon Cathedral is simply incredible.

La Bañeza. The art took center stage again today. But this time it wasn't Roman or Muslim masterpieces; it was contemporary art: graffiti. Many only know the often ugly...

Zamora. We are now in Zamora, a provincial capital in Castilla y León - after Andalusia and Extremadura, our third region. For the nearly 70 kilometers from Salamanca here, we...

Salamanca. We wanted to leave early this morning to explore the center of Salamanca. However, that did not happen. During our arrival yesterday, we had problems with our...

Salamanca. A relaxed travel day was planned for today. However, at the start, two rather small towns, Bejar and Guijuelo, were on our stamp list, where the likelihood of the...

Banos de Montemayor. Hervas and Banos de Montemayor were our two stops today. In total, they weren't even 50 kilometers apart. Actually, we only intended to stop briefly in...

Plasencia. Today was not our day. The moment I opened my eyes, I could hear the drumming on the roof of our campervan. It was pouring. Cats and dogs. After our first bathroom...

Caceres. Merida is insane! For me personally, it's the most beautiful city I have visited in all my years in Spain. I should perhaps mention that the architectural works of the...

El Capricho de Cotrina

On a hill above Montemolin stands a castle from the 12th century.

Monesterio. Today we set off from Seville towards Montemolin, our third stage on the Via de la Plata. We had to cover about 100 kilometers to reach this small community with...

pace-maker

Carmona. Sleeping in. Enjoying breakfast at leisure, and then strolling through the town in the bright sunshine, browsing a bit, having a coffee here, a couple of tapas there,...

CARMONA. The first stop on our Silver Route – and it made quite an impression right away. “For me, the beginning is also the end,” Icke said immediately after our first...

Day 10: Farewells are never pleasant. Today we set off from Sagunto. We probably won't see the Mediterranean again on this vacation. I have a strange relationship with the sea....

Day 9: Our last day in Sagunto. Tomorrow we set off towards Carmona, a city of 30,000 inhabitants that marks the beginning of the Via de la Plata. More on that later. On our...

Day 8: Today we were at the market in Almarda, a small suburb of Sagunto. We know this market very well, because every time we are here at the campsite on Sundays, we also visit...

DAY 7: I was right: The sea is causing headaches for people at the Costa de Valencia. It is taking their land. Meter by meter. Month by month. When we set off for a walk this...

The sea is washing away meter by meter from the beach.

DAY 5: The most important thing up front: There’s no more squeaking – at least at the right rear tire. After Icke had held out until 2 a.m., she came to my sleeping area and...

TAG4: As I lay in my pull-down bed last night, reflecting on the course of our journey so far, it struck me as odd that everything had been going so smoothly. Sure, Icke's...

DAY 3: We spent the night in Vesoul in a public parking lot – and surprisingly slept quite peacefully. At 10 o'clock we set off. We had planned to cover the 80 kilometers that...

DAY 2: Our goal today was actually Dole. That would have been just under 430 kilometers from Wiesloch. We only managed 339 kilometers to Vesoul – and there was a good reason for...

DAY 1: Finally, it begins! We have prepared for our adventure on the Via de la Plata – the Silver Route – for many weeks. This afternoon around 3 PM, we reached our first stop...