The Spanish spice of life just exudes from Barcelona – what a fun city to spend a few days in! Even with Gaudi’s remarkable architecture aside, the bustling city boulevards are lined with beautiful balconied buildings and a walk up La Rambla with its myriad of street artists and vendors is a joy. Add to …
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we’ve been away….let’s catch up
Long time no see……it feels like we have been off line for ages…..and we have. Thanks to some pesky internet thieves hacking our system, nicking one of our email domains, pinching some money and trying very hard to get into every other account we have, we decided to keep a very low profile for a …
fries with your alhamburger?
After the heraldry of Semana Santa in Seville, it was hard to know if we would be able to top it culturally, but Cordoba and Granada thought they would give it a go – dishing up a superb mix of tight winding alleyways, sun filled squares, terraces for tapas and of course the gorgeous Cordoba …
semana santa – simply stunning in seville
Wow.....this week in Andalucía and Seville in particular has been simply incredible. Seville is stunning in its own right, a sizzling sun drenched, blossom soaked city with flamboyant architecture, gorgeous gardens, and a very definite feeling of ‘joie de vivre’. The centre of town houses the colossal gothic cathedral which like many in this region started life as a …
mad dogs and englishmen
For some reason that I am not sure of, Deane has decided to wear shorts and flip flops at all times. The locals (and Will and I) think he is quite mad as it is unseasonably cold....so cold that as we drove over the mountains from León we drove into a smattering of snow on the roadsides....then …
four seasons in one day
What a touch down we have had in Europe. It was a mommoth ferry trip from Portsmouth across to the Bay of Biscay, with such high seas that they took along a spare captain and pilot, only to drop them mid journey(!) on a small boat. Despite trying to convince ourselves that it was merely …
The Winding Road 