JBinnacle - A Travel Logbook
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A travel logbook for all the places I’ve visited and the tiny adventures I lived there. ✈️🚂⛵️🚘🚶🗺
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🆕 20th September 2025: The Mercury Mine in Almadén {Road Trip & Almadén, September 2025} jbinnacle.com/2025/12/13/2... #Almaden #Almadén #Spain #travel #JBinnacle
20th September 2025: The Mercury Mine in Almadén {Road Trip & Almadén, September 2025}
My lodging in Almadén included breakfast, so I had a coffee and a toast – better than dinner the previous night, but this time there was the hotel lady working the bar. Afterwards, I just grabbed m…
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December 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🆕 20th September 2025: The Mercury Mine in Almadén {Road Trip & Almadén, September 2025} jbinnacle.com/2025/12/13/2... #Almaden #Almadén #Spain #travel #JBinnacle
🆕 19th September 2025: A knot of roads {Road Trip & Almadén, September 2025} jbinnacle.com/2025/12/07/1... #Almaden #Consuegra #TablasDeDaimiel #CarrionDeCalatrava #Calatrava #Spain #travel #JBinnacle
19th September 2025: A knot of roads {Road Trip & Almadén, September 2025}
I woke up early – way before the alarm clock went off, so I decided to hit the road. I first topped up the fuel tank at the cheap petrol station near my place. Afterwards, I drove off to the motorw…
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December 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🆕 19th September 2025: A knot of roads {Road Trip & Almadén, September 2025} jbinnacle.com/2025/12/07/1... #Almaden #Consuegra #TablasDeDaimiel #CarrionDeCalatrava #Calatrava #Spain #travel #JBinnacle
🆕 Intro post. 19th – 21st September 2025: Windmills, Mercury and Castles Road trip {Road Trip & Almadén, September 2025 jbinnacle.com/2025/12/06/1... #Almaden #Consuegra #TablasDeDaimiel #Spain #travel #JBinnacle
19th – 21st September 2025: Windmills, Mercury and Castles Road trip {Road Trip & Almadén, September 2025}
Though work season had started once again, there was a four-day weekend, and I decided to spend three of them on a kind-of road trip. Plane-ticket prices were off the charts even weeks in advance, …
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December 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🆕 Intro post. 19th – 21st September 2025: Windmills, Mercury and Castles Road trip {Road Trip & Almadén, September 2025 jbinnacle.com/2025/12/06/1... #Almaden #Consuegra #TablasDeDaimiel #Spain #travel #JBinnacle
🆕 5th September 2025: Ara Malikian. Conciertos de la Muralla, Alcalá de Henares (Spain) jbinnacle.com/2025/11/30/5... #music #concert #AraMalikian #livemusic #AlcalaDeHenares #Spain #travel #JBinnacle
5th September 2025: Ara Malikian. Conciertos de la Muralla, Alcalá de Henares (Spain)
The “Wall Concerts” Conciertos de La Muralla is a late-summer music festival that takes place in Alcalá de Henares. As far as I have learnt, it has been going on for almost a decade, with “artists …
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November 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🆕 5th September 2025: Ara Malikian. Conciertos de la Muralla, Alcalá de Henares (Spain) jbinnacle.com/2025/11/30/5... #music #concert #AraMalikian #livemusic #AlcalaDeHenares #Spain #travel #JBinnacle
🆕 23rd August 2025: Cárcavas de Mingo Negro (Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-3e4 #geology #hiking #hike #CarcavasDeMingoNegro #Patones #PontonDeLaOliva #AlpedreteDeLaSierra #SierraNorteDeGuadalajara #ParqueNaturalSierraNorteDeGuadalajara #Spain #travel #JBinnacle
23rd August 2025: Cárcavas de Mingo Negro (Spain)
For all the solo exploring I do, I still second-guess my abilities when something I want to see involves a reported-as-difficult hike. However, I got tired of waiting for people who had expressed i…
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November 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🆕 23rd August 2025: Cárcavas de Mingo Negro (Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-3e4 #geology #hiking #hike #CarcavasDeMingoNegro #Patones #PontonDeLaOliva #AlpedreteDeLaSierra #SierraNorteDeGuadalajara #ParqueNaturalSierraNorteDeGuadalajara #Spain #travel #JBinnacle
It turns out that the @nhm-london.bsky.social afternoon tea only books for minimun two people and now I'm all sad because I won't be able to eat a dinosaur-print macaron on my own. Off to find some cool alternative then...
November 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
It turns out that the @nhm-london.bsky.social afternoon tea only books for minimun two people and now I'm all sad because I won't be able to eat a dinosaur-print macaron on my own. Off to find some cool alternative then...
🆕 29th July 2025: Birds with great PR (Madrid, Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-3dX #Madrid #Spain #MuseoNacionalCienciasNaturales #DinosaursAmongUs #travel #JBinnacle
29th July 2025: Birds with great PR (Madrid, Spain)
The National Museum of Natural Science Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid announced that they were having an exhibit called Dinosaurios entre Nosotros / Dinosaurs among us, a collaborat…
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November 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
🆕 29th July 2025: Birds with great PR (Madrid, Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-3dX #Madrid #Spain #MuseoNacionalCienciasNaturales #DinosaursAmongUs #travel #JBinnacle
🆕 26th July 2025: Gladiators in Alcalá de Henares (Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-3dJ #AntiquaClio #HistoricalRecreation #MARPA #gladiators #AlcalaDeHenares #Spain #travel #JBinnacle
26th July 2025: Gladiators in Alcalá de Henares (Spain)
I am weird. Give me an exhibition of things I’ve seen (from the MAN) or I’m planning to eventually see (from the Roman Museum in Mérida), and – even if it is nearby – I won’t feel like coming. Add …
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November 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🆕 26th July 2025: Gladiators in Alcalá de Henares (Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-3dJ #AntiquaClio #HistoricalRecreation #MARPA #gladiators #AlcalaDeHenares #Spain #travel #JBinnacle
I am pretty sure I don't need an ETA to travel to the UK as I do have a NiNo, but I decided to pay the 16 quid to have the standard documentation so I don't have to fight with airlines' ground crew every time I fly.
I applied for the ETA today at 15:09 BST, and received the approval at 15:18 BST.
I applied for the ETA today at 15:09 BST, and received the approval at 15:18 BST.
November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I am pretty sure I don't need an ETA to travel to the UK as I do have a NiNo, but I decided to pay the 16 quid to have the standard documentation so I don't have to fight with airlines' ground crew every time I fly.
I applied for the ETA today at 15:09 BST, and received the approval at 15:18 BST.
I applied for the ETA today at 15:09 BST, and received the approval at 15:18 BST.
Recap: 14th - 18th July 2025. Trip: Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025 jbinnacle.com/tag/trip-din... #UniversidadDeZaragoza #MuseoCienciasNaturalesZaragoza #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle #YacimientosMurero #OodinoLab
Trip: Dinosaur eggs Loarre & Zaragoza 2025 – JBinnacle – A Travel Logbook
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November 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Recap: 14th - 18th July 2025. Trip: Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025 jbinnacle.com/tag/trip-din... #UniversidadDeZaragoza #MuseoCienciasNaturalesZaragoza #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle #YacimientosMurero #OodinoLab
🆕 19th July 2025: Highway → Murero → Highway → Home {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-3cS #UniversidadDeZaragoza #Murero #YacimientosMurero #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle
19th July 2025: Highway → Murero → Highway → Home {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025}
While Zaragoza (Saragossa) is not a super-busy city, the noise from the large avenue the hotel was in woke me up early enough to be amongst the first customers at Pannitelli Original Bakery. I had …
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November 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
🆕 19th July 2025: Highway → Murero → Highway → Home {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-3cS #UniversidadDeZaragoza #Murero #YacimientosMurero #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle
可愛い子には旅をさせよ
- Japanese proverb
It can be understood as:
"If you love your child, send them on a trip."
or
"Let your beloved child go on trips."
You get the idea...
- Japanese proverb
It can be understood as:
"If you love your child, send them on a trip."
or
"Let your beloved child go on trips."
You get the idea...
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
可愛い子には旅をさせよ
- Japanese proverb
It can be understood as:
"If you love your child, send them on a trip."
or
"Let your beloved child go on trips."
You get the idea...
- Japanese proverb
It can be understood as:
"If you love your child, send them on a trip."
or
"Let your beloved child go on trips."
You get the idea...
🆕 18th July 2025: In the University of Saragossa {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-3ct #UniversidadDeZaragoza #MuseoCienciasNaturalesZaragoza #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle
18th July 2025: In the University of Saragossa {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025}
I woke up and for the first time in days I put on “person clothes” (for the city) instead of “scarecrow clothes” (for hiking & working in the field). Before setting off on the trip, I went to t…
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November 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🆕 18th July 2025: In the University of Saragossa {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-3ct #UniversidadDeZaragoza #MuseoCienciasNaturalesZaragoza #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle
Egypt's Grand Museum [Personal note: Finally, lol. Not even the newsletter works] opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time
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Egypt's Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time
The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.
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November 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Egypt's Grand Museum [Personal note: Finally, lol. Not even the newsletter works] opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I got targeted by the 29th-October WordPress DDoS attack, I think. But I don't use plug ins of any kind. And I am basically no one.
October 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I got targeted by the 29th-October WordPress DDoS attack, I think. But I don't use plug ins of any kind. And I am basically no one.
🆕 17th July 2025: Hands on in the lab! {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025}https://wp.me/p2yJaA-3ck #OodinoLab #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle
October 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
🆕 17th July 2025: Hands on in the lab! {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025}https://wp.me/p2yJaA-3ck #OodinoLab #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle
I've discovered that you can climb the Monument to the Great Fire of London and now I have a WANT
October 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I've discovered that you can climb the Monument to the Great Fire of London and now I have a WANT
🆕 16th July 2025: Santa Marina Palaeontological Site {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-3bX #OodinoLab #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle
16th July 2025: Santa Marina Palaeontological Site {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025}
In our second morning in the Loarre course Técnicas de restauración en paleontología a través de la preparación de los huevos de dinosaurio de Loarre: Palaeontological Restoration Techniques throug…
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October 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🆕 16th July 2025: Santa Marina Palaeontological Site {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-3bX #OodinoLab #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle
🆕 15th July 2025: The Egg Museum & the Mallos {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-3bP #OodinoLab #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle
15th July 2025: The Egg Museum & the Mallos {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025}
I woke up around 7:30. After I had stressed out so much about reaching there, I almost could not believe I was really in Loarre, at the feet of the Pyrenees mountain range. I lounged around until b…
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October 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🆕 15th July 2025: The Egg Museum & the Mallos {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-3bP #OodinoLab #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle
14th June 2025: The road to Loarre {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-3bI #OodinoLab #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle
14th June 2025: The road to Loarre {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025}
The closer the day came, the more nervous I got. First, there was the drive. It would be a long drive on my own, during the pre-holiday rush, and I had to go around Zaragoza (Saragossa), which has …
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October 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
14th June 2025: The road to Loarre {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-3bI #OodinoLab #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle
🆕 14th – 19th July 2025: Loarre & Zaragoza Summer University (Spain) {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-3bA #OodinoLab #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle
14th – 19th July 2025: Loarre & Zaragoza Summer University (Spain) {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025}
Sometimes I get weird ideas stuck in my head. I usually let common sense override them, but this time the temptation was too great, so I allowed myself to do something slightly insane. I don’t regr…
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October 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
🆕 14th – 19th July 2025: Loarre & Zaragoza Summer University (Spain) {Dinosaur Eggs Loarre & Zaragoza, July 2025} wp.me/p2yJaA-3bA #OodinoLab #HuevosLoarre #Loarre #CursosUnizar #palaeontology #dinosauregg #travel #JBinnacle
🆕 6th July 2025: Brihuega, Yela & Cívica (Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-3bp #travel #Brihuega #Yela #Civica #Cívica #RuinasDeCivica #CamposDeLavanda #CamposDeLavandaDeBrihuega #travel #JBinnacle
6th July 2025: Brihuega, Yela & Cívica (Spain)
I was supposed to go to Madrid, as I had a free ticket to see the restoration of the façade of the local museum Museo de Madrid up close, but I ended up cancelling due to having been in Madrid the …
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September 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
🆕 6th July 2025: Brihuega, Yela & Cívica (Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-3bp #travel #Brihuega #Yela #Civica #Cívica #RuinasDeCivica #CamposDeLavanda #CamposDeLavandaDeBrihuega #travel #JBinnacle
Since I had a four-day weekend, I had considered a Dublin getaway. Un/fortunately, flights were crazy expensive and I ended up settling for a roadtrip. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Dublin airport delays continue after cyber-attack
A spokesperson for the airport said it is continuing to support airlines on Monday due to the aftermath "from the Europe-wide technical issue".
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September 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Since I had a four-day weekend, I had considered a Dublin getaway. Un/fortunately, flights were crazy expensive and I ended up settling for a roadtrip. www.bbc.com/news/article...
5th July 2025: Cheese, archaeology, pancakes (Madrid, Spain wp.me/p2yJaA-3b2 #Madrid #Fromaje #cheese #cheesetasting #ManArqueologico #KawaiiCafe #travel #JBinnacle
5th July 2025: Cheese, archaeology, pancakes (Madrid, Spain)
I am not completely sure how the conversation came up. My sibling said something about cheese tastings. I mentioned something about knowing about a shop in Madrid which organised them. Next thing I…
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September 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
5th July 2025: Cheese, archaeology, pancakes (Madrid, Spain wp.me/p2yJaA-3b2 #Madrid #Fromaje #cheese #cheesetasting #ManArqueologico #KawaiiCafe #travel #JBinnacle
🆕 2nd July 2025: Sabina’s Hello & Goodbye (Madrid, Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-3aW #Sabina #SabinaHolaYAdios #HolaYAdios #Madrid #MovistarArena #KawaiiCafe #JurassicWorldRebirth #Madrid #Spain #travel #JBinnacle
2nd July 2025: Sabina’s Hello & Goodbye (Madrid, Spain)
Lots of things came together on the 2nd of July. First of all, due to weird work schedules that I had no control over, I had a day off in the middle of the week. Second, I had a doctor appointment …
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September 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🆕 2nd July 2025: Sabina’s Hello & Goodbye (Madrid, Spain) wp.me/p2yJaA-3aW #Sabina #SabinaHolaYAdios #HolaYAdios #Madrid #MovistarArena #KawaiiCafe #JurassicWorldRebirth #Madrid #Spain #travel #JBinnacle