We did a basic 7 day test run of a longer road trip by taking a run trip through the mountains of Alberta last year, using the Canada Dream RV Truck rental. Its great to have a totally self contained vehicle that you can move at what ever pace that you want to. I liked […]
Continue ReadingWe feel fortunate to have travelled through a lot of our world, but there are ALWAYS other new places to explore. Initially our plans focused on places that might become our full time living place that is “outside of Canada”. Since Cathy has learned to speak Spanish quite well, those countries are also good picks […]
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We have really enjoyed the many years of content that Barry Kessler has in his weekly podcasts and associated website photos as shared at his Puerto Vallarta Travel Show site. The podcasts are great to listen to when driving on roadtrips. Very inspirational interviews with all types of people who live in the Puerto Vallarta […]
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Through my earlier working years, as I observed two kinds of retired people. Some that thought they were looking forward to doing nothing and some that were excited to have the time to do some of the other things they wanted to do. It seemed that the ones who checked out and did nothing had […]
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UPDATE: 2024-12-16, Our next trip is to Spain and Turkey in 2025. Our personal journey to this blog stems from the blood sweat and tears that we have worked through starting when I was about 60 years old, trying to picture what retirement at age 65 would be like. Frankly I was very scared back […]
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AirBnB hosts can DOUBLE your price on a confirmed and pre-paid booking! We learned about this the hard way, and the best you can hope for is a full refund from AirBnB if you know how to “play the game”. The way it works is that the host will “REQUEST” that you accept a new […]
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Expat first time explorations of Torremolinos, in the sunny Costa del Sol – Andalusian costal region of Spain, shoulder season, spring 2022. See subsequent article for the following year Our love affair with Spain – yesRetired We are staying in a lovely beach front unit in Torremolinos, about 20 minutes from the Malaga airport, which […]
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My wanderlust seed was firmly planted when I was 15 years old (1972) and my parents took us on an 8 week long road trip across the USA and Canada in our new red VW campervan, with all 6 of us. This blurry image from a family slide shows our home-made rooftop pop-up like the […]
Continue ReadingWe enjoyed seeing the famous BRIDGE over the street, between two Hollywood star’s homes – Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, who were in the movie “Night of the Iguana”, One man… three women… one night… located in the area of Puerto Vallarta known as “Gringo Gulch”. The neighborhood has many up-scale homes which overlook the […]
Continue ReadingLayla’s Restaurant, which happened to be very close to where we were staying, turned out to be an excellent (6 out of 5 stars review) restaurant experience. The rooftop patio is a great way to enjoy the sunset after a fun day exploring the romantic zone of Puerto Vallarta.Layla’s server demonstrating his skills They provided […]
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