Out on the Water My Mom came to visit the first of September. Since she has some trouble with her feet, I tried to find fun things to do that did not require much walking – which is really hard in our little village. When she was here last year, we planned to do a…
Mom and Pop’s first trip to New York My in-laws recently came to visit. Before anyone starts commiserating, I confess I adore my in-laws! They are fun, easy-going, and never visit for long enough. They are typically in and out in 3-4 days, and just roll with the flow. This was their first trip to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
