Thoughts from working and travelling outside the USA
After arrival into Madrid, we settled at the hotel and headed into town. We had watch some YouTube videos and plotted a course from Puerta del Sol, down Gran Via, and try to get into a trendy rooftop bar - thr Azotea and the Bella Artes (Museum of Fine Arts). Classic blog below →... Continue Reading →
Camino Santiago de Compostela was something I heard about years ago — I was wondering who would want to do that — apparently Sharon. Very proud of Sharon for taking on this challenge — people are encouraged to come up with two words to describe the effort — my words for Sharon were “tough” and... Continue Reading →
I traveled to Spain mainly to meet Sharon after her pilgrimage from Porto to Santiago de Compostela. With a few days free at the front end, I stayed with a friend in Bilbao who I knew from jr high and high school. Although I'd almost visited Bilbao for work in the 1990s, this was my... Continue Reading →
I didn't realize that the UK had both Good Friday and Easter Monday as official holidays until after I had booked prior week back to USA (and doctors appts and other stuff). So I thought I ended up with an 4 day weekend and planned to meet a friend who was living in Madrid and... Continue Reading →
Alexandra had a long spring break because of her class schedule this semester and she squeezed her “semester abroad” into 2 weeks with her friend Ariel – I was able to catch up with her on the way over through London and met her in Barcelona on her 2nd to last stop. Classic blog below... Continue Reading →
The English discovered Costa Del Sol in the late 1950's when linguists were able to translate Costa Del Sol into "Coast of Sun" and realized that long sunny days are great break from short gray days. We went for a week during Easter Half-Term and stayed for a couple of days in a holiday resort... Continue Reading →
Our first trip from London was for the first bank holiday in February 2000 for a long weekend. Short winter gray days start to run into each other and it was nice to see the sun. Don't remember much about the hotel and we focused on visiting the main tourist sites. Classic blog below → Click... Continue Reading →