After our 4 days in Barcelona, we were ready to leave the big cities. While we very much enjoyed the sights and food there, our busy days were starting to catch up with us. So, we hopped on a plane to Granada, a smaller city nestled near the Sierra Nevada mountains in the south of Spain. As we flew in, all you could for miles were olive groves. We arrived in the heat of the late afternoon and immediately noticed the increased intensity of the sun, but the heat wa...

As alluded to in one of my earlier blogs, dining and eating well is a very important part of our trips. So far in Spain, we've found incredible value for our money....eating some incredible meals for very little money. Glass of wine..2 euros, beer 1 euro, the average tapas dish is 3 euros, a fancier main entree is 15 euros. About two months before leaving on our holiday, my online reading took me to a blog titled 'the best dining experience in Spain' and I took ...