SPAIN | Thursday, 5 Jan 2023 | Views [122]
SHOULD WE DRIVE OR TAKE THE BUS into Córdoba? that was the question. I even downloaded bus schedules and made a list of possible parking lots. In the end we decide to walk in—it’s only 3½ miles, mostly downhill—and take ... Read more >
SPAIN | Wednesday, 4 Jan 2023 | Views [94]
WITH PARKING BEING SO SCARCE and expensive, we decided to stay a bit outside of Córdoba’s historic center. Maria José’s exquisite AirBnB is one of the nicest yet, even if it’s too cold to use the pool. While she doesn’... Read more >
SPAIN | Monday, 2 Jan 2023 | Photo Gallery
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SPAIN | Sunday, 1 Jan 2023 | Views [121]
JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS EVE IN MADRID, many of Toledo’s attractions closed at 1PM on the 31 st and will remain closed on New Years Day. We managed visit the Church of El Salvador before closing time. El Salvador has been in turn, Roman, perhaps ... Read more >
SPAIN | Friday, 30 Dec 2022 | Views [109]
MY TIRED FEET WERE GLAD to say good-bye to Madrid—walking 6 to 8 miles on cobbles really took a toll. But they shouldn’t get their hopes up—Toledo may not have as many cobbles but the narrow streets and alleys are seldom flat!
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SPAIN | Thursday, 29 Dec 2022 | Photo Gallery
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SPAIN | Sunday, 25 Dec 2022 | Views [104]
T’WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS . . . and Santa didn’t come! It wasn’t that Rudolph got lost or Santa couldn’t find us again or, heaven forbid, we were naughty, not nice! Saint Nick just doesn’t bring presents to good little ... Read more >
SPAIN | Friday, 23 Dec 2022 | Views [100]
WE ARRIVED IN MADRID ON THE wrong side of Winter with cloudy skies and damp chill replacing the sunshine of Tenerife. To make matters worse we had to wake at four in the morning for our 6:30 flight, followed by a 30-minute bus ride into town and a kilometer ... Read more >
SPAIN | Thursday, 22 Dec 2022 | Photo Gallery
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SPAIN | Monday, 19 Dec 2022 | Views [98]
AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, TENERIFE has some endemic bird species—why else would Connie be here? While some are unimpressive and easy to find, others require long drives to remote areas—sometimes twice.
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SPAIN | Saturday, 17 Dec 2022 | Views [110]
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA, so say the brochures, is “the most beautiful city you must go to in Tenerife.” On the other hand, they say that La Orotava is “a town you must visit in Tenerife.” With two weeks to spend and a car at ... Read more >
SPAIN | Sunday, 11 Dec 2022 | Views [76]
FOR YEARS WE HAVE HEARD BRITS RAVE about their winter holidays in Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands. So after Hurricane Ian blew away our Florida plans, we thought we would give it a whirl. We were able to score an entire 4-seat row on the ... Read more >
SPAIN | Thursday, 8 Dec 2022 | Photo Gallery
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PANAMA | Wednesday, 23 Nov 2022 | Views [96]
MAYBE YOU’RE WONDERING WHERE WE’VE been since Brazil. Or probably not. Anyway, we had airline tickets from Rio to Miami and were planning to stay in Fort Myers Beach until January but Hurricane Ian blew those plans away along with our condo ... Read more >
PANAMA | Sunday, 13 Nov 2022 | Photo Gallery
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BRAZIL | Wednesday, 9 Nov 2022 | Views [106]
WE DECIDED THAT A FEW DAYS IN RIO after the birding trip would give us a chance to rest up and regain control of our lives. We stayed at the Windsor California Hotel in Copacabana, an ideal choice with the best breakfast I’ve had in Brazil. The ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Monday, 7 Nov 2022 | Photo Gallery
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BRAZIL | Sunday, 6 Nov 2022 | Views [123]
AND NOW FOR THE NUMBERS. This was our 8 th guided birding trip, the 1 st with Tropical Birding. There were 4 paying customers, Eduardo driving and Andrés guiding. We were on the road for 20 days, stayed in 8 different accommodations ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Thursday, 3 Nov 2022 | Views [90]
HAVING CHECKED OFF ALL THE TARGET SPECIES, we moved our vigil from the rainforests of southeastern Brazil to the grassland savannas around Cańastra National Park. We broke up another long drive with pee-breaks, lunch and a stop at a park in Belo Horizonte ... Read more >
BRAZIL | Wednesday, 2 Nov 2022 | Views [99]
ALGULHUS NEGRAS NATIONAL PARK has some of the highest peaks in southern Brazil. The drive took us up to 7000 feet elevation on a truly terrible road several hours from Hotel do Ypâ and required a 4WD, not our luxury van. We crammed into the only ... Read more >
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