I have been to Bahrain, Singapore, Indonesia and back to Singapore, Australia and now Hawaii since I left London. Bahrain was wonderful. I have not seen my cousin Merrina for years and it was great to catch up with her, Kirby (her hubby), Kameron (5 ¾ year old son) and Kylie (2 ½ year old daughter) in Barbar. Unfortunately Kirby was working and Kameron was in school the days I was there so it was Merrina and Kylie touring me around. Kirby works in Saudi A...

The flight was OK from Perth to Amsterdam minus the few minutes of faintness on the Singapore to Amsterdam portion. Thank goodness the air stewards let me sit where I could get my head between my knees. Over heating under to many blankets and to much travelling was the diagnosis. After arriving in Amsterdam very early in the morning my cousin Niels and I spent a great day being tourists. Niels has lived in The Netherlands for years and yet had not been on ...

As I alluded in my last posting I'm off to Australia (again). Once more not planned at all. John and I were talking on Thursday (Mar 18) and by 7 PM I bought my ticket. The next day I was on a jet plane back to the land down under. Since I made the decision so quickly it was a very fast repack and then back to Barcelona. Some of the "coffee" ladies were able to meet me for a quick drink and Tessa, Pam and I had a vino and a couple of tapas befor...

So I have made it to Valencia for the Las Fallas festival. Joyce and I are set up in an amazing apartment near the heart of the city. We can walk to everything. Joyce found this place and if I ever go back to Valencia I will be trying to book in again. Three floors with two bedrooms, two full bathrooms, a full kitchen (including a dishwasher and laundry), and all the mod cons we might need. Joyce is going back to Canada to buy better speakers as her IPOD s...

So its back to Spain for a short visit of seeing new places and new cities. And a trip back to Benicassim to say good bye to all my friends there. Jean picked me up at Murcia airport at 9 PM in a crazy rain storm. We are off to Granada for 4 nights to see the city and the Alhambra. Jean had made all the arrangements and she also did the driving to get there and home. Thank you Jean for getting all this planned for us. The hotel was great and everything we...