We've had to stick around the Girona region lately due to some doctor's appts, but luckily we found this gem of a place. Espai Natural de les Guilleries-Savassona, just south of the Pyrenees. Amazing place for hiking! And here we found a fantastic free motorhome parking area that even provided free electricity, so we're staying warm this winter 😊
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A fossil forest near Verdeña, Castile and León: videos.trom.tf/w/cEAj926jd21e1…
Miserable cold and rainy weather, but still worth the nice little hike to see the imprints of 250 million-year-old trees 😊
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We found a fossil forest
San Salvador de Cantamuda: We found a fossil forest and the weather was cold and rainy. Nothing very eventful. Just a few more days of our motorhome adventures. But super cool to see these imprints that are many millions of years old. A book of earth :)
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Replacing a roof vent in the motorhome - videos.trom.tf/w/qXUkwFVhsF4UB…
Our top bed roof vent sucked. So we bought a very slim one called Roofstar 4. In theory it is easy to add it. But of course like all things, it is more difficult than you think. Anyway now we love this roof vent and it makes a big difference. We can even stargaze from the bed 😃
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Replacing a roof vent in the motorhome
Our top bed roof vent sucked. So we bought a very slim one called Roofstar 4. In theory it is easy to add it. But of course like all things, it is more difficult than you think. Anyway now we love this roof vent and it makes a big difference. We can even stargaze from the bed :)
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Freshly taken :)
With Pixel 6a.
You can see the Orion belt :).
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From that time we found snow :) videos.trom.tf/w/aSny2DpTqgRxu…
In Fuente Dé, Picos de Europa National Park.
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We found snow :)
Fuente De, Picos de Europa. We took a cable cart to see the top of the mountains. What amazing views! Looked like a volcanic mountain with ice tops :). We also hit our motorhome again :(.But overall our experience in Picos de Europa was fantastic!
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I’ve been meaning to write this blog for well over a year, and finally managed to get it done:
bigworldsmallsasha.com/2025/12…
It's about my whole journey of writing and publishing my book (all the sweat and tears it took + how much I earned in the end), as well as a few other updates about what I've been doing over the past few years and where we'll likely head next.
Thanks to everyone who's been there for me throughout this journey! I appreciate you all 💛
My Book Release – and Other Ultra-belated Updates
I released my book in 2024 but never got around to writing a blog about it, so here it is— (better late than never, right?) In a nutshell, the book explains my story of traveling around the world for the past 15 or so years with little money (and it …Big World | Small Sasha
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I don't feel pressured to read it, no worries 😄 In my experience once I start reading it then I can get really into it and get through many pages, but I am not a fast reader tho so I will take my time with it - which is why I'm taking these breaks when I feel like I have other things to work on, mostly because I want to avoid eye strain.
And yeah I will let you know if I spot any typos for sure, it becomes easy to miss tho when you get really into the book and start enjoying it 😄
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Sotres, Asturias: videos.trom.tf/w/7wo6HXbkj86AT…
Sotres is the highest village in the Picos de Europa National Park. A bit tricky to get here on the narrow winding road, but well worth the trip! Sotres is so beautiful that in 2024 it got an award from the princess of Asturias 😄 It's also famous for its blue cheese and is the starting point of some spectacular hiking trails in Picos de Europa.
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Sotres - a wonderfully beautiful town in the mountains
Can you believe this is not Switzerland? We went for a day to this beautiful place just to see how it is. Sasha also found an abandoned villagge and some cute cows. Picos de Europa is now on fire, and it is such a shame because it is a wonderful natural place.
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The Cares Trail, Picos de Europa National Park: videos.trom.tf/w/iyEMCZAfNjNZH…
An amazing pathway carved into towering limestone cliffs high above a turquoise river, connecting two small villages in the mountains of León and Asturias. This trail makes you feel so small, yet contaminated with awe. We found goats, waterfalls, tunnels, and snowy peaks in the distance. A truly spectacular trek.
