Travel, Lifestyle, Photography
Resting on a hilltop in the seaside town of Sitges is a little bit of Heaven but you’ll have to look to find it. For many years, Sitges has been one of our favorite destinations…year round. It’s close to Barcelona but a world apart. This not so sleepy town has 17 beaches and some of […]
Yesterday I finished a piece on the Prince’s Garden and Casa del Labrador in Aranjuez Spain. While I can’t share that with you right now, I can share a restaurant that I recommended called El Rana Verde. The Green Frog. We spotted this restaurant in 2015 as we meandered around the city. While in Aranjuez […]
Damasquinado (Toledo Craft) can be found in many shops in Toledo Spain. While in Toledo, we were “pulled” (seduced) into a workshop where the ancient craft of Damascene is practised. We literally had just checked into our hotel, dropped our bags in the room and headed out to grab a bite to eat. We walked a […]
The train station in Segovia is 4km outside of town. We chose to take a taxi into town but there are buses as well. Arriving by taxi is quicker and makes for a more dramatic drive especially if your cab driver is a little “spirited” as was ours. You come around the final bend and there […]
One of my favorite cities in Spain is Aranjuez. It is fairly close to Madrid (about 45 minutes by train) but is a world apart. Last year we decided when we returned to Spain that we would stay in Aranjuez as opposed to doing a day trip. I already had my eye on the perfect […]
Any wedding anniversary is special but a 13th anniversary is without a doubt extremely special when you are a woman of “a certain age” and health issues have reared their ugly head over the marriage. We recently returned from a few weeks in Spain (Madrid, Segovia, San Ildefonso, Aranjuez, and Toledo) and I will be blogging […]
When I moved to Switzerland many years ago, I moved with overweight luggage (I almost had a meltdown when we were told what my charges would be) and I even had a trunk shipped over. It turned out be be a great table as well as storage area. It was easier to take everything with you […]
It should have been Russian. In high school, Russian was offered in the language department. As far back as I can remember, I have had an obsession with all things Russian. The people, food, art, history, language, architecture. You name it, I was interested in it. Nicholas and Alexandra, the mystery of Anastasia, and what truly […]
So, we have (actually I have) been putting together a list of areas that might be relocation possibilities. I have been looking through pages of what is required for Americans to move to Europe and wondering why I didn’t just stay in Europe when I had the opportunity. It was so easy years ago. O.k. […]
A few month’s ago, I started thinking about starting a new blog. I have had a blog since 2007- The French Elements. It initially started out as a business blog but quickly turned into a blog about family, friends, travel, etc. As my life changed and things became more hectic, my blog fell to the […]
