Diabetic travel blog articles, tips and insights for safe and happy travel. I’ve created many slide shows to music (videos). This page shows them all, regardless of the country.
From Gibraltar it was a several hours’ drive directly north to the city of Cordoba. We originally planned to see Andalucia in a clockwise direction beginning in Cordoba and heading south to Granada. But then I learned about Seville’s world famous Corpus Christi celebration and I redesigned the wheel to start in Seville and end in Córdoba.
In our rental car we headed south from Granada to Nerja, Malaga, Setenil de las Bodegas, Ronda to arrive at Gibraltar. Our biggest surprises were the caves! We are not typically cave people but the Cuevas de Nerja and St. Michael’s Cave in Gibraltar are among the most memorable sights from our entire 25 day trip.
We rented a car in Seville and headed east toward Granada. Conveniently on the way is the town of Antequera, home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site the Dolmen of Menga, as well as the Alcazaba at the highest point of the town. After a brief visit and lunch, we headed on to Granada where the list of sights to see, of course, merits more than a brief stop.
What a tremendous city to visit! We took the fast train from Madrid to Seville on Corpus Christi day, scheduled to put us at the cathedral exactly as the procession arrived. Sadly, the weather was spitting rain, and they cancelled Corpus Christi. The guard at the cathedral looked at me as if I had two heads when I innocently asked, “Are they postponing it ’til tomorrow?” We learned Corpus Christi is on the special Thursday, or not at all!
For the first six days of our Spain adventure in June 2023 we rented an airbnb apartment in the La Latina quarter of Madrid and visited Madrid, and took personally-guided day trips via train to Cuenca, Ávila, Segovia and Toledo.
Did you know that Bethlehem is in the West Bank? We didn’t know this before our trip. What an extraordinary view we were given into both conflicting cultures.
At Jan Thiel Beach, south of Willemstad in Curacao, lives the Dolphin Academy. The Dolphin Academy offers swimming, snorkeling and diving opportunities with the dolphins. As a diabetic I have never learned to dive. I thought about it one day. I imagined myself deep underwater, realizing my sugar is low
First of all, it would be short – a 4 day / 3 night getaway. We would pack light. Secondly, we would do the things Greg wanted to do – go to a comedy show, go to a Korean restaurant, see Stephen Colbert at the Late Show.
Although we didn’t spend a great deal of time in Waterford, it was key destination for us, as it is the home of the “Powers” family, aka, “dePooer” family. Me, I’m a Scottish “Kirkwood”, that is, a “Church-in-the-Woods,” but Greg now, he’s a “Poor-person”. He was sad to learn that.
Several days spent on the Dingle Peninsula and Ring of Kerry, followed by a quick visit to Blarney Castle. We watched others kiss the stone, but we had no interest. There was a man there who disinfected the stone from time to time. But back to Kerry. I had read
We dashed down from Killybegs through Sligo and Mayo, stopping for lunch at Ashford Castle, and arrived in Galway City. After a brief plane-ride to Innishmore in the Arran Islands, we took a pony-cart ride around the island. Our ferry ride back to Galway City included a float-by of the
Fast on the heels of Ex-Tropical-Storm Alex, our first day in Donegal was filled with gray scudding clouds, brilliant blue skies, fierce winds, raindrops and everything in between.
We arrived in Dublin for a quick one-day visit before grabbing our rental car and heading north out of town. We’d left most of Dublin to the end of the trip – a new COVID technique. We would need an extra day at the end to get our PCR test,
While in Takayama, Japan, we took a quick day-trip to Shirakawa-go, a small village chock full of “gassho” houses, set in the mountains west of Takayama. Gassho houses are traditional A-frames built in the mountains of Japan. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, visitors flock to the village of Shirakawa-go to
Hello, my name is Wendy Kirkwood Powers and this is my travel blog with travel tips and travel stories for diabetics and non-diabetics alike. |
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I am a type 1 diabetic, and have been for fifty-three years. From Antarctica to Svalbard, Australia to Africa, I’ve visited every continent. With my husband Greg, I have been on safari to Africa, wandered among the blue boobies in the Galapagos, slogged through jungle mud in Laos, and he has even chased an ocelot in Costa Rica (with his camera!) Our travel has taken careful planning, and constant attention to what is most important. I want to give you the inspiration and travel tips to enable you also to look beyond your own personal challenges, to not hide behind those words “I could never” and to see the world. |
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Scotland Sand and Sea - an unusual view of the Islands and Highlands of Scotland in paperback and Kindle from Amazon |
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Antarctica: Voyage Beyond the End of the World Glimpses of penguins, seals, whales and ice collide with fragments of shipboard life and cold feet. in paperback and Kindle from Amazon |
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Amazon - The River Grows on You - My top three Amazon experiences? The amazing mud cliffs and boats along the huge Amazon ... in paperback from Amazon |
