SPAIN / SEVILLE

Postcards from the Royal Palace in Seville, Spain On a warm summer afternoon my daughters and I threaded our way through the cool array of courtyards, elaborately tiled chambers and sculpted gardens of the Alcázar, the oldest royal palace still in use in Europe. When members of Spain’s royal family take a spin to Seville for a visit,…

UNITED KINGDOM / GIBRALTAR

That was Spain. This is Gibraltar. DRIVE ACROSS THE BORDER FROM SPAIN TO GIBRALTAR and in a matter of minutes you’re at the foot of the world’s most famous rock. Up close, it takes a minute or two to visually scale and take in its sheer height and mass. And you are far from Spain. After…