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Cares Trail - The best place we visited
If there is one place that we liked the most, it was the Cares Trail in Picos de Europa. Amazing trail between huge mountains. You feel so small, yet contaminated with awe. We found goats, little waterfalls, and saw snowy peaks. This is a place we must go again to!
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From the province of León, Spain- A big bench, a beautiful drive, great free motorhome parking, and amazing hiking :)
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The most beautiful place we parked at
Acebedo - close to the Picos de Europa, beautiful parking place, great hiking, so relaxing and wonderful. This is the number 1 best motorhome parking spot for us. We also got to experience how it is to be fully offgrid when half of Spain was without electricity we did not notice a thing, having solar panels and satellite internet. We could probably survive a zombie apocalypse :).We hope to get back to this place!
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There's only one thing worse than having too many people in critical positions of power, that don't understand Root Cause Analysis; and that's too many that do, and STILL choose abuse of power.
It's one thing in burning fossil fuels, following a major revolution like the Industrial Revolution. It's another to have a clear path to graduating the burning application, and continuing to burn it, put future generations at risk, for the sake of more profit.
And the longer this continues; the more expendable our species is.
Some photos from another amazing cave in Spain: Cuevas del Aguila, just west of Madrid.
This one looks quite unique as the harder iron-rich rock in the cave is of a much darker, redder color than the bright white speleothems made of calcium carbonate. Well worth the 11 euro tour!
Here is our video about it-
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Cuevas Del Aguila - a wonderland :)
This cave looks so out of this world. The white of the calcium combined with the "rust" of the rock make up for a unique landscape. Very memorable! We paid 11 Euros each for the tour and it was well worth it.
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Visiting some small Spanish villages and doing haircuts in the motorhome-
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It saves a bit of money (and allows @Tio to avoid having to talk to people 😁)
This is in San Esteban del Valle, Castile and León
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Giving each other haircuts in the motorhome, in this beautiful place :)
We parked in San Esteban del Valle, in a little village in the mountains. We stayed for 5 nights. Amazing views, great motorhome place. We also gave each other haircuts, ate paella, and went for some little hikes.Oh, and we also tried to avoid as much as possible the weird religious celebration called Easter. Speaking of that we recommend the documentary Praying For Armageddon - videoneat.com/documentaries/26…
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This one's from April in La Guardia de Jaén, Andalusia- videos.trom.tf/w/fwAQqRhVcE3tc…
A very pretty little village with great views and a nice motorhome parking area with free services. The only problem was that a group of men sang loud flamenco music right next to our motorhome as we tried to sleep 😄 So we left to a parking area near the Peñarroya Castle. Made a cheesecake and had a nice time there 🙂
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Found a super nice place to park for a few nights in Andalusia - videos.trom.tf/w/uhyeLjNiFgL3B…
Los Bermejales Reservoir, Spain
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Alone at the lake...just relaxing
How beautiful it is to find these secluded places in nature. We parked so close to a lake....mountains in the distance. Super quiet. Just the 2 of us basically camping for several days. Nothing eventful, just an example of how this motorhoming life can be at times: relaxing. Nothing more, nothing less.Pantano de los Bermejales :)
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The most amazing cave- videos.trom.tf/w/hNQGWL9YRHyQ2…
The Cave of Nerja, in southern Spain, is absolutely enormous and was inhabited by humans thousands of years ago. Explorers have found cave paintings, human bones, and evidence of cave hyenas living in the cave around the same time as humans. The Nerja Cave also holds the largest stalactite in the world, measuring around 32 meters.
This was such an amazing experience for us, it is hard to show the immensity and uniqueness of this cave in a video or photos. We were also able to get in there for free as they give free tickets away every weekday at 9:30am. cuevadenerja.es/en/
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Inicio - Cueva de Nerja
Purchase your online ticket at the best price and avoid queuesadmin (Cueva de Nerja)
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in reply to Tio • • •Which pump did you get? I like that it shows the temperature!
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in reply to RodinWood • •I will copy paste from the previous reply :) :
It is this pump amazon.es/dp/B0D3XBHTN1 now I see it is more expensive. I got it for under 30€. But there are so many that are super similar.
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