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Albaicin – Exploring Granada’s World Heritage Site
The Albaicin In a previous post I described how Alison and I, almost on a whim, ended up in a beautiful three story apartment in the Albaicin area of Granada, Spain. Well now that we are settled in and I’ve found the closest place to buy wine, cheese, bread, olives and sausage in that order of […]
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The Tower of London – The Key to English History
It’s February and it’s cold, but its London, so who cares? I’m off with my adult daughter Lenore to visit the Tower of London. She’s never been there before and even though I have, there’s definitely a tingle of excitement that I always get on visiting a place that is so steeped in history. In fact […]
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London Pass Review – See London Attractions
This is a short post on the pros and cons of purchasing a London Pass when you visit one of the world’s greatest cities. Samuel Johnson, probably the most famous Londonophile opined that ” When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” and I think he was right. The sheer number of […]
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Albaicin Granada – Living in the Neighbourhood
In the previous post I described the serendipitous discussion with two clients that led us to drop everything and get on a plane to Spain to stay in an apartment in the Albaicin Granada neighbourhood. Although we had a serious glitch at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, we did get to Granada that evening […]
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Charles de Gaulle Airport Nightmare
I’m in hell at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Here’s why and how. It’s been two weeks since we got back from Croatia and already I’m antsy. November in Nova Scotia is usually grey, rainy and depressing – this year is no exception. I’d like to squeeze one more trip in before Christmas, but […]
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Pine Needles Instead of Pinehurst Golf Courses
This week I flew up to Charlotte from Florida to watch the Carolina Panthers eke out a win over the Seattle Seahawks with my friend Brian MacLellan. After that, our plans were to play at least two rounds of golf at the famous Pinehurst golf courses in the North Carolina sandhills, but due to the possibility of inclement […]
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North Carolina Sports Teams Hat Trick
Last night I just finished watching the third of the North Carolina Sports Teams in a six day span and in two different countries. Here’s how and why I did it. My daughter Lenore lives in Toronto and every year we try to get to a Maple Leafs game, so in December I bought a couple […]
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Captiva Island, Florida – Learn History at the Cemetery
I’ve been coming to Sanibel-Captiva for almost forty years and am not conceited enough to think that I know it like the proverbial ‘back of my hand’. Actually if someone showed me a picture of the back of my hand along with say ten others from men my size and age, I doubt very much […]
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Game of Thrones Tour in Dubrovnik
This is the final post on what has been a fantastic trip to the Dalmatian coast of Croatia and I am going to end with a bang and not a whimper as Alison and I go on a guided tour in Dubrovnik to visit sites where Game of Thrones was filmed. For the very view […]
From the road
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April 20th, 2023
I’ve had a bad case of writer’s block since getting back from Southeast Asia, but I did finish this post on the fan… https://t.co/HoJjP4jeha
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April 12th, 2023
One of the main reasons to visit the Galapagos is to see the giant tortoises. This latest post explains where you c… https://t.co/mQ8PWha8j3
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April 11th, 2023
Spring is very late this year so it’s nice to see the crocuses finally show up. https://t.co/7HD6wvsEJ6
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April 9th, 2023
Sunday morning is a good time to reflect back on another Sunday in Reading, England which I wrote about here:… https://t.co/EJ4Is2NSqz