SF East Bay Travel Talk: Southern Spain - March 8 (online, everyone welcome)

TRAVEL TOPICs for March 8

Destination Topic 1: Spain, hear from Tammy after her visit to Southern Spain

Destination Topic 2: where have you been? where are you going next?

Discussion Topic: how do you research restaurants for your trips?
do you research in advance?
what sources do you use?
do you make reservations in advance?
what is the split of your meals: reservations / some research / completely wing it

FUTURE ONLINE MEETINGS: 2nd Saturdays, except as noted

(April - no meeting)

May 10, 2025 11am - 1pm PT
Destination topic 1: Japan with Barbara
Destination or discussion topic 2: choice of destinations from TexasTravelMom (TBD)

Jun 14, 2025 11am - 1pm PT
Destination topic 1: Greece/Albania/N Macedonia trip with CWsocial
Destination topic 2: Asia trip report with Andrea

(July - no meeting)
(August - no meeting)

I plan to be there.

Yes, please! I’m in Southern Spain now, but will be back in time for meeting.

I’ll be available to join too. Love Spain, can’t wait to hear about everyone’s experiences.

I plan to be there. I know very little about Spain so this will be interesting.

I want to see Jean's pictures!

I'd like to be there

I hope to be there.

I'd like to join. I'm new.

I'd like to join as well, if I may. Looking forward to hearing about some of my favorite places and seeing photos too.

Hi Catherine,
please save me a place if there is one still open.

I’d like to join please.

Love Southern Spain! Please count me in.
Thank you!

GY, I have sent you a message on this forum with setup instructions. Please reply to that message to receive the meeting link.

Everyone, I'm looking forward to hearing from Tammy, who has been to some interesting, and new to me, places in Spain.

I will send the meeting link before Saturday.

Does anyone have an upcoming trip that you'd like to share in the August meeting? Please drop me a line or comment on this thread!

¡Buen provecho a todos!

GY, please check your forum messages and follow the setup instructions for the meeting. Upon receiving your reply, I will send you the meeting link.

Everyone else, you've been to the meetings before so you already know the drill and I've sent you all the link.

There is still room for anyone who would like to join our Saturday trip to Spain!

Hi CWsocial, sorry I have the conflict with your meeting time this week! You’re welcome to pull some of my recent travel photos off of my Facebook posts if you want to share the excellent evening Light Show at the Alcazar in Sevilla or even some photos of lovely Estepona. And two thumbs up on the Hammam bath, Kessa & massage experiences at Malaga & especially at Cordoba!

I read past reviews of the Light Show & apparently last year’s was a blatant advertisement throughout the garden for some utility company - whew! Glad that was gone this year!

Thanks, Jean, we will have a look!

Interesting about the light show advertisement - I'm glad I missed that!

Last chance for anyone who would like to join tomorrow!

Hi, just a quick confirmation please. You will change your clocks AFTER the meeting, correct?

TIA

are you doing that tommorrowwww?

panic

panic

oh no!!

now I'm confused

Clocks change tonight, after the meeting.

Panic subsides....

Tammy's pictures got everyone talking and thinking for sure, just sometimes in that order. Ha.

Thanks for hosting us CW and to all who chimed in --

but regarding 'chiming in'

I want to apologize on behalf of all those who spoke for butchering the pronunciation of so many names and dishes and people! Oy, it was worse than listening to BBC presenters talking about Mexico! Sombras gigantes oscureciendo el terreno.

Yes, thank you Tammy for showing photos while jet lagged! Brought back many nice memories of my trip to Spain.

Thanks for the meeting and sorry I had to leave a bit early. Life is a bit crazy right now!

Thanks, Tammy, for pulling your photos together in such a short time after your return. And good luck managing your big move!

Thank you for hosting, Avirosemail!

Thanks CW, Avi, and Tammy. Tammy: Congrats, and good luck with your move.

Thank you CW, Avi, Tammy and everyone.

Tammy, your pictures brought memories of my trip to Andalucia a few years ago. I never walked the Caminito del Rey though, and your pictures both terrified me and made me want to walk it! :-o