Hello from California

[Maytag]

Greetings!
Just found Slow Europe Travels while researching our 2 month walk about in Spain, including the Canary Islands. Thank you Pauline for your Tenerife trip report!
My partner and I have done a fair amount of "slow travel" with hiking being the primary focus. We try and plan two month stays in one country so that we can slow down and take it in; we found that walking through parts of a country can be a fantastic way to see experience the culture.
Our trips usually include some sort of multi-day hike from town to town or hut to hut, self-supported and caring what we need but enjoying a nice bed, food and beverage at the end of a long day. A few adventures that we have enjoyed: AV1 in the Dolomites, Coast to Coast in the UK, TMB, Rota Vicentina combined with the Via Algarviana in Portugal as well as some other walks in New Zealand and Greece. Now we are now planning for the Coast to Coast in Andalucia.
I am looking forward to connecting with folks in the forum about travel plans an also be here to help others with their adventures if I can.
Many thanks and I really love how this forum is formatted!

 

[jmc]

@Maytag - welcome and thanks for the great introduction, we look forward to hearing more!

 

[georgemiller]

Welcome to Slow Europe Travels forum @Maytag. Thanks for sharing about your interesting hiking adventures so far - it sounds like you both really embrace the slow travel mentality. And be sure to share trip reports of your Andalucia adventure once complete.

Thanks for offering to help others in turn. Your wealth of walking experiences in different regions will undoubtedly aid future planning. I'm sure we can all learn from each other. Wishing you safe and enjoyable travels!

 

[Tina]

Welcome Maytag
About walking in Andalucía, we did a lot of walking when we visited Andalucía for a couple of months in 2018, so you might find these helpful:

Andalucia Impressions: walking in Andalucia - our top ten walks, 10th to 6th

A blog about travel, vacations and holidays in Italy and Spain with advice, tips and trip reports

slowtravelitalyspain.blogspot.com

Andalucia Impressions: Walking in Andalucia - in general

A blog about travel, vacations and holidays in Italy and Spain with advice, tips and trip reports

slowtravelitalyspain.blogspot.com

Andalucia Impressions: walking in Andalucia - our top ten walks, 5th to 1st

A blog about travel, vacations and holidays in Italy and Spain with advice, tips and trip reports

slowtravelitalyspain.blogspot.com

 

[Maytag]

Thank you all for the nice words and the welcome to the Slow Europe forum, I am looking forward to participating and helping other travelers when I can.
Tina - thank you so much for the links, I really look forward to digging in.
We are excited to explore the region and slowing down for a while.
In May/June of this year we did a lot of walking in Sicily, started in Palermo and finished in Agrigento, fantastic to see the interior villages of Sicily. Love Italy but then again....love Greece, Spain, Portugal and so on. Addicted to hiking and exploring.