Adventures in Europe Blog

Valencia Opera House
  • Easter travel

    21 April 2025 I hope you enjoyed a blessed Easter, Passover, or just a beautiful weekend.  My last week has been filled with more travels.  I’ll continue the travel adventures… Read more

  • Travels to and from Valencia

    Sunday, 13 April 2025 Top o’ the mornin’ to ya, from Cork on ye ole Emerald Isle.  So, I didn’t tell you about this trip before…even though it’s been planned… Read more

  • Deserts and Beaches

    6 April 2025 Spring has finally arrived in Valencia. After a cold, wet March, April has turned lovely! I received news from my lawyer this week that I finally have… Read more

  • Let’s go for a walk!

    30 March 2025 This has been a more calm week. No news on the visa. I’m still waiting for my attorney to get me an appointment with the police station.… Read more

  • Friends, Fallas & Fireworks

    23 March 2025 What a full week! My friends Eric and Dan were here this week from Boise to experience the craziness that is Fallas in Valencia. Monday, I went… Read more

  • Fallas!

    16 March 2025 (Warning! Long blog post, with lots of photos) After three weeks of the worst cold I’ve ever had, I’m finally getting better…and just in time! I had… Read more

  • Re-emerging

    9 March, 2025 It’s been another quiet week in Valencia. We have had an unusually wet week with so much rain that that they issued flood warnings and closed schools… Read more

  • Sick!

    2 March, 2025 I don’t have much to share this week. I’ve been home, sick with the worst head cold of my life. It’s just lots of congestion, coughing from… Read more

  • Music and friends.

    16 February 2025 First off, in my last post I misspoke. Thankfully! The concerts weren’t that week, they were this week. So, the last two weeks have really concentrated on… Read more

  • Quiet Weeks are Good Too

    2 February 2025 Choir has been getting busier and busier. That will consume my attention for the coming week. I’m trying to practice at home when I can with recordings… Read more

Welcome to my blog!

I’m Jim. After a divorce and then an unexpected layoff, just a couple years prior to retirement, I decided to jump start my retirement dream of living in Europe. After a trip to Spain, and specifically Valencia, I felt I had found my home. Lots of folks have asked to follow my adventures. So, Adventures in Europe was created. Feel free to follow along!

Stay updated with the latest twists and turns of a guy just crazy enough to follow his dream.

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