Monthly Archive: September 2016

While I’ve heard European travel called the ABC tour–another big church, another big castle–and it’s not hard to get tired of visiting them all, it’s also hard not to stop in a pretty town...

Our hotel in Seville turned out to be a two bedroom apartment in a neighborhood outside the historic (and most touristy) part of town. The downside was that it was a bit of a...

From Granada we headed for the coast. Marc really wanted to see the Mediterranean, and maybe have a beach day. On the way, we spotted Salobreña, a town of white houses on a hill...

Before I go any further, I have to mention the olive trees. As soon as we left Toledo, we started seeing olive trees. We avoided the big highway so we were driving right up...

Toledo is for many people a day trip from Madrid. We decided to spend a couple of nights there, to experience the famous medieval city in the evening when the crowds were thinner.  Before...

Here is the first installment of this trip. It’s amazing how long it takes to put these things together, especially without a real computer. Note that I can’t do much in the way of...