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
[20-30 October] It’s a 05:00am start from Bonifacio, as we are picked up from our hotel by a driver to take us to the very basic airport at Figari. The driver covers the distance at breakneck speed, naturally, reassuringly indicating that whilst there are few cars on the road at Read more
[15-20 October] As we traverse the sea between Sardinia and Corsica, on the somewhat beat-up looking Moby ferry, Bonifacio makes its presence felt from some way out. First the chalky white limestone cliffs of the south coast of Corsica come into focus, then the huddle of buildings teetering improbably on Read more