Just Hours in and We Love Barcelona Already
Saturday, September 4th, 2004: Barcelona, Spain N 41 E 002 St. Jean de la blaquiere to Barcelona: 353 kilometers Spain welcomes us in the early afternoon as we drive south and cross the border, past the Costa Brava and into...
Lazy Food Compromising in Sevilla, Spain.
Monday, September 13th, 2004: Sevilla, Spain N 37 W 005 Cordoba to Sevilla: 138 kilometres Today we have an easy drive. We sleep in, and head out just before noon. Shortly after 1 we are driving down Avenida Kansas City, the main...
Sevilla: A Beautiful, Lush City Full of Fan Palms, Cafés and Historic Monuments
Tuesday, September 14th, 2004: Sevilla, Spain We enjoy the luxury of a 4 star hotel for a change. Purists would have our heads on a platter as we consider by-passing Sevilla altogether for the privilege of just vegging and...
A 2 Day Drive to Vacation from Vacation
Friday, September 17th, 2004: Valencia, Spain N 39 W 000 Granada to Valencia: 567 kilometres The Costa Brava is north of Barcelona on the Mediterranean, and today we begin 2 days of driving, stopping in Valencia for the night...
A Spanish Villa for a Week.
Saturday, September 18th, 2004: Calonge, Spain N 41 E 003 Valencia to Calonge: 457 kilometres The roundabout outside our hotel takes us right to the highway. Valencia was a sleep over stop for us, breaking our 1000 kilometre trip...
Lunching and People Watching on The Costa Brava
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2004: Calonge, Spain After 3 days of doing nothing, today is the day to venture farther afield, to Tossa de Mar, with a beautiful wide sandy beach and a castle on the headland that was built between...
France in Two Days
Thursday, September 23rd, 2004: Calonge, Spain We connect with our friend Rosemary in the US who will be joining us for 10 days during the next part of our trip. France will welcome us on Saturday the 25th of September, and we...
Lunching on a Spanish Terrace
Friday, September 24th, 2004: Calonge, Spain It is our last full day in our “home for a week”. Although the sky is cloudy when we wake, it clears while we are breakfasting on the terrace, and we have yet another perfect day. Not...
Letters from St. Fréchoux:
Sunday, September 26th, 2004: St. Fréchoux, France N 43 E 003 Calonge to St. Fréchoux: 267 kilometres Dear Gary: Bet you are sorry you closed the pool so early this year! We hear you are having a wonderful September. Say hi to...
A Letter from St. Fréchoux: A Drive to St. Guilhem-le-Desert
Dear Eric: We hope this letter finds you well and happy and your Australian spring continues to be springy and say hi to Graham for us. We trust he is keeping out of trouble but we somehow doubt it! It is a rather sleepless night...