Gibraltar is part of the United Kingdom and guards the entrance to the Mediterranean. During my time in the U.S. Navy, my ships passed through the entrance and the Rock of Gibraltar was a welcome site indicating we had successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean. The...

Spain has a marvelous high speed train system which is very reasonably priced. For a small increase in cost, you can sit in the first-class section, but to be honest the main difference is three seats per row versus four. We took the...