I’m in no position to deny that I have a thing for any “limited time only” visit, so I won’t. I had seen in the newspaper that the water company Canal de Isabel II had installed some Japanese-inspi…

I organised a day out for a friend who needed a small pick-me-up, making plans for two. Again, the main issue getting to Madrid was transportation. For once my train was pretty much on time (ish. I…

After my car failed its technical inspection in February, I was a bit apprehensive about driving further than work and back. As I wanted to get over the feeling, I got myself to organise a short ro…

Palacio del Infantado (Palace of the Infantage) in Guadalajara is an impressive building designed by architect Juan Guas. It is one of the most iconic representatives of the Isabelline architecture…

While we were on the train to have Father’s Day brunch, I was asked what my plans for Easter break were – either a couple of day trips or meet my sibling. I explained about the gypsum mines in the …

I was on break for Easter, and my sibling, who works in Madrid, proposed to “have lunch and whatever”. That usually means that they want me to find a good place for lunch, and a plan for “whatever”…

A bunch of people kept telling me about DinoVerse, an immersive exhibition in Madrid. I had visited Nomad Museo Inmersivo before, so I was really not too keen on getting there for just a forty-minu…

From September 2025 to February 2026, I took an online course in the long-distance-learning university, UNED. As it was financed by the European Union, it was free. The name of the program was “Dig…

Spain celebrates father’s day on the 19th of March (Saint Joseph’s Day), but my parents were scheduled to be out of town. As a family, we’ve recently decided to try and repurpose Christmas presents…

It might very well be that Madrid’s Expominerales is my favourite drop-in convention – free, easy-to-reach, and full of (literal) shiny stuff, most of which I can’t afford anyway, but I can gape at…

Los alumnos de este curso, que se desarrollará del 27 al 31 de julio, realizarán prácticas en excavación de dinosaurios en yacimientos de Riodeva y Formiche Alto. Además, conocerán de primera mano los...

I think it was in early September 2025 when I saw the announcement that fesFE[M], one of the Japanese visual kei bands that I enjoy, was doing a mini tour in Spain. It was originally stated that th…

Alt: Bilbo Baggins: I'm Going On An Adventure!

When I have a “big oh” birthday, I go climb a volcano, when my sibling does, we go for high-end brunch. Not that I am going to complain, at all – I get to tag along. The day, however, could have st…

A local cultural association organised a day trip to Madrid on the 31st of January to witness the historical re-enactment Día de Los Tercios (Tercios Day). Tercios (thirds) were the Spanish Empire’…

I had arranged to meet my sibling in Madrid for a late lunch when they got off work. Before that, I had a free morning that I could invest in checking out an interesting-sounding exhibition, and as…

Madrid is the seat of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), so it makes sense that the city hosts a yearly International Tourism Fair – Feria Internacional del TURismo, or FITUR. F…

A while back I visited the printing museum Imprenta municipal in Madrid. I’ve since learnt that they have book-binding workshops, and I would very much like to attend one. So would at least one of …

Weather warnings, work, and a nasty stomach bug seemed to conspire against me for a lousy start of the year, and what I had originally planned for the 2nd of January had to be delayed a couple of w…

Take a thrilling deep dive back in time into ancient waters with this monstrous exhibition.

For my last escapade of the year 2025, I chose a nearby low-effort one – Alcalá de Henares. I was checking out dates for upcoming events in Madrid when I saw that the palaeontology and archaeology …

Posts about Trip: United Kingdom December 2025 written by JBinnacle

It was not too much of a chilly London morning. I popped into the underground to go leave my luggage at Liverpool Street station – where there is (you guessed it) a Costa Coffee. Then, I headed tow…

Banca March celebrates its centenary with the first exhibition in Spain of Thomas Houseago, featuring monumental sculptures in its Madrid garden.

I got up, used the kettle in the room to prepare a quick coffee… and one look at the radiator told me how it worked. I must have been much more tired than I realised the night before… I left my lug…