No photo today. That’s because I am just doing all my final packing for my next photographic trip – leaving tomorrow so all very exciting! Since 1997 I’ve had a terrible problem with flying, ie it terrifies me! Not a great thing for a Travel Photographer! Still not to be beaten I have managed to get to a lot of places by train from the UK, including Croatia, Serbia, Turkey and more recently a 55 hour trip to Arctic Norway!
I have promised myself I will sort out the fear but I have to admit, I like travelling by train. It seems so much more like an adventure, you get to see amazing countryside and you meet some great people.
As I start getting the urge to venture further field I know I’ll have to fly but for now I’m enjoying the stress-free travel of international trains!
So my trip tomorrow starts from London on the Eurostar to Paris then on the night train to Madrid, a fast train to Seville and finally a change on to another train to my first destination, Jerez de la Frontera. The total journey is about 25 hours (and a lot of train changes so must pack light!). Yes I know, much much quicker by plane, but think of the potential adventures to be had!
I’ve got just under 3 weeks in Andalucia spending time in Jerez, Ronda, Granada, Alhama de Granada and Gaucin before I hop on the ferry and venture over to Morocco. I can’t tell you how excited I am to go to Morocco, it’s been on my list for many many years.
I start off in Chefchaouen in the Rif Mountains for a couple of days, I am being totally drawn to the Medina there with it’s blue painted walls and am beginning to think 3 days isn’t going to be enough! Next stop is Fez where I’m staying in a Dar right in the Medina for a week, maybe, with all the photographic opportunities that won’t be long enough either – just means I shall have to return! And then, well who knows, maybe the trip will naturally come to its end then or maybe I’ll be tempted to venture on to somewhere else ………
I have promised myself I will sort out the fear but I have to admit, I like travelling by train. It seems so much more like an adventure, you get to see amazing countryside and you meet some great people.
As I start getting the urge to venture further field I know I’ll have to fly but for now I’m enjoying the stress-free travel of international trains!
So my trip tomorrow starts from London on the Eurostar to Paris then on the night train to Madrid, a fast train to Seville and finally a change on to another train to my first destination, Jerez de la Frontera. The total journey is about 25 hours (and a lot of train changes so must pack light!). Yes I know, much much quicker by plane, but think of the potential adventures to be had!
I’ve got just under 3 weeks in Andalucia spending time in Jerez, Ronda, Granada, Alhama de Granada and Gaucin before I hop on the ferry and venture over to Morocco. I can’t tell you how excited I am to go to Morocco, it’s been on my list for many many years.
I start off in Chefchaouen in the Rif Mountains for a couple of days, I am being totally drawn to the Medina there with it’s blue painted walls and am beginning to think 3 days isn’t going to be enough! Next stop is Fez where I’m staying in a Dar right in the Medina for a week, maybe, with all the photographic opportunities that won’t be long enough either – just means I shall have to return! And then, well who knows, maybe the trip will naturally come to its end then or maybe I’ll be tempted to venture on to somewhere else ………
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