Hello, it’s been a while It’s been a long time since my last blog post. I was really motivated at the start, but now I seem to just jot down an idea in a notebook “for later” and later never materializes. One of my dearest friends recently mentioned it had been one hundred days since…
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Spring is in the Air
What is it about seeing the first flowers in spring that makes the world seem brighter? In the past few days everything has begun to wake up after the winter. The bulbs I planted in the fall are coming up, the hyacinths and wild violets are blooming, the birds and squirrels are happily foraging for…
Farewell Espana
Now we only have two days left in Spain, so instead of spending half a day on the train to go back to Seville, we hired a driver through Daytrip so we could see a few more sights along the way. This was a bit of a splurge, but so worth it! Our driver Richard…
Beautiful Granada
We planned to take the train from Malaga to Granada, but the night before we left we received an email, all in Spanish, regarding our trip. So, Natalie speaks some Spanish, but this was too complicated so we had to find someone to translate it. Turned out that something was wrong with part of the…
Off to Africa!
The drive from Gibraltar to Tarifa is about 41 kilometers, which should take about 40 minutes. Unfortunately, as we left Gibraltar and the Spanish town of La Linea, it got dark, and started to rain. Plus, the road goes right up a mountain and is full of double s curves. As you can imagine, the…
Mediterranean, Monkeys, and Mountains
Monday morning dawned clear and a bit chilly as we packed up and schlepped our suitcases downstairs to catch a taxi to the bus station. We were off to Malaga and the bus had the most direct route. The bus station was not as nice as the train station, but compared to some you see…
Beautiful – Wet- Cordoba
Sunday morning dawned much chillier than the day before and there was a distinct dampness in the air, but that didn’t deter us from our plans to visit Cordoba and another UNESCO World Heritage site. Bus Stop Boogie We walked to the nearest bus stop to catch Bus 32 to the Santa Justa train station,…
Hola Sevilla!
Natalie and I arrived at our vacation rental in Seville’s Triana neighborhood mid-afternoon on Friday. We were both wiped out but decided to power through our sleepiness in an attempt to avoid jetlag. So, we stowed our belongings, grabbed our crossbody bags and a jacket, and set off to explore. The very first day we…
Planning My First Trip to Europe
I am so excited ya’ll! I am leaving for Spain in a few days, my first trip outside of North America. And I have been obsessing about packing, and itineraries, and safety, and what to take in my carryon, and, and, and… I have been poring over blogs, and guidebooks, and travel websites to the…
It Turned Out to Be a Real Beauty
While visiting a block-long yard sale, I found an antique dressing table that was the perfect size for our guestroom. The old girl had many layers of peeling paint, but she was solid. I bought her for $10 (amazing!) and carted off to the basement to figure out how to make her pretty again. First,…