[26th-29th September 2024] They say you should never go back. For some places, like our dear Menorca, this obviously isn’t true. Perhaps for Santorini it is. Fiona and I first visited the island way back in 1983, when it was a wonderland still being discovered by travellers and tourists. We Read more
The build up to Retirement Trip Number Five featured lots of hard work on Fiona’s part, in various aspects of the family business, and lots of arranging by me to have suitable pharmaceuticals to take away with us! Plus me managing to obtain a very expensive ticket for the Olimpiacos Read more
Blog Zeroes for the previous three trips have specialised in recounting a series of travails, medical, dental, and other, in the lead-up to our leaving Edinburgh for our first port of call. The 2023 Retirement Trip Number Four version, however, really takes the biscuit. Four hospital admissions for me over Read more
[13th-30th October 2023] We board our two-leg flight to Mahón via Barcelona, with Vueling – our luggage is scheduled to go all the way through, though Vueling is quite famous for losing people’s cases, apparently. We are in Row 2, and Row 1 in front of us has only a Read more
[6th-12th October 2023] After a chat with our very pleasant and friendly host, we leave our Granada apartment for the train station and the two-stage journey to Jerez de la Frontera. Pre-booked seats help make the 2.5-hour trip go smoothly. As we pull into the Santa Justa station in Sevilla, Read more
[2nd-5th October 2023] The high-speed AVE train brings us southwest from Toledo to our second stop, Granada in the province of Andalucia. I have been here on my own with work in 2010, and we came here as a family with the kids back in 2003, on a day trip Read more
[28th September – 1st October 2023] There are honestly times when I seriously wonder about our sanity! Where would you pick to go as a first destination if you’d not long come out of hospital, and your energy levels had just about reached 50% of normal. Yes, of of course, Read more