We had been to London once before as part of a whirlwind trip to the British Isles, but felt a little shortchanged with our time […]
Castilla y León
We set out for Salamanca in the afternoon of Dec. 17. It wasn’t far, so we took a looping route through the Sierra de Francia […]
Cantabria
On the morning of Dec. 10, after our visit to the A’letelier Du Chocolate in Bayonne, we headed back to Spain and our next destination […]
Czechia
Our train followed the Danube River through Hungary, Slovakia and into the Czech Republic. It reminded us a little of the upper Mississippi River. In […]
Budapest
When we heard that some of our Minnesota friends were going to be touring in the Czech Republic in October we thought it would be […]
Two more visits to France
One of the great things about living in Barcelona is that it is so close to France! In early September Roy and I rented a […]
A Little More of Scotland
After leaving the cottage on the North Sea we first drove to Aberdeen to get our tire repaired. We were having some issues getting used […]
Scottish Highlands
The Scottish highlands seem a brooding place of mist covered hills, standing stone circles and gray stone buildings. We flew from Paris to Manchester then […]
Paris – the City of Lights
The city that has inspired so many writers, artists and lovers is really is a very beautiful and walkable city. That is, if you contain […]
The Kids Come for a Visit
On June 13th Amelia, Ryan and Clara arrived and our friend Jerry departed. We had a great time showing the kids our neighborhood, Barcelona and […]