Life's about experiences. These are mine.
The last Spanish stop on this cruise was in Vigo, no I’d never heard of it either. The more cruises you do the more this becomes an issue. Once you have done Barcelona, Rome, Athens, Dubrovnik etc you are left with the likes of Lugo and Vigo. Not that there’s anything wrong with that at …
Toady we docked in La Coruña, a pretty looking Spanish port but this was not to be the destination for the day. Instead we boarded a coach that drove us an hour to the town of Lugo. Guide but not Guided This excursion was titled “Lugo on your own” which, to my mind, meant a …
When you think of Spain what do you think of? Brits holidaying on the Costa del Sol, possibly? Barcelona and Real Madrid, perhaps? Basque separatists, maybe? Sunshine, definitely! So, it came as a bit of a shock this morning on arrival at the port of Gexto to see low grey cloud and drizzle. Frank Gehry …
The days at sea on a cruise are always very lazy days with little to do. This year I’d decided that to counter that I’d take part in a couple of activities that were likely to be running based on past trips. Behind the Scenes We’ve been on a number of cruises before where they …
At some point during my travels, I seem to have become fascinated by pedestrian crossing lights and have started to “collect” them, well photograph them, at any rate. These are things that most people probably walk by without giving too much of a second glance to, but now I actively seek them out. I think …
Today was genuinely a day of firsts as we crossed the river and headed to the Triana area of Seville. We’d been attracted by a couple of things – the first was what was billed as a ‘flea market’ turned out to be one of those little local markets selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables …
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The pedant here with me in Seville has pointed out that yesterday is not the “only day where we are going to repeat anything that we have done before“. That is because today we got the train to Cordoba which we last did in 2018 and are, once again, visiting the mosque cum cathedral. Quick …
As I write this I understand that back home it is raining – a lot which makes the fact that it is about 20 degrees and dry here in Seville all the sweeter! I think this is the fourth time we have been here and that’s simply because it is beautiful and (usually) sunny. The …
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The last day of our cruise and we were back in our starting port of Palma. We’d arrived so late in the evening last week we hadn’t had an opportunity to explore before but intended to put that right today. There is a magnificent looking cathedral in Palma and we intended to go there and …
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As time goes on and remember that I have been doing this for over 14 years, it gets increasingly difficult to find new and interesting things to say about places, particularly when they are as small as Cartagena. Therefore, today I am going to talk about pavements. Marbelous Most places we visit have pretty boring …