Susan

We stopped in Iceland for three nights and two days in early September on our way from London to Washington State. Iceland Air had a good price for their flights if we took advantage of their “hub city (Keflavik) multi-night…

After about five weeks in England, we drove north to Scotland to join up with our longtime friends flying in from Oregon. We stayed in Edinburgh, Inverness, and Glasgow for several days each, visiting castles, malls, markets, pubs, parks, old…

In mid-July, we flew from Dublin to London to begin our 8-week tour of the United Kingdom (UK). This post covers the 5 weeks we spent in England. There is a separate blog post for the time we spent in…

Some places we visit deserve their own dedicated blog post, even if we only spent a few hours there – such is the case of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. The Alhambra is a breathtaking medieval fortress and palace complex…

The Sagrada Familia is Spain’s most visited attraction with 4.8 million visitors per year. We had to book our tickets several weeks in advance and it did not disappoint. Practically speaking, it is a Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain,…

After spending nine days in Southern Portugal we drove east into Spain, where we spent the next five weeks staying in six different locations moving counterclockwise along the coast: Rota, Solobrena, Estepona, Sant Joan de Alacant, Valencia and Castelldefels. Along…

During our week in Rota, Spain in late May, we drove 90 minutes south to visit the tiny country of Gibraltar for a few hours. We parked on the Spanish side and then walked across the border – and also…

After spending two weeks on the island of Madeira we flew back to Lisbon where we picked up a leased car and headed south on what is going to be a six week journey around the southwest, south, and east…

Our trek from Mérida, Mexico started on the last day of April and took us to the Portuguese island of Madeira via the airports of Mexico City, Paris, and Lisbon. The trip was long and the jet lag lingered for…