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My Recent Trip to Spain
During my final year of work, as I planned for retirement, I imagined that Barbara and I would do some travelling. A few years earlier, for instance, we had the opportunity to travel to Italy, Greece, and Turkey, a 13-day cruise that we thoroughly enjoyed. Thus, I began to think about other countries I’d like to visit. I thought about Israel because I would like to walk where Jesus walked, and I thought about Ireland because having already explored the Italian half of my heritage, I also want to explore the Irish half. Unfortunately, the current COVID 19 situation and quarantine have effectively postponed all those thoughts and adventures for a while. Fortunately, I was able to visit Spain recently for three weeks with my daughter Maria.
“But that’s impossible,” you’re thinking. And you’re absolutely right. There’s no way I was able to travel to Spain under the circumstances. And if you know me or if you’ve read some of my previous posts, you know that our daughter Maria passed away five years ago at age 30 after a short battle with cancer. However, I was able to vicariously travel to Spain with Maria because she went there in 2008 when she was a senior in college, and she left behind the journal she kept during that unique experience. I finally read that journal recently. Let me tell you about our journey.
