A visit to Andalucía wasn’t in our travel plans going in to 2024. However, we had to cancel a planned trip to Madeira after our holiday package company changed our flights. My Brother in Law, David, knowing we were disappointed and suddenly holiday-less, offered us the opportunity to share an Air BnB with him and Donna in Torrox, Spain.
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In June 2022 we visited Estepona, Andalucía, Spain for a weeks holiday. We booked an all inclusive hotel which was shown as being in Estepona but, although it was in the Estepona region, it was located eight miles from the main town.
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In September 2019 we visited Dubrovnik for a weeks holiday, staying in an Air BnB located on a hill behind the Old Town. We transferred from the airport to the hotel by taxi as we had no plans to hire a car.
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Our trips out to the states started a few years before we first boarded a plane to New York. During the late nineties my brother was offered a job in the US, based in the Princeton area of New Jersey and the family made the brave decision to move there.
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We like Rhodes. In fact we like Rhodes so much we’ve been going back most years since our first visit in 2017. A return in 2024 wasn’t initially in last years holiday plans but an offer for a cheap, all inclusive, week away by tour operator, TUI tempted us in to returning last May.
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In August 2022 we made a return trip to Disneyland Paris with Jo, Bel and Ted after having really enjoyed a previous visit in 2019. We decided to stay at the Davy Crockett Ranch, a Disney resort, which is just a short car ride from the Disney Parc.
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I think the relentless dull, grey, dreary weather we had in the UK through, January and February, at the start of last year, made us think of getting away to find some warm sunshine.
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2024 was a strange year for our travel exploits as we went into the new year with two holidays booked and, as it happened, cancelled both of them.
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We spent the last two days of our holiday exploring the Medina and Ville Nouvelle. I was keen to walk around the outside of the Marrakesh Wall, which encloses the Medina.
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Tuesday was excursion day so we were up early for our trip out to Ouzoud Falls in the Middle Atlas Mountains – the tallest waterfall in North Africa. It was a three hour coach trip from the hotel and we set off just after 7am. It was quite nice to leave the bustle of Marrakesh behind us and drive out into the more rural area outside the city.
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Steve Hyde 