Archive for 2018

Jul 09, 2018

A Gaudi walking tour and then more walking

Antoni Gaudi was born in 1852 in Catalonia and was considered the greatest exponent of Modernism.  Over the years he evolved towards a personal and unclassifiable style.  He was considered to be a genius.  Much of his unique style came from his study of nature, flow, form, color, shapes, light, animal and sea life and […]

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Jul 08, 2018

Are you ready for Barcelona?

On Tuesday June 5th we had a 4 -5 block walk to catch the airport bus.  Great deal at 12 Euro each, $18.15 CAD.   We were dropped off as far away as possible from our check in area ( lots of walking at the Nice airport ) so I was able to walk off  our […]

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Jul 07, 2018

July Calendar Girls

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Jul 06, 2018

RIP TIDES, read this as it could save your life one day!

I found this on a friend’s personal site and asked if I could share this with you, thank you Peter.  It truly resonated with me and I know I will never look at an ocean the same again.  This was written by Kenny Jewell, a former surf lifesaver….. As a former surf lifesaver I constantly […]

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Jul 05, 2018

Finally a rest day and then a visit to an interesting location

I totally loved Monaco but it really did wear me out with all that walking.  I spent the next day, Sunday, June 3rd doing laundry and washing my hair.  Fortunately we had the washing machine brochures which of course were in French ( which I spoke before English )  as I needed them to figure […]

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