Spain! The Home Stretch
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...
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Spain! Part V: Seville
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...
Spain! Part IV: White Hill Towns
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...
Spain! Part III: Olive Trees, Mountains, and a Castle
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...
Spain! Part II: A glimpse of medieval times
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...
Spain! Part I: Madrid
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...
The Blue Mountains
With Marc off work for the weekend (well, at least until Sunday afternoon), we thought we’d get out of Sydney and see at least a little bit of another part of Australia. Unfortunately it’s...
Hello from Down Under!
Yup, I’m traveling again. Yay! Thought I’d share a few impressions of Sydney, Australia. All images are more or less straight out of the camera (limited editing on the iPad); there are many more,...
San Diego Dreaming
My first visit to San Diego was more than 25 years ago, on my honeymoon. (Who knew we’d be living in California only nine years later!) It’s always an interesting place to visit, so...
Going Home
So many of us live far from where we grew up. In my case, I moved from Montreal, Canada to California more than 15 years ago. After a while, the concept of home becomes...