Author: Lauren

I love Christmas-time. The lights, the songs, the nip in the air, and smell of pine trees all make me excited. When we started planning our itinerary I knew I wanted to be somewhere that had Christmas spirit, ideally that also wasn’t tropical. A tropical Christmas just doesn’t do it for me. I was also […]

Less than 48 hours after leaving Disneyland (via the Eurostar train through the channel tunnel) we arrived at the Warner Brothers Studio just outside of London. Here they have turned the sets and props from the Harry Potter franchise into an attraction. Many people have raved about the tour to me, so I had high […]

After our whirlwind day in Paris, we took a cab (not that we had much choice!) to our next stop: Disneyland Paris. This was one part winter vacation and one part Christmas present for the family. I was skeptical of an amusement park in Europe during winter. Would we freeze? (not really). Would there be […]

We decided to explore a bit on our way to our next stop: Granada. Looking on a map, Málaga is an obvious midpoint between Casares and Granada. However, we were saving that as a day trip later in our stay. Steve’s former boss lives there and they wanted to catch up. (Somewhat bizarrely his most […]

From Sevilla we picked up a rental car and headed towards the Mediterranean. The drive brought us through the hills and famous white towns of Andalucia. Though views were worthy of admiration, the road was serpentine and Steve missed quite a bit keeping us on the road. Luckily the Spaniards have built scenic lookouts at […]