Post 5 – Monteverde, Costa Rica Monteverde, about three hours away from La Fortuna, is showing us a new side of the country. It lies on the western side of central Costa Rica near the Bay of Nicoya (or some call it the Bay of Colorado). Small pueblos here in the Monteverde area are resort …
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La Fortuna, Costa Rica
To say Costa Rica is diverse is an understatement. In just a few hours a person can travel from a heavily populated city consuming a valley to a misty, windy mountain top, a person can peek at a green inverted v-shaped mountain standing just miles away with its quiet demeanor hiding a turbulent, violent capacity …
One Week: San Jose, Wildlife and Volcanoes
Nestled at about 3800 feet above sea level in the central valley of the country lies the largest city in Costa Rica. About 3 million people live here in San Jose as natives and also as immigrants from all over the world including ex-pats from the USA. For example, we had our first-ever hot pot …
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Sailing the Caribbean
We left Atlanta on December 30, amid the most significant airline fiasco in years. It was a perfect storm! Thousands of flights were canceled due to the weather. A huge storm with frigid temperatures complicated what already is traditionally the busiest travel season each year. Then to add to an the complicated situation Southwest Airlines …
2023 – Kicking It Off
Our third six-month adventure has begun. Note to self: Never, ever book a non-critical cruise or flights around Christmas time. We’ve not had issues in the past but perfect storms do happen! Fortunately, instead of flying standby which we usually do when possible, we bought tickets for our flight to San Juan. Had we been …
Farewell Espana! And Getting my Story Straight
This is it, the end of this adventure. Another six months have virtually evaporated. But what a happy time it has been for us. Is it because Spain is where we lived last on this journey that we love it so much or is it that we just do like it best? Portugal was wonderful …
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The Magnificent Cathedral de Seville
One cannot just walk into the Cathedral unless attending a mass or service. Visits are scheduled ahead of time. We bought cultural visit (tourist) tickets weeks ago to get the limited availability and greatly reduced pricing. This Cathedral also known as the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See, is undeniably an important, spectacular, and historical …
Ay! Cordoba!
Still not bored with beautiful cities, rare moments, and one last cathedral we embarked on one last day trip in Spain. A Renfe train took us through miles of orange tree farms, some still loaded with bright orange fruit, some bare of fruit and standing in a cloud of bright green leaves having recently gone …
Rounding Out The Road Trip
Following our second night in Tangier — gosh we both hated leaving that place so soon, we ferried back to Tarifa (the southernmost point of the Iberian Peninsula) and drove north and west to Cadiz, Spain. Expecting a small beach resort town, we encountered yet another city surrounded by ultra-modern high-rises and communities on the …
Morocco!
Visiting Tangier was not part of our original travel plan but when we understood how near it is to Seville, we thought why not visit Morocco? We rented a car and away we went. We drove two hours south in a steady rain from Seville to the Spanish seaport, Tarifa, parked the car, and took …