A Fairly Fabulous Day

I turned 30 this year!  Whoa, me a 30 year old....it's hard to believe, probably even harder for my parents.  But onward and upward!  Porter told me he was taking me somewhere for my birthday, but wouldn't tell me where.  On the morning of my birthday he gave me a card with boarding passes to: Barcelona! I was so excited to go to a warm beach town in October for my birthday.  Our plan: a little R&R. Sleep in, stroll the city, have good food and drink, take in the architecture and enjoy the sunshine. Birthday Dinner Porter booked us at the Melia.  I was expecting some budget hotel.  Oh no no no, it was a 5 star hotel!  We had a beautiful room with an amazing view, and every morning we had the best breakfasts ever.  I was in heaven. Our view of the Mediterranean. We stopped by La Sagrada Familia, a cathedral by Goudi that has been under construction for over 100 years.  It is stunning!  But if y...

We had a few days where we could go on a quick holiday, so we decided to head down to Cornwall.  We had never been, so decided to make the trek.  It took a good 6 hours to drive there.  We made a few stops along the way to break up the drive.  Porter hadn't been to Avebury Henge, it's the largest henge with a kilometer diameter.  Also, you can touch the stones!!!  Porter loved it. Porter boosted me up to take this photo. After a long drive, lots of traffic around Bristol, several rest stops and 2 bags of peanut M&M's later we made it to Newquay.  We stayed at Dewolf Guest House .  It was a cute little B&B ran by a couple who own Siberian Huskies.  They were very sweet and the location was good. The first stop was St. Michaels Mount.  It's a town with a castle on this little island by Penzance (yes, like in Pirates of Penzance) that is only accessible at low tide via causeway.  We looked at the tidal sch...