Street in Casares a white village in Spain
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The magnificent cities and villages of Spain

The villages and cities in Spain are down right stunning with their vistas and details. I don’t know if it’s the same for you, but where I come from this is rarely the case. It’s great to think that buildings can be both functional AND beautiful. Barcelona I guess that’s why so many tourists descend […]

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Monkey in Gibraltar
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Gibraltar, so close and yet so far from Spain

While in southern Spain, make like the local expats do and road trip to Gibraltar for the shopping and the monkeys. Getting to the rock is easy and as warned, the queue is long. To get into Gibraltar you pass through passport control. On both the Spanish and Gibraltar sides. Each within meters of each […]

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Camels in Tangier, Morocco
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A day in Tangier, Morocco

We’ve had some great adventures during our time in Spain. Not the least of which was me getting a bit of a jolt one morning from one of the outlets. Whoops. But I think one of my favourites is the brief visit to Tangier, Morocco. Tangier is a costal Moroccan city on the Strait of […]

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