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Sipping Sangria in Spain

Sipping Sangria in Spain is one of those pleasurable activities that you just have to do. We ordered a Sangria on the street known as La Rambla in Barcelona and sat sipping it for at least 90 minutes. We didn’t appreciate that we’d ordered the extra large size until it came – but with nothing [...]

14 Travel Bloggers & Their 33 Favourite Places To Stay

A few weeks ago I approached a number of travel bloggers and asked this question. What are your 1-3 all time favourite places to stay – be it a hotel, inn, hostel etc – and why??? I’ve had a huge range of answers from budget through to luxury, from Malaysia, Phillipines and Thailand through to [...]

Biking Andalusia: Alhama de Granada to Colmenar

Lying in bed we can hear the rain pounding the pavement. Not how I imagined our bike ride through Andalusia. We’ve asked for an 8 o’clock breakfast and we stick to the timetable – shower and show up in our warmest cycling gear. The rain has puddled at the entrance to the breakfast room. It’s [...]

Biking Andalusia: Granada to Alhama de Granada

Our recent holiday in Spain was a mixture of city sightseeing and biking the white villages of Andalucia. Biking Andalucia was certainly the highlight. In fact the bike portion of the trip over delivered on the scenery. Our bike ride took us from Granada to Ronda, a distance of only 250 kilometers over 5 days. [...]

Book Reviews

Book Review: Leading at the Edge

Though it’s been almost 100 years since Shackleton’s ill-fated voyage, his leadership style and lessons in the face of adversity still ring true. Those lessons are used as a backdrop for Dennis N.T. Perkin’s book, Leading at the Edge. Dennis brings his considerable talent as the CEO of The Syncretics Group, a company that specializes in effective [...]

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