Thursday Ramble: Three Years Ago

I had to double check the embedded data on the photo to verify the date. It seems hard to believe. Three years ago, we were in Spain.  An overnight flight as I recall from New York, I remember finding an empty middle row in the back section of the plane, putting up the armrests and stretching out and sleeping for a few hours - one of the best transAtlantic flights I have had.  We spent a few nights in Madrid, then about a week in Malaga, then back to Madrid to fly home. 

It seems longer ago than that, but it feels like just yesterday that we took that trip.  My resounding memory of Spain, is that by and large the people were happy. Not in a fake, I get paid to smile way, but in a genuine life is good way.   There seemed to be a focus on living comfortably, making the most of what is at hand, and taking time to just be you. 

The markets were spectacular, and the restaurant food reflected that. Fresh, local, seasonal in a relatively warm and sunny climate results in wonderful food that is savored. 

It is nice traveling to places where you don't have to live with the bureaucracy, or politics.  It is easy to avoid the politics when your language skills peak at ordering lunch. 

My photo archive is approaching 110,000 images. Many of them remind me of places I have been, things I have experienced. Digital memories of a life well lived. 

Where to next? San Antonio, Bermuda, the Azores, Carthenia, Barcelona, Rome, Milan, Vienna, and Paris are on the agenda for 2026. More adventures, that I will look back on in three years and wonder how it can be so long, seems like just yesterday. 

Where were you three years ago?