Some of our best trips are serendipitous. And some of the most interesting things I learn while traveling also are serendipitous. We came to Spain the first time because we were looking for a last minute trip somewhere warm, in November. This year’s trip also came about by accident. The main event is a cooking …
If crowds of tourists snapping a phone-pic of the Mona Lisa send you screaming for the exits, you are my kind of tourist. I had the good fortune to see the Mona Lisa in the 1970s. She wasn’t even behind plexiglass. My friend and I walked right up to her, admired Leonardo’s brushstrokes, concluded that …
When we planned this trip, Dianne was keen to visit Ronda and the white villages of Andalusia. They are both beautiful, but I stayed in the area for 8 days just over a year ago, so I decided to spend the extra days in Seville instead. I’ve been here for 7 nights, which has given …
I came to Granada for the Alhambra. I didn’t know much about it, except that my parents visited several years ago and my mother raved about its beauty. Mom is usually more interested in food and handicrafts than she is in buildings, so I thought it must be spectacular. On our first day in Granada, …
Julian and I try to find slow ways to travel even when we’re visiting touristy places. One of the ways we slow travel down is literally, by walking. Last year we walked from one “white village” to another in Andalusia, Spain. I loved both the walking and the white villages, but I felt that I …