It was a great birthday in Istanbul. We started the day at our favorite breakfast restaurant, a place that puts out a huge spread of dips, meats, sauces, eggs and things I’ve never seen. It was all great, and of…
Running in Costa Brava Spain, Part I
Running around the small Costa Brava town of Begur in Spain was incredible. I could leave from our front door in town and run for hours without seeing a car or even another person. The gigantic noticeable difference between running…
Mountain adventures in Crete
We will not soon forget yesterday! We rented a car and drove up through Therisso Gorge – only a short drive from where we have been staying in Chania, Crete. Bobby hiked Samaria Gorge a few weeks ago, but that…
Falasarna, Crete
After some serious hair-pin turns down the mountain and some breathtaking views, the bus driver dropped us off in what seemed to be a ghost town. Only greenhouses, olive groves, mountains, and a beautiful beach as far as we could…
Typical Day in Chania, Crete, Greece
We took these pictures in one day and looking through them they represent our typical days while living in Chania, Crete for a month. We had a rotating cast of animal friends we’d play with. We’d take the mile walk…
Typical Day in Begur, Spain
These pictures represent a typical day in our lives in Begur, Catalonia, Spain. They include walking around the town, a 45-minute hike down to the beach, our ever-present canine friend Pepe, and cooking dinner in the 300 year old house.…
For the love of figs!
It started the day we got here. We noticed the limbs of a big, ripe fig tree hanging onto our patio from the neighbor’s yard. The birds and bees and fruit flies were having their fill, so we decided to…
Dali!
Today we visited the Dali Theatre-Museum in Figueres, Spain. Apart from his famous melting clocks, I really did not know much about Salvador Dali or his art until we did some research prior to visiting. To prepare, Macy and I…
Figs, Laundry, and Castles
Figs for breakfast! Our neighbor has a fig tree, and part of it hangs over onto our patio. We’ve taken full advantage of that! I think Cora is addicted… I’m so thankful we have this beautiful patio! We try to eat…
The coastal paths of Costa Brava
Today we decided to take advantage of that bus I mentioned in the last post. Still having a hard time waking up at any decent hour due to the six hour time change, we got on the bus about 1…