A Travel Blog
Our prime mission on our second day in Granada was of course the Alhambra. You don’t go to Granada and not see the Alhambra … but first we ventured out for breakfast and, not surprisingly, ran into a bunch of our tour group already enjoying their coffee and croissants (or whatever). Anyhow … it was … Read more
We met our tour group on the evening before we set off for Granada and were relieved – not that we really expected anything different – to find ourselves with a congenial group comprising four couples from Australia (including one, similarly aged to us, from Canberra), and four single women (two Australian, one Kiwi and … Read more
I think I must win the award for the best non-shopper, as today we spent quite a few hours in Dubai Mall – arguably the world’s largest mall with over 1200 retail outlets not to mention an iceskating rink, a waterfall, an aquarium and zoo, and so on – and bought nothing but food. Oh, … Read more
As-salam alaikum (“peace be upon you”) from Dubai. We arrived here exactly on schedule after a pleasant – as pleasant as Economy Travel can be – trip with Emirates. Len and I both managed to watch Amour, a film we missed when it came to Canberra. Len surprised me by choosing to watch it, and … Read more