my travels in pixels

Melbourne Australia Mt Martha bathing boxes on the Mornington Peninsula It’s a cold windy day in Melbourne as I look through some of the photos from the last few years, trying to decide which ones I will print and put on the walls. Dromana Pier during the day Our tenants in our rental unit had left in October after four years and the place had started to look a bit drab. Our agent had tried to re rent it but it soon became clear that without some updates it was going to remain empty. With quotes of $4k for carpet, $4k for blinds and $4k for painting we decided it might be a good opportunity to go home and do the work ourselves. It was too late to cancel our accommodation in Puerto Vallarta in January and February so we still went there, but I did manage to get United to change our tickets from South America to Melbourne, even though it meant we were actually making two flight out of LAX, instead of one being a return flight which is normally a no no. Dromana Pier at...

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We had been using trains to get to most of our destinations in Spain but in order to visit the White Towns, we needed to hire a car. I found a great deal for what I thought was a small car for only €25 for 3 days, but it really wasn't small enough! These towns were built before cars and some of the roads were very narrow. I chose three towns to stay in for one night each, visiting a few others along the way. Vejer de la Frontera - 63km from Cadiz Jimena de la Frontera -  106 km Gaucin - 26km Ronda 39km Setenil de las Bodegas - 16km Olvera - 30km Zahara de la Sierra - 30km Grazalema - 30km Arcos de la Frontera - 49km Back to Cadiz to drop off the car --> Ronda The first town was Ronda. We had an apartment in the centre of town and luckily found a car park nearly outside and that's where our car stayed until we left. Rhonda is known for the bridge that spans a 120 metre chasm. To get this photo we had to be a fair way down and it was a bit tricky w...

Cadiz As we crept further into winter, it made sense to move further south - and onto Cardiz. It turns out that it is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in Europe. A roman theatre was only discovered in 1980 after a fire destroyed some warehouses.

Seville Plaza de España The streets are lined with orange trees in this pretty town. Summer here is pretty hot and can climb into the 40°'s, so it's definitely a siesta town.  Seville orange trees Jewish Quarter Seville Cathedral The Puente de Isabel II, Puente de Triana or Triana Bridge The Plaza de toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla Plaza de España Plaza de España