Brussels is certainly a curious place, not as beautiful as Bruges, but a functional city with lots of lovely streets to wander through as well as quite a few oddities I just wanted to check out. Of course it ddin’t…
Chocolateville
The walk from the Train station to my hotel in Bruges went from modern train station, through a park and gradually the streets got narrower and more scenic. My hotel was a stunning old house viewed from the street and…
DeLuxe-mbourg
Luxembourg is often quoted as the wealthiest country in the world. According to one measure “Median Wealth”, that being the wealth of the person that is richer than 50% of the country and poorer than 50% of the country, they…
Ooh La La Paris
I haven’t been to Paris since 2001 on my inuagral overseas trip which was a Contiki tour. Now I had a great time on the Contiki tour, but its also not my style of travel anymore and Paris is a…
Concordes
I’m not a francophile or fan of anything much French. But I do love technology and the Concorde fascinated me as a teen and young adult. I am also an avid watcher of Air Crash Investigation (Mayday in some countries).…
Chalet shopping land
When researching, what there is to do in Andorra, if you aren’t into skiing or shopping most of the opinions are quite negative. Yes first impressions of the capital Andorra La Vella, would suggest its a ski resort for very…
Alhambra
This is not my first visit to a Granada. I’ve been to its name sake in Nicaragua almost 20 years ago. It was a lovely beautiful town but I see no similarity with it on a lake with volcanoes and…
Where is Ronda?
I first heard about the town of ronda from Jean, a British/Spanish personal trainer I had years ago who was fantastic until she stopped doing personal training and I had to exercise myself…. I remember googling the place about 15…
Rock of Gibraltar
When I decided to add Gibraltar to this trip, my plan was to catch the cable car to the top look around a little bit and come back down…. maybe walking down. But then the Cable car went into maintenance…
Siestas and Seville
My first impressions of Seville is its a great place to travel with someone but not as great for a solo traveller. Sure you can easily wander the streets and get lost and find little cafes, bars and restaurants, but…