Everyone needs three square meals a day, right? Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, right? If you have said or believe either of these two statements, you are obviously not from Spain. The food in Spain is fantastic! I love it! The quality of the food is exceptional. However, meal times and […]
My Free Luxury Hotel Stay in Paris
How would you like to stay five nights in Paris at four and five star hotels for free like I did? It was really quite easy, I used free hotel reward nights and points I got for signing up for a couple of hotel sponsored credit cards. I have made collecting lots of airline and […]
Self-Driving the Golden Circle Route Iceland
The Golden Circle Tour is one of the most popular things to do for visitors to Iceland. Most people visiting Iceland stay in Reykjavik and the Golden Circle route starts and finishes there and hits a number of well know sites in one day. There are numerous good bus tours available with many variations of […]
Exploring Costa Brava from a Cool Airbnb
Most of our time in Spain was spent in urban areas where we could either walk or use public transportation to get around. However, there are many great places in Spain where you can really use a car to get around. We spent a week exploring the Costa Brava region of Spain by car and […]
Unusual Sports we Saw in Barcelona
The most popular sport in the world is soccer and it is certainly king in Spain. Futbol, as it is called here, is extremely popular as a participant and a spectator sport. In the evenings walking around the neighborhood people are crowded around televisions in bars and restaurants cheering on their favorite team. I don’t […]
Strange Things You Can do with Coins in Spain
I love noticing the little things that are different than in the USA and Canada as we travel around the world. I found a number of things that you can do with coins that you either can’t do in the USA or Canada or can no longer do with coins. The USA is one of […]
The Perfect Location to Stay in Barcelona
Barcelona is a great city: the climate, the sights, the food, the culture, the weather. All of these make Barcelona one of my favorite cities in the world. We only spent two weeks in Barcelona this time around, but enjoyed our time immensely. One of the things that made our stay so great was the […]