my nice little life

We were quite impressed with Spain.   Of the six cities we visited, there wasn’t a single one that we didn’t like.   They had their differences, of course, so we had our favorites, but all in all we found that we really liked Spain.   The six cities were spread out over a large area and in [...]

  We followed an impulse today – we added another city to our itinerary.  When we got to Seville, knowing that we were going to be here two nights, I told Sherry that we should check out how much it would cost to go to Cordoba Spain, which is 45 minutes away by train.  Well, [...]

I’ve added photos to the Alhambra & Granada postings if you want to go back  and have a look. After the three hour train ride from Granada, as the outside temperatures slowly increased to the mid 90s, we finally got to Seville. Although folks rave about Seville and writers have talked about it’s “soul”, an American [...]

I’m not going to write about the history of the Alhambra or about the architecture or anything like that.  Just Google it if you’d like to know more about those things.  Here I’m just going to show you some photos.  Unfortunately,you’ll have to wait.  Posting has been more difficult than I anticipated, what with limited [...]

We’re staying so busy and moving so fast that it’s hard to keep up with the writing.  It didn’t help that our hotel in Granada didn’t “really” have wifi, no matter what the Rick Steves book says.  Technically, yes, the building had wifi, but only if you sat on the stairs outside the owner’s apartment.  [...]

It took about an hour of a good steady pace, but we walked all the way to  the castle at the top of this mountain.  It was a perfect day for it.      

Yesterday morning we hit the streets to see three Gaudi sites: Casa Mila, Sagrada Familia and Parc Guell.  There has only been one Antoni Gaudi.  His legacy will last a long long time in this city.  The word I’ve most often heard used in connection with his work is “organic”.   It flows; it’s circular, it’s [...]

These are just little items of interest that don’t fit in the regular conversation.  The latest fashion:  how long before it hits the US?   Pedal pushers, capri pants, I don’t know exactly what they’re called (and I know those terms are from the last century),  but we see them a lot here – on MEN.  [...]

After the train station and then the Metro, our first taste of Barcelona was the half block walk to our hotel.  We are on Las Ramblas, this long, wide swath of street, sidewalks and humanity.  You have to see it to understand it.  I’m afraid if I try to explain it, it will sound awful [...]

We traveled from Toledo to Barcelona by train yesterday.  The first half was a regular train (which was very nice), but in Madrid we changed to a high speed train.  It was a really interesting experience.  How fast?  Well, there was a flat screen panel at the front of our train car that showed the [...]