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    Benidorm Old Town – November 2025

    Benidorm – The party central town of the Costa Brava, yet it also has a beautiful old town. Here you will find a whole host of old streets and alleys to explore. At night the place is always a fantastic busy hustling community where the many bars and restuarants come to life. From the Mirador...

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    Benidorm – October into November 2025 – Hotel Agir Springs

    There is no stopping us now, after just ver 3 weeks from our last trip to Majorca we decided on a cheeky little trip to Benidorm for a bit more sun before the UK winter sets in. This trip did not start as we planned due to the changes is the Spanish travel regulations which...

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    Majorca, Alcudia – September 2025

    Having reached the grand old age of 70, my fantastic family organised a villa holiday in Majorca right on Alcudia beach. The villa is called Villa Gremelos (Gremelos is spanish for twins) which is very apt as the villa has 2 floors which mirror each other making in total 6 bedrooms of wich most are...

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    Chicago – February 2025

    Surprise road trip for my good ladies birthday. So a 6 hour drive from Minneapolis to Chigago for a night. Featurerd image was first sight of the city the rest are just pictues of some of the features of this city. From a walk along the ‘Magnificent mile‘ (Final Picture) to the multitude of bars...

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    Wisconsin – Lake Loon Visit – May 2024

    Monday 13th May – We took a trip out to our American families cabin on the edge of Lake Loon in Wisconsin. What an absolutely beautiful place to just chill and reflect… I could easily be converted to an off grid existance after spend just a couple of hours here. On our reluctant return to...

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    Minneapolis – May 2024

    Arrived yesterday after a pretty trouble free flight from London Heathrow. MSP imigration was slow at nearly 2 hours, but apart from that, a good trip. Today being day 1 of this visit we started off with a great typical American breakfast in a fantastic diner called the ‘Fireside Lounge Bar & Restaurant‘. This is...

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    Albufeira – March24

    To follow on from my last post about the Hotel Do Cerro in  Albufeira, I thought I would show a few pictures I took whilst here. February and March is a great time to come to the Algarve as the weather is pretty good. This weekend it has been 20+ in the afternoons, plenty enough...

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    Hotel Do Cerro – Albufeira – March 2024

    We are just taking a short break to Albufeira in Portugal staying in the Hotel Do Cerro. We arrived last Thursday (14/3/24) via a very pleasant Jet2 flight from Birmingham. It is now Sunday morning 11.43am and I am writing this whilst sat by the hotel pool in the sunshine. The hotel is located a...

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    Benidorm June 23 Continued

    In this post, I will be moving away from the beaches to show some of the old town and other streets it is well worth a walk round. The old town The port

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    Benidorm June 2023

    For a change this year, we decided on main land Spain and chose Benidorm for a location, staying at the Costa Blanca Innside by Melia Hotel right on the front of Llavant Beach. We have been here now for 5 days, 5 more to go and have found both the hotel and location brilliant. The...