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 Our last day in Grenada.  Hard to believe. Glo's request for the trip was for us to visit the chapel where Isabella (Queen Isabel de Castile) and Ferdinand were buried: the Royal Chapel of Grenada.  To her credit, she arranged the tour and everything (for which I was very thankful).  Tours aren't usually given of the capilla  so she had to arrange a private tour. We checked out of our AirBnb and actually got the cars out of the parking structure easily.  It was the first time I had seen them tucked away, and to Mark and Trevor's credit, they had parked them perfectly.  We found a parking structure fairly close to the capilla  which made me question if we could've driven everyday....but where's the fun (and steps) in that? We met our guide (literally can't remember his name), and we were off.  Just standing outside, waiting to get in, Glo pointed out the F and I running around the structure, something I wouldn't have even noticed.  Can y...

I have learned from working with the youth at church that one of the best ways to get "buy-in" from them with activities and such is to let them take the lead on what we do.  As such, when we travel as a family now, I ask everyone if there is anything specific they want to do on the trip.  Mark's request? That we visit a convent in Granada where the cloistered nuns sell dulces .  With more research, Glo discovered that there are multiple convents and monasteries that do this. So, and I hate to admit this, after I found the names and addresses for the main places we wanted to see, I asked ChatGPT to make me a walking route.  WOW! It was really the first time I had used ChatGPT to do something like this, and it saved me hours of planning time.  We titled this event "A View of Granada through a Donut Hole", and it was a major win. The day before, I had chosen to wear my comfy sandals, not thinking that we would end up walking ten miles, but they didn't quite ha...

At this point in my story, I need to talk about the TripIt app. A man in our ward was talking about the app in a talk of his (and no, he doesn't work for the company, or anything), so I had