A Last Minute, Surprise Hotel Booking
Sunday, August 15th, 2004: Poreč, Croatia N 45 E 013 Pula to Poreč: 68 kilometres Yesterday in Pula, Greg updated the website while I did research on various things, such as where the airport in Trieste is (it isn’t – it’s...
Typical Tourists: A Walkabout in London
Friday, August 20th, 2004: London, England The sun is shining – clouds briefly flit across it, but the umbrellas we carry as we walk southwest from Islington are not used today. Greg says that he has never been to Buckingham...
London: The Flower and Plant Stalls of Columbia Road
Today is our last full day in London. We sleep in, then linger over the Sunday Times and coffee. Much to our surprise, we find an article by Barbara Amiel, our own Lady Black. We ask Neil if the Blacks have been “rehabilitated”...
Ahhhhhh, The Wonders of Travel.
Monday, August 23rd, 2004: Noventa di Piave, Italy N 45 E 012 Trieste Airport to Noventa di Piave: 87 kilometres Venezia beckons us and we arrive back in Trieste with not a whole lot of help from Ryanair other than the actual...
In Barcelona, On a Sunday
Sunday, September 5th, 2004: Barcelona, Spain We sleep late, as apparently everyone does here in Barcelona, at least on Sunday. We head to the big wide boulevards to find a cup of coffee and a brioche. We thought the price of...
Welcome to Madrid!
Tuesday, September 7th, 2004: Madrid, Spain N 40 W 003 Barcelona to Madrid: 658 kilometres Madrid is an interesting curiosity: rising out of a dry, brown plateau, the city welcomes its driving visitors first with urban sprawl,...
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...