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October 4 - Our winter trip to Spain was nearing its end when we had one last chance to visit the Rock of Gibraltar. The weather was not perfect and we had nowhere to stay that night on New Year's Eve 2009 - but we did it anyway! Check it out on my new 'Gibraltar' page.

September 16 - Between our two nights in Tarifa, we spent a night in 'Vejer de la Frontera', one of Spain's prettiest "white villages". With a beautiful mixture of old Moorish and Christian architecture located atop a small mountain fortress, as well as nearby attractions along the Atlantic coast, it is well worth a visit to my Vejer page for the details!

August 30 - Getting back to our winter 2008/09 trip to Spain, our short time on the wild Atlantic coastline instead of the Mediterranean Sea was one of the most enjoyable parts of our entire 3-weeks! We started out in 'Tarifa' at the Strait of Gibraltar and it only got better from there!

August 8 - I took a week off in mid-July to drive from Atlantic Canada to the Prairie provinces. Just getting across Ontario alone took us five days, but we really enjoyed experiencing its rugged beauty - from Algonquin Park, the cliffs of the Bruce Peninsula, waterfalls on the remote northern shores of Lake Superior and finally amazing Ouimet Canyon. My 'Province of Ontario' page has the details.

July 4 - My 'Nerja' page describes the beginning of the second stage of experiences Sue and I had in Andalusia, Spain - without any pre-booked accommodations for the final eight days. It was a lot of fun!

June 26 - It was a sunny Saturday when I explored 'Willow Bunch' in a remote part of Saskatchewan near the Montana border. It turned out to be an excellent day as I took in new scenes & saw lots of wildlife as I cruised along on virtually deserted small highways in this area that was frequented by Sitting Bull, Butch Cassidy and even Al Capone!

June 13 - My page on 'Ronda' describes a fantastic day-trip we made there from Estepona. It was on Christmas Day and the weather was just about perfect, making our visit to this little city perched on both sides of a 300+ foot gorge the most spectacular of our entire 3-week trip to Spain!

May 17 - My 'Estepona' page details our enjoyable time in this small coastal city during our winter trip to Spain. It was located in a very convenient spot for us and provided us with the nicest accommodatons of the entire trip!

April 28 - Our trip to 'Cadiz' did not go quite as planned regarding having enough time to actually explore much of the city. However, we did discover the delightful El Puerto de Santa Maria just across the Bay from Cadiz - well worth a visit in its own right. My 'Cadiz' page has the details.

April 5 - 'Sevilla' is another amazingly historic Spanish city that blessed us with beautiful winter weather and a host of must-see attractions. Although our time there was far too short and we had a few planning 'glitches', it is definitely a city you should not pass up if you ever get the chance to visit.

March 20 - As described in my page on 'Antequera', we made a small but very enjoyable detour to see this historic Spanish city as well as the stunning limestone crags at nearby El Torcal Nature Park!

February 9 - On our recent trip to Spain, 'Torremolinos' was almost both the first and last place where we spent a night in Andalusia Province. While there, we also found a very nice hostal and an excellent restaurant to keep us happy. My page also describes a very enjoyable day-trip we made from Torremolinos into the rugged Sierra Nevada mountains located behind it, including a little town that rivals the spectacular gorge of Ronda!

January 11, 2009 - My wife and I just returned from a 3-week driving trip in southern Spain - it was amazing as we put 3500-km on our rental car exploring the coastlines and mountains of Andalusia and up the coast to Alicante. My 'El Cabo de Gata' page describes one of the last things we did on this trip as we enjoyed its fantastic rugged coast and unique climate.

During my childhood days in New Brunswick, Canada, my parents never strayed too far from their home province, except for a trip to Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia as well as visits to relatives in Montreal, Quebec and also Connecticut, USA. I always had a love for geography and did a lot of reading about the world, giving me a desire to see it for myself at the first possible chance! My opportunity finally came in 1972, when I went to Zambia to work for 3 years immediately after obtaining my university degree in Electrical Engineering (Zambia was GREAT !!). While there, I met my British wife, Susan, who had spent 20 years being raised in Zambia (by the way, all the good things that people say about Victoria Falls are true - it is fantastic!). We returned to my Canadian homeland for a few years before we set off again for another 3 years overseas - this time I was working in the South Pacific Ocean, in Papua New Guinea. This sojurn offered us the chance to take a round-the-world trip in 1981 as well as a few other shorter jaunts. We again returned to Canada and since then we have slipped in the odd trip wherever we can. We have three girls (2 born in Zambia and 1 in PNG) and are proud grand-parents (now 5 times as of May 30, 2008)! I have included our variety of travel experiences over the years so you, hopefully, can reach some understanding of the places that we have been at that particular moment in our lives! By the way, if you get the chance, please also come to Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada - it is a beautiful place to visit and live, which is why I kept coming back from all these trips!