That was extremely quick! 2016 seems to have come and gone in a flash. It seems like just yesterday l was reflecting on 2015 and our plans for the new year. Here l am again with a wrap-up of our fun and travel filled year. We have enjoyed sharing the year with you and hope to keep on doing that in the new year. By my calculation, the longest we stayed at home in Seville at any one time was three weeks and our longest trip was 33 days! We couldn’t have done it without the absolutely wonderful pet sitters we found through my favorite company, Housesitmatch. I highly recommend them to any homeowner, and nope.. I am not being paid to say that, just a grateful client 🙂 .
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Excellent Visit to Wat Pho Temple in Bangkok. Plan on it
Updated: The Wat Pho Temple (Wat Po) is also known as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha. For us it was a must see on our most recent trip. Having heard of and seen pictures, we were still awed by the beauty of this massive Buddha. Our original plan had been to see Wat Pho …
Emotional Visit to the Apartheid Museum Johannesburg
Updated: On our recent visit to Johannesburg, I had some reservation about seeing the Apartheid Museum. I knew it would be hard, emotional and might make me angry. We were enjoying the city as a whole and thought this might just drag us down enough to reverse our original feelings. I finally decided that we …
Postcard from Stockholm, Sweden

Greetings from Stockholm, the capital of Scandinavia! We have been enjoying ourselves in this absolutely beautiful city for the past week or so. I have so much to tell you in the next few posts, but for now, this lovely postcard from Stockholm will have to do :-). We left Seville about 10 days ago. Our first stop was to Madrid, one of our favorite cities ever. Our visit was only for one day, but we managed to cram lots of sightseeing into that day.
Toji Temple in Kyoto, Japan – A Postcard
Toji Temple in Kyoto, Â Japan has got to be one of the most beautiful places we have ever been to. I just had to share this picturesque, absolutely zen place with you. I am sure you noticed that there was no post last week. Truth be told, we were having too much fun in Tokyo …
