DanRN’s Adventures

Most friends and family would know I am not, at all, a religious person. A lot of this has to do with being brought up in a non-religious...

Tangiers is such a stark contrast to Casablanca - cleaner and more beautiful with much better preserved old city centre. I was expecting Casablanca to be a favourite site and, maybe, that was just the romanticism from the movies, The city of Tangiers is not as spread along the coast line and the port not as big, but then the population is relatively small at about 1.3 million people. The topography is different with higher ridges fairly close to the water so, unlike Casablanc

Casablanca! Sorry…I had to. Here we are in the storied port of Academy Award fame, but in a different time. A densely populated and sprawling city, Casablanca runs a fair length of the coast line and has a very busy working port. Our arrival was welcomed by a spectacular sunrise to the east and, from the grand Hassan II mosque to our west, the morning call to prayer by the muezzin. This was not the first call to prayer we have heard, but our first in an Arabic nation - the la

If one came to these islands for the birds they would be sorely disappointed. Apparently, the name may be derived from the Latin term Canariae Insulae - Island of the Dogs. And it may not have actually been dogs, but sea lions. Far better to come here for the sun, temperate climates, low rain fall, volcanic sights, abundance of sea food, and Spanish colonial charm. The weather here has been incredibly nice; not too hot and a little breezy, so comfortable for long walks or jus

The next phase of our vacation currently underway features our floating hotel, the Celebrity Infinity, as we cruise from Barcelona to the Canary Islands. Cruising has become a favourite way of travelling, unwinding, and relaxing whilst seeing different places. The beauty is the hotel room goes with you - unpacking and repacking is only required once. Our choice of the Infinity was both it being a ship we had not been on before and having an itinerary that was completely diffe

Until coming to Barcelona, Rome was my most favourite city in the world to visit – now the “Eternal City” has a serious rival. My...

What a difference a 3-hour train ride makes! One cannot imagine a more stark contrast between two cities in a country - the staid, more...

Damsel in dis dress. Here it is Sunday, December 29, already and the time in Madrid has zoomed by so quickly. Kind of like what the...