Before heading out for my 2016 travel adventures, it’s time to reflect back on my travels in 2015. After spending two weeks in Hilton Head in January 2015, I headed back to Spain in April. I spent a week at a time share exchange on the southern coast for rest...
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Spain
The Salvador Dali Triangle – Costa Brava, Spain
Eccentric…Bizarre…Imaginative…Odd…Visionary…Weird…Narcissistic…Genius…Insane….Avant-garde…Flamboyant These are some of the words that have been used to describe the Spanish artist, Salvador Dali. The Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali manages the world’s largest collection of Dali’s work in three locations in Costa Brava, Spain….Figueras, Portlligat and Pubol…which together are known as the “Dali Triangle.” As I visited...
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Five Weeks in Girona (Costa Brava), Spain
This summer I lived in Girona, Spain for five weeks. Why? – you might ask. I had been to Girona twice. The first time was for a mere two hours in 1992 when I was in Barcelona for the Olympics… …and then again last year for 2-1/2 days for a TBEX...
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La Sagrada Familia, 2013
In 1992, I visited La Sagrada Familia for the first time during my trip to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. At that time, construction on the church had been at nearly a standstill since Gaudi’s death in 1926. Only one of the three facades, the “Nativity” Façade… and four...
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Opera…My Love Affair Continues
On my recent trip to Spain, I made a special trip from Girona down to Barcelona to attend a production of Madama Butterfly at the Gran Teatre Liceu, as I continue my growing love affair with opera. (And opera houses!). This opera house, located on the famous La Rambla in...
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Things To See In Barcelona
I recently spent a few days in Barcelona, Spain, as an adjunct to attending the TBEX (Travel Bloggers Exchange) Conference in the town of Girona. It was a great walk down memory lane, as I had been to Barcelona in 1992 for the Olympic Games. I had an opportunity to revisit...
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Gaudi in “Context”
While in Spain in September for the TBEX Conference in Girona (hosted by Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona), I stopped off in Barcelona for a few days to rediscover that city which I had last visited during the Barcelona1992 Olympic Games. At that time, I was enamored by Gaudi’s architecture, and...
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Barcelona1992 Olympic Games
As I prepare to leave for London for the Olympic Games, I long to reminisce about my three previous trips to the Summer Olympic Games, beginning with Barcelona in 1992. It all started when I asked my niece where she wanted to go in Europe for her 16th birthday. And...
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