Waving the Mariposa Folk Festival Flag Worldwide
by The 2026 Mariposa Folk Festival is now only just over a week away. Hard as it is to imagine, this marks the festival’s 66th year. …
Category: Travel
Wintering in Spain, 2026 – The Journey/Trial, Getting from Home to Our Apartment in Estepona … The Ugly, the Bad, and the Good!
“It was the worst of times, it was the best of times” – If I’m going to twist around a catchy phrase from a spaghetti …
Will You Winter in the Algarve or On the Costa del Sol? – Comparing the Two (Part 5 – The Eastern Algarve and Reviewing Our Choice)
Part Five … at long last. Putting together this series has felt a bit like running a marathon, but the finish line is now in …
Will You Winter in the Algarve or on the Costa del Sol? – Comparing the Two – By “Yikes!” Readers Who’ve Been to Both (Part 4 – Andy and Marielle S.)
by * Updated: January 18 The holiday season is over, and we return to our discussion concerning wintering in the Algarve region of Portugal or on …
Will you Winter in the Algarve or on the Costa del Sol? – Comparing the Two – By “Yikes!” Readers Who’ve Been to Both (Part 3 – Brenda H.)
by FINALLY, we come to the memories, impressions and photos of readers who have actually had extended stays in both The Algarve and on The Costa …
Will You Winter in the Algarve or on the Costa del Sol? – Comparing the Two (Part 2 – Weather, Geography, Towns)
Sorry, still no actual readers involved in the discussion yet, just me and my friend again. But not to worry, Part-three will be all talk …
Wintering In the Algarve or On the Costa del Sol? – Comparing the Two (Part 1 – The Big Picture Intro)
If you have been following my ramblings for a while now you will know that I have written a number of articles about wintering on …
Wintering In Spain 2025 – Estepona #8 … The Grocery Shopping is Amazing! :-)
OK, “amazing” is probably a bit of an overstatement, but of all the towns we have stayed in, Estepona has some of the best grocery …
In the Camera’s Eye … Wintering in Spain 2025 – Our Lisbon Stop on the Way Home, An Interesting Alternative to Staying at a Hotel
Our habit is to visit a city somewhere in Spain or elsewhere in Europe for a few days before we catch our final flight back …
Wintering In Spain 2025 – My Favourite Spanish Grocery Treats and Beverages … and Price Comparisons with Similar Canadian Products :-)
It is time to do some comparative shopping between grocery store items in Spain and equivalent ones in Canada. I’m sure this is of much …