After a fun night onboard the Adventure of the Seas, we were ready for our next port of call: Ajaccio, Corsica. Tourism plays a big part inthe Corsican economy. The island’s climate, mountains and coastlines make it popular among tourists. The island has not had the same level of intensive development as other parts of… Read More
After a day at sea, we were in port bright and early in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Palma de Mallorca is the island’s only true city on the island of Mallorca, one of the Balearic Islands off the Spanish east coast. We had a tour planned for the day where we would be visiting Bellver… Read More
Málaga is an undeniably beautiful city that attracts Europeans and the British on holiday as an alternative perhaps to Tenerife and the Canary Islands. Spain has increased their tourism promotion budget to the UK and estimates that “…almost 90% of Britons who travelled to Spain in 2008 had already been there on holiday before. The… Read More
If you want to get a taste for travel, don’t focus on stopping and smelling the roses, but do stop and grab a bite to eat. We decided the best way to see the city was by eating our way through Málaga. When we decided on a trip to Spain, tapas and paella were at… Read More
Málaga is the birthplace of Pablo Picasso and Antonio Banderas and home to Alcazaba, the Cathedral of Málaga, and one of the most important harbors in Spain. From the rooftop pool area and restaurant in our hotel, we could see the layout of the city of Málaga Spain and this lush, yet metropolitan city was… Read More
After a few days in London, we were off to Spain. I arranged for us to stay in a hotel near the port in Málaga the day before our cruise was to set sail. Since we had a 6:40 am flight, we knew we had to be at the airport at 4:40 am, which meant… Read More
Having recently returned from a trip abroad this Thanksgiving, I decided it might be time to finally wrap up our trip to Ireland. In Dublin, you can see a statue of the great writer, Oscar Wilde. Wilde, best known for his works that include the play The Importance of Being Earnest and the novel The… Read More
Over the past several weeks I have been detailing our trip to Ireland and I am jumping ahead now to Galway. This is where we spent our last day because it appeared to be quite close to Shannon on the map. The drive to Shannon was farther away than we thought as it was mostly… Read More
On our recent trip to Ireland, we drove through The Burren. What is The Burren? The Burren (Irish: Boireann, meaning “great rock”, Boirinn, the dative form, is the modern form used by the Ordnance Survey) is a karst-landscape region in northwest County Clare, in Ireland. It is one of the largest karst landscapes in Europe. The… Read More
Ok, that may be a little misleading since I don’t actually own an Irish castle, but in my dreams I do. The truth is that there are so many castles in Ireland so why can’t I have one? I’m not sure if it is the building itself or the childhood fantasy I wish to fulfill,… Read More
