by Mark | Nov 21, 2011 | Europe, Spain
3/25/2010 “How lazily the sun goes down in Granada, it hides beneath the water, it conceals in the Alhambra!” Ernest Hemingway, American novelist. There would be much to see and do in this historic and beautiful city in the coming weeks. But now I share...
by Mark | Nov 14, 2011 | Europe, Spain
3/24/2010 Our plane landed in Málaga, Spain on March 19, since then we have traveled to Ronda, Cadiz, Tarifa, and Gibraltar and now back to our beginning. Málaga is home to roughly a half-million people, about 100 km (62 mi) east of the Strait of Gibraltar and about...
by Mark | Oct 3, 2011 | Europe, Spain
Tarifa offers a historical and beautiful setting with Morocco a short 10km across the Strait of Gibraltar, a gateway between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Beaches, natural beauty, climate, and location combine to make Tarifa worth seeking out. The wind here is...
by Mark | Oct 3, 2011 | Europe, Spain
The map at left shows the relative location of Cádiz while on the map to the right you can see its unique position on a peninsula with the old city located at the end. Cádiz is said to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in Europe, founded in 1104 B.C. The old...
by Mark | Apr 17, 2011 | Europe, Spain
As we enter the Holy Week 2011, we take a look back at Semana Santa in Granada, Spain, 2010.We are told there will be celebrations here in Buenos Aires and a larger one in Luján, which is a two-hour bus ride from here. But in Spain, cities like Seville...
