Travel

For her 70th birthday, my friend Faith invited me to accompany her on a pilgrimage to Italy and Ireland.  We attended a spirituality conference for health care workers in Assisi for 9 days before heading to Ireland to stay in the facility with the Brothers of St. John of God, who we came to know […]

We are up early this morning.  We pack up and head to the train station via Uber.  Once we arrive to the station, we pick up salads for breakfast and board our train.  We have two train changes today, so we are on alert to make sure to get off at the correct stops.  Shawn

We have one day in Marseilles, so we make a plan to see just a couple of things during the day before our six o’clock soccer game this evening… First on our list is to see the beautiful Basilica of Notre Dame de la Garde.  It’s a strenuous, mostly uphill walk from our hotel, past

For the first time this trip, we are up early enough to enjoy the sunrise over Barcelona.  We have breakfast at our hotel, pack up and take an Uber to the train station.  Many of the roads are blocked this morning and our driver is stressed as we drive around the city in circles.  He

We wake up to our last full day in Barcelona.  We’ve been traveling for 13 days now and decide to hand launder some of our clothing.  We lay it carefully out on the furniture on our balcony to dry, hoping that the wind doesn’t come up while we’re out for the day.  It should dry

Good morning, Barcelona!  We’ve been on the go since July 21st, when we left our home and headed to Vegas, where we would catch our plane the next morning.  Today, it’s time to rest. We drink our morning coffee and head to the spa in our hotel for massages.  It’s a beautiful, warm and sunny

Good morning!  We head out for the day toward Cathedral of Barcelona and stop along the way for lunch at Tapa Tapa.  We enjoy various tapas, as we’ve become fond of doing, and continue on our walk through the city.  We take gorgeous pictures along the way of the 14th century buildings and are in

Good morning!  It is warm and bright here on our balcony.  We have coffee while we overlook the sailboats and ships on the Mediterranean Sea.  We watch the many people getting their morning exercise, many with their dogs, on the trails around our beautiful Hotel Miramar.  After coffee, we ready for the day and head

We are up early this morning.  We greet the day by drinking our instant coffee that we have become accustomed to.  We complete our pack up and head out.  We Uber to the train station and thankfully, we have allowed ourselves some extra time.  We walk into the station and notice that there are people

When we began discussing our journey, Shawn and I agreed that we didn’t want to rush around to see all the sights.  Our thought was to linger in each place, enjoying the food and the wine and the people.  We’ve done that well, and also, we’ve been able to see some of the noted places