Travel.

• England. I was born in England, lived there & visited since leaving.
• Wales. I have visited many times & have a lot of Welsh relatives.
• Scotland. I have only visited once when I was a child on a school holiday.
• France. I have visited & travelled through many times.
• Spain. I currently live in Spain & have been there on holiday many times.
• Belgium. I have visited & passed through a couple of times.
• Holland. I have visited twice for long weekends in Amsterdam.
• Switzerland. I passed through when travelling on a car journey.
• Denmark. I passed through whilst making a connecting flight.
• Iceland. I passed through whilst making a connecting flight.
• Italy. I visited a few times, docking in different ports on cruise ships & I also spent a long weekend in Rome.

• Morocco. I visited Casablanca & Tangier on a cruise ship in 2023.

• Canada. I crossed over the border from America into Canada on a visit to Niagra Falls.
• USA. I first visited America in 1980 but have since visited many times & lived there for around 3½ years.
• Jamaica. I went to Jamaica for two weeks in 1991.

• Mexico. I crossed the border from America to Mexico in 1980 when on holiday with my parents.
• Peru. I visited Peru in 2013 on an escorted coach tour. The highlight of the trip was visiting Machu Picchu.
• Brazil. I will visit Brazil in 2023 on a cruise.

• China I visited China in 2014 on an escorted coach tour & also went on a cruise up the Yangtze River.

These holidays were all taken as part of an escorted tour group & were predominantly taken on coaches but may have included flights or trains as well.

• National Parks & Monuments. My tour of National Parks & Monuments in the USA was my first ever escorted tour.
• Southern States Tour. My Southern States Tour in America was taken with my Uncle Dave. We also added a short break in New York to the holiday after the coach tour finished.
• Peru 2013. My tour of Peru was taken on a coach.
• China 2014. My tour of China was taken on coaches, trains & aeroplanes. I also added a river cruise to the end of it & cruised up the Yangtze River.

My first cruise was one across the Atlantic onboard the Queen Mary II, with my mum because she was unable to fly & this was the only way we could get to America. I then did an add-on to a coach tour I did in China & cruised up the Yangtze River. Years later I went on my first full cruise around the Mediterranean & I was hooked, within a year I had booked another 3 cruises.

• Atlantic Cruise on Queen Mary II. A week's cruise with my mum on our way to America in 2011.
• Yangtze River Cruise. My Yangtze River cruise was an add-on to my tour around China in 2014.
• Mediterranean Cruise October 2022. This Mediterranean cruise set off from Valencia & then stopped in Marseille, Savona, Civitavecchia, Naples & Palma de Mallorca before returning to Valencia.
• Mediterranean Cruise February 2023. This Mediterranean cruise set off from Alicante & then stopped in Genoa, Marseille, Barcelona, Tangier, Casablanca, Ceuta & Malaga before returning to Alicante.
• Mediterranean Cruise May 2023. This Mediterranean cruise set off from Valencia & then stopped in Marseille, Savona, Civitavecchia, Oristano & Palma de Mallorca before returning to Valencia.
• Cruise to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. This cruise to Brazil will set off from Barcelona & then stop in Cadiz, San Cruz de Tenerife, & then cross the Atlantic to Brazil where it will stop off at Recife, Salvador Bahia, Ilheus & finally Rio de Janeiro. At Rio, I will stay at Copacabana Beach for a while so that I can look around Rio properly before flying back to Madrid.

 I have been on many short trips & journeys from wherever I have been living at the time. These are many of the short trips I have been on.

• Rome Weekend. My trip to Rome was for an extended weekend with my friend Paul.
• Amsterdam Weekend. My trip to Amsterdam was a weekend trip for my friend Martin's 40th birthday.
• Gibraltar. I went to Gibraltar from Spain with my mum.
• Emirates Stadium Tour. I took an Emirates Stadium Tour with my friend Derek.
• The Nao Victoria. I took a short trip to see the Nao Victoria in Cartagena with my friend Adrian.
• Cordoba Flamenco Festival. I went to Cordoba to stay for a few days so I could see the Flamenco Festival there.
• La Union Mine Tour. I took a short trip to La Union mines with my friend Adrian.
• Disney World Day. I took a trip to Disney World with my friend Karys when I was in Florida in 2017.
• El Carmoli walking Tour. I took this local walking tour to look around El Carmoli in 2017.
• Aguilas Carnival. I went to see the Aguilas Carnival in 2017.
• River rafting on the Segura River. I have been river rafting on the Segura River a couple of times.
• Cordoba Patio Festival. I went to Cordoba this time to see the Patio Festival that is held there annually.
• Algar Waterfalls. I took a day trip by coach to see the Algar Waterfalls with my friend Diane.
• Florentino Pérez Bodega tour. I took the Bodega tour by coach in 2022.
• Texas in Albacete. I went to see the group Texas in Albacete & stayed for a couple of days to look around Albacete.
• Murcia Flower Festival. I took a coach trip to see the Murcia Flower Festival in April 2023.
• Bob Dylan in Alicante. I went to see singer, songwriter & poet, Bob Dylan in concert in Alicante in June 2023.
• Rod Stewart in Murcia. I went to see the singer Rod Stewart at a concert in Murcia in July 2023.
• Simply Red in Murcia. I will be going to see the group Simply Red at a concert in Murcia.

I have been on many other holidays that may not fit well into other sections of my website so I will add them here as I remember them or take them.

• Jamaica. I took this trip to Jamaica in 1991, a short time after recovering from a life-threatening car accident in 1990.
• USA road trip. This was my first ever trip to America & was taken in 1980 with my parents & sister.
• Queen Mary II. This cruise & road trip was taken so I could take my mum to my apartment in Cocoa Beach in 2011.
• Spain 2014. This trip to Madrid & Barcelona with my friend Paul changed my life forever.