Our trip to the Louvre wasn’t quite as magical as I was hoping. Luckily Chuck and I have both been there before, but we’d looked forward to showing the kids some historic and important art. The kids weren’t nearly as excited about this as we were. They did OK to…
The Alhambra is a palace and fortress in Granada, Spain. It was originally built in 889 and rebuilt in the mid-13th century. We’d heard repeatedly about how famous the Alhambra was and how it was at the top of the To Do list for Spain, so we drove the 1…
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…
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…