Our stay in Granada is an opportunity to wink at our personal history. We were here, years ago, when early-on in our relationship, we seized every opportunity to travel together. We return to Granada thus with somewhat faded, but warm…
Discovering Cabo de Gata ~ Andalucia’s largest coastal protected natural reserve in Southern Spain
Spain has been experiencing a major financial crisis, ever since 2009. A boom in construction, that has now gone bust, was fueled by an expectation of continued investment by Northern Europeans ~ Germans and Brits primarily, who flock annually to…
Boutique hotel in the historic center of Sevilla, Spain.
We frequently get asked to give specific recommendations about small and unique boutique hotels along our travels. While we mostly orchestrate our travels around home exchange (with our house in Granada, Nicaragua), we succumb to occasional infusions of boutique hotel…
Green Global Trek “TOP 5” for Seville, Spain.
We arrive in Seville by bus from Portugal in just a few hours. We have two sequential home exchanges, giving us almost a month in this Southern Spanish city. We have been here once before many years ago, but only…
Toledo, Spain ~ Of Medieval architecture, narrow streets and birdlife
We fly from Israel to Madrid to take the train to discover Toledo, (where we have a home exchange secured) reputed to be a jewel of Medieval architecture. Aerial view – coming into Madrid Toledo distinguishes itself by its multi-cultural…