Sevilla was founded by Hercules about 3000 years ago. He did a fine job. It is now one of the coolest places in the world. (It seems we’re saying that quite often in Spain). Sevilla is about 100 km up the Guadalquivir River from Cádiz, and it is a inland shipping port (container ships, etc.). It was where […]
We decided to stop in Cádiz on the way to Sevilla because Ellen’s family had hosted a social worker from Cádiz many years ago. When Ellen and I went sailing in the early 80’s with her parents, they had some work done on the boat in Gibraltar, and we took the bus to Cádiz to visit Maria […]
Having rented a car in Granada, and having Nancy the only driver in order to save the €10, and having Nancy practice her driving in the gothic streets of Albaicin, we set off for the coast on the eventual way to Seville. We had stops to make on the way. First we went to Frigiliana. This […]
The Alhambra is a place that it seems all Spaniards are proud of. Every Spaniard to whom we mentioned our visit to the Alhambra was excited for us and bursting with pride. I visited about 42 years ago and things have changed a bit. Now you need to get tickets ahead of time, and it […]
I have never been happier than traveling with my wife and Nancy, the new addition to our team. (Actually, Nancy told me to say that, but it isn’t that bad. Really) Granada is a pretty great town. Within a few hours, we were considering how it would be to spend a few months here next […]
We took the high speed train from Barcelona to Madrid, then Madrid to Santa Ana where we had to get on a bus to Granada due to maintenance on the tracks. For those of you who have not been on a high speed train, here is a movie I took of the countryside between Madrid […]
Cruise Update The cruise ended in Barcelona. For us. Which is a good thing. Not that we didn’t enjoy it, we had a fine time. The night after they left the ship ran into some serious seas. A “rogue” wave hit the port bow deck three (where our cabin was), and knocked out the windows […]
Lost at Sea So we had already spent the day in Tenerife in the Canary Islands, had dinner, and gone to the show. Somewhere after that, my beloved camera disappeared. Fortunately, I try to upload pictures every day or two, so you won’t be seeing any shots of the Canaries. You also won’t see some […]
Did you know that Rio de Janiero is a misnomer? The Portuguese explorer who first came here thought that it was the mouth of a river, or “Rio,” and that the month was January, or “Janiero.” A few days earlier would have been Deciembre. In fact it is not the mouth of a river, rather […]
If you’re reading this the cruise has started (in fact, we’ve crossed). We barely slept on the way from Bogota to Sao Paulo. We found the shuttle, but an accident closed the highway and we were delayed several hours waiting, primarily with Germans. My German came back a bit, and they were quite pleased that […]
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