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Being an early riser has great advantages when holidaying in a famous city. I’d picked up a leaflet yesterday about visiting six historic buildings in the Albaicin and discovered that entry was free on Sunday (other days there’s a €5 charge). So after an early breakfast I set off in time to be at El […]
Read MoreI had an abortive attempt to climb up to Mirador San Nicolas, Granada’s most famous viewpoint, yesterday evening. Despite having Google Maps to hand on my iPhone, the maze of narrow little streets proved too much even for Google and I found myself going in circles; everytime I seemed close, I suddenly found I’d doubled […]
Read MoreThis holiday in Spain began with spending 6 nights with my lovely friends Linda & George in Benissa, north of Alicante. They kindly got up before sunrise this morning to drive me to Alicante for my bus to Granada where I’ll spend the next 5 nights. We watched the sky lighten from their house as […]
Read MoreI’m back in Spain with Linda & George. It’s always lovely to return to a familiar place and spend time with good friends. I’ve been coming here regularly for about 10 years and know much of the area fairly well, so was delighted when Linda suggested a trip yesterday to somewhere I hadn’t been before […]
Read MoreEarly in the trip, Linda and George suggested that we eat at a great restaurant nearby where there was a lovely view and live jazz on Friday evenings. It turned out the group – Jazzify, which George’s saxophone teacher is part of – weren’t there on Friday this week but Saturday instead. It was a […]
Read MoreI usually go to a market on Saturday morning when I’m staying here in Spain with Linda and George. This time Linda gave me a choice and her description of Xalo and the drive there made it a clear choice – and also I hadn’t been there before! Xalo is the local Valencian name but […]
Read MoreMoraira is the nearest coastal town from where I’m staying, about a 10-15 minute drive away. It’s an upmarket town on the north-eastern tip of the Costa Blanca and is free of some of the massively tall buildings seen elsewhere here. It was formerly a fishing village and is pretty. I like it. There are […]
Read MoreIt’s always lovely to come to Spain to visit my very good friends Linda & George. I have to say it was especially lovely this year to leave a wet, grey and chilly UK and fly out to sunny Spain where my first four days have seen gorgeous blue skies, full sun and temperatures around […]
Read MoreIn the couple of weeks leading up to my trip to Bilbao and San Sebastián with Annie, there had been unhappy forebodings of terrible weather: cold temperatures and heavy rain dominating our long weekend break. It’s hard to feel positive. Spain at the end of April should be warm and sunny; maybe not sunbathing weather […]
Read MoreI’ve been wanting to go to Bilbao for years. And the main reason for wanting to go was to see architect Frank Gehry’s masterpiece – the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, which opened in 1997. I knew people who’d been and said how wonderful the building was but once I finally got there, I realised nothing had […]
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