It is a tradition in Spain to eat 12 grapes at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. My friend Gisela told me that […]
Holiday in France
We decided to try something different for the holidays this year since we were away from the rest of our family. Roy had signed up […]
In Search of Autumnal Color
Roy wrote about part of this trip in the previous post, but I want to tell you about some of the other places we visited. […]
The Paellan Coast and Castles
In mid October we took a week off from our life in the city to drive down the coast. In Spain they have different names […]
An Unplanned Stop in Scandinavia
In early September, Teresa and I had definite plans to visit Italy while Amelia and Ryan were in Tuscany. We thought perhaps we would visit […]
Italy – The Beautiful Country
Our trip to Italy in early September actually started in Girona, a lovely city in northeastern Spain known for it’s medieval architecture. We took a […]
The North Atlantic Coast: Part III
The last post concluded with our arrival at the fishing port of Sada, province of A Coruna, in the autonomous community of Galicia on August […]
The North Atlantic Coast: Part I
On August 10th we took off on a 9 day road trip to the north Atlantic coast of Spain. This post will just cover the […]
Heidelburg
While resting up in Frankfurt, we decided to take a day trip to visit Heidelburg. It was a relatively short train trip made longer because […]
How we got here
We flew out of Minneapolis on May 25th on Condor Airlines to Frankfurt, Germany. It is known locally as Frankfurt am Main. Condor is an […]