by Karen Warren | Last updated Mar 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s been another busy year for me. On the travel front, I’ve ticked off some bucket list items and discovered (or re-discovered) a few new things. And, apart from travel, there’s been a house move and a new family member – an eventful time! We began the year with a...
by Karen Warren | Last updated Dec 21, 2018 | Spain
The gardens at the Alcazar of Córdoba may be smaller than those of rival palaces in Seville and Granada, but they are still impressive. Even in the rain. We had walked through Córdoba’s UNESCO listed historic centre, from the magnificent La Mezquita to the little...
by Karen Warren | Last updated Dec 21, 2018 | Spain
The cavernous space of La Mezquita in Córdoba makes me think of Russian dolls. Standing right in the middle of the 8th century mosque is a perfectly formed Renaissance cathedral. What is more, the mosque grew out of an earlier Visigoth church, which was itself built...
by Karen Warren | Last updated Dec 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
This post is sponsored by Exodus Travels. What are your seven wonders of the world? Exodus, the adventure travel specialists, have been asking this question, and they’ve got me thinking about my own seven wonders – those places with the “wow” factor, the ones...
by Karen Warren | Last updated Nov 23, 2018 | Greenland
We were out at sea, surrounded by icebergs of all shapes and sizes. It was almost midnight, and the sun was hovering in the sky, casting an otherworldly light on the ice. I had never seen anything like it. This was Ilulissat, the iceberg capital of the world, on the...
