We visited Valencia partly on the recommendation of a restaurant server of ours in Copenhagen last spring who was from there. She insisted that it was one of the best places to visits and “like Barcelona, without the tourists.” When we arrived at the train station, the man at...
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Holy Toledo!
A church , a mosque , and a synagogue walk into a city. And they’re still there centuries later. The town prides itself on having all three and the idea of religion as a bridge or door. It’s a city of bridges. And doors . And Manchego cheese. I...
Fever/Dream
Well, people’s fear of fever (coronavirus) led to a dream flight with hardly anyone on the plane. I had a whole row to myself across which to stretch for sleep. Though I don’t sleep well on moving things (trains, boats, planes, planet Earth). It’s more like a fever dream...
Thank You and Adios! Au Revoir! Ciao!
As I said before, our travel would not be possible without the kind and generous help of many others at many times. Thanks to all of you (I won’t name names for fear of leaving out someone). We leave today for Spain, France, and Italy. Our full planned itinerary...
We’re Still Here–and We’re Gone Again
Hi, everyone. Long time, no hear. We’ve been preparing for the next stage of our travels. We’re off to house sit in Toronto, and then March 3, we head off for 3 months in Europe. Below is the itinerary. We’re going to many towns we don’t know much about...
Kevin and Mary Travel: The Movie(s)
Below are videos of our adventures. There is a soundtrack so turn on volume. Hawaii Australia New Zealand’s North Island New Zealand’s South Island
Coming Full Circle
We wanted to give everyone time to enjoy the holidays and ring in the new year. We stayed two days in Invercargill, the southernmost city in the Commonwealth of Nations (former British nations). It was very rainy and windy. A public statue outside our hotel window turned into a...
Where we’ve been
Where were we? After the whale watch in Kaikoura, we drove down to Dunedin. Along the way, we stopped in Katiki to admire its beautiful bay and walk out to see some New Zealand fur seals on the peninsula. We did not know that they would go up into...
Christmas Seals
Easter Seals was a well known charity when I was a kid. But we have seen a lot of Christmas seals. (See video below.) We have also seen signs for Christmas lilies, when I had only ever heard of Easter lilies. So happy holidays from the land of summer...
Lessons Learned
I read a travel writing book a while ago that noted that smell was the one thing you could not capture on film about a foreign destination. The scent of eucalyptus as we drove through the coastal mountains of Australia was fabulous, like a free worldwide menthol air freshener....
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