During our recent holiday in Spain, Madrid’s Barrio de Las Letras had to be the highlight of our visit to this beautiful city. The area known as the Literary Quarter is a neighborhood in the center of Madrid where some of Spain’s greatest authors have lived and wrote novels, poems, and works of literature over the years. Today it is an area that combines an artistic atmosphere, entertainment, shopping, and great food. Continue reading Art, Fabrics, Food. Exploring Barrio de Las Letras. The Literary Quarter in Madrid, Spain
Category Archives: Travel Logs & Excursions
The Mysterious Cookies We Traveled to Spain For
Aah, kids and vacations. They have their own agenda on what to expect. While we tend to have a check list of “the must see” tourist sites “, Kids list always surprises me. Perfect example is our recent trip to Spain for our 2019 summer vacation. The quest for mysterious cookies in Madrid, Spain.
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Summer Vacation 2019. Holiday in Spain
Happy Monday! I hope you had a relaxing weekend!This week I’d like to share a few pictures and stories from our recent holiday in Spain.
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Picnic in the Vineyard at Clos LaChance Winery in Morgan Hill, California
The scene was set for a beautiful day in the vineyards. Gorgeous weather with temperatures in the pleasant 70s, sunny with a gentle breeze, a winery with great wine, and friends who were all free to go together for a picnic in the vineyard. This was my perfect afternoon at Clos LaChance Winery in Morgan Hill in the South Bay. Continue reading Picnic in the Vineyard at Clos LaChance Winery in Morgan Hill, California
Gamble Garden Spring Tour 2019. Enter the Garden
Last week I met a few friends to attend the annual Spring Tour at Gamble Garden in Palo Alto, California. A group of us garden aficionados – friends from all over the Bay Area meet each year to attend this event.
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Releasing Baby Turtles into the Ocean in Punta Mita, Mexico
As promised here are a few pictures from our most memorable day of our Spring Break holiday this year in Punta Mita, Mexico – releasing little baby turtles into the ocean at sunset! What can I say, it was a phenomenal experience!!
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Spring Break 2019. Holiday in Punta Mita, Mexico
¡Hola a todos! ¡Feliz martes!
Espero que tuvieran un un buen fin de semana.
Hello Everyone! Happy Tuesday!
Hope you had a fabulous weekend.
We had a great weekend as we had just returned from a wonderful Spring Break holiday in beautiful Punta Mita, Mexico.
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Sierra Azul Hiking Trail. Mount Umunhum Area. Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Happy Friday everyone! I hope you are ready for a great weekend! After days and days of stormy, rainy, cold weather here in the Bay Area the skies cleared out the last couple of days and we had glorious sunshine 🌞. Sunny skies were beckoning me to get outside and do something nature oriented – that’s why when my friend Padmini asked if I wanted to join her on a hike on the Sierra Azul trail off Hicks Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains I didn’t think twice – I just said YES! Continue reading Sierra Azul Hiking Trail. Mount Umunhum Area. Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Peanuts! Charles M. Schultz Museum in Santa Rosa, California
I absolutely love, love, love Peanuts! Not the peanuts, but the cartoon strip Peanuts by Charles Schultz. The one with Charlie Brown, and Lucy, Lionel, Snoopy, and the gang.
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Thanksgiving Holiday in Anderson Valley. Mendocino County, California
Anderson Valley Wine Trail is an undiscovered area of the massive California’s wine country that is our family’s all-time favorite wine trail. I say undiscovered because where else in California can one go for wine tasting where the only other customers are another couple? At Anderson Valley in Mendocino County. What makes Anderson Valley so special is that it is a treat for the entire family – kids and adults.
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