What’s that sound?

After a few hours of my first day on the road, I began to hear a noise from the front of my car when accelerating. A loud hum (roar) that got louder the faster I drove. By the time I reached the hotel in Sarnia, Ontario for my first night, I knew I had a problem. But I pretended it […]

How are the Spanish not obese?

Something we noticed while we walked down hundreds of little streets filled with shops, is that there are a lot of pastry and ice cream places. Almost every 5th one is some sort of window display of churros, candy, ice cream or some other pastry. And it seems like the Spanish don’t work but instead sit around at cafes/bistros and […]

A few hours in Barcelona

What would a travel day be without a driving misadventure? We had a 9:10am flight from Málaga to Barcelona. We were in Granada, an hour and half away. That meant we had to get up early. The drive was miserable. Rained the entire way and it was in the dark on a highway with no lights. Our time prediction was […]

Granada’s pride – Alhambra

Everyone said, “You have to go to the Alhambra., and you have to get your tickets early.” So when the day approached, we took many walks around the city that gave us great views of it. It was big, that is for sure. But honestly, from the outside, it looked like just any other castle or palace. I guess after […]

Albaicin Quarter, Granada

Today we walked up to the Albaicin neighborhood. It is where the Jewish part of town is and has some great views of the city and the Alhambra. Lots of charming narrow roads that make one want to photograph everything. The fear is that after a while all of the photos begin to feel redundant. Too bad, you are here […]

First day in Granada. A new favorite place already?

After another nightmare driving experience leaving Málaga. I went to get the car out of the garage and then drive to the apartment to pick up Jenn and. the luggage. It is only a two minute walk, but a 10 minute drive because of all the one way streets, streets that not streets and strange intersections that will stress anyone […]

Nerja Photo Gallery

Nerja is a small coastal town just north of Málaga. It has small beautiful beaches. We drove up for the day and met up with Alek. He is the son of our neighbor in Montreal. He and his fiancee just moved to a smaller town north of Nerja.  Both Jenn and I were trying to imagine what these places we […]

Nine Lives of Travel Emergencies

So the first near emergency was back in Sevilla when I lost my wallet but found it later, all intact. The second was also in Sevilla when it appeared that our car was stolen out of the parking garage, only to find out that there were two sets of levels 1-5. One above ground and one below ground. No distinction […]