When I was doing my research about our move to the Costa del Sol of Spain, I saw there were quick, cheap ferries from Spain to Morocco and knew we’d have to go to Morocco while we were here. Once we arrived, our friends, the Wagoners, told us about their…
One of the main features of Almuñécar, Spain is Castillo de San Miguel or, in English, San Miguel Castle. The fortifications were originally built in the 1st century B.C. by the Phoenicians and Romans. The Moors however, developed it into a massive fortress with 40 towers. In 1489, Christians took…
One of the highlights of our trip to Barcelona was visiting La Sagrada Familia. The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família is a large Catholic church designed by Antoni Gaudí. It was less than 1/4 complete at the time of his death in 1926 and currently its about 1/2…
Once we made our decision to come to Spain in the winter of 2014, we started checking airfares from Bangkok to Spain. We found it was cheaper to return to the USA using our frequent flyer miles then fly to Spain from the US. I then found an incredible deal…