Lesson learned: Remember to remind yourself to appreciate what you do have… One day on our recent trip to Portugal and Northern Spain with Odysseys Unlimited, we woke to a magnificent morning in the Spanish Prynees! Literally – to overuse the word that does seem overused these days. We’d arrived in night before to the […]
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Beauty, mornings and Spain
February 23rd, 2015 · Comments Off on Beauty, mornings and Spain · Lesson Learned, Musings
Santiago de Compostela – Spain & Portugal trip – #11
November 18th, 2014 · 2 Comments · Spain & Portugal 2014, travel
As I mentioned yesterday, Santiago de Compostela was one of the highlights of this trip for me. Where to begin? I learned so much, and really wanted to stay several more days to explore the modern side of town, the water, the beautiful park that we only managed to stroll part of, and speak to […]
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Spain and Portugal – #10
November 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Spain and Portugal – #10 · Spain & Portugal 2014
So where were we? We’ve been home a little over two weeks and I’ve gotten distracted from posting about our trip for a good portion of that. We have two bathrooms undergoing major renovation, and who knew it would take so much time to organize, shop and choose parts and pieces, and work with the […]
Spain and Portugal – Post #4
October 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Spain and Portugal – Post #4 · eating, photo of the week, Spain & Portugal 2014, travel
Since I have high-speed connection at this hotel tonight, I’ll just post some pictures of today and the last few days. Tomorrow we head to Pamplona & a parador at Bielsa in the Pyrenees for two nights. Not every hotel has had great internet, so for tonight enjoy the photos!
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Across Spain and Portugal – post #2
October 15th, 2014 · Comments Off on Across Spain and Portugal – post #2 · photo of the week, retirement, Site Seeing, Spain & Portugal 2014, travel, Walking
Goodness, I really don’t know where to start, and the days of touring are incredible long, so tiredness sets in at this hour of almost 11 pm. We began today at 7 am, getting our bags outside the door of our room, down to have an incredible breakfast, and onto the bus. Today’s schedule had […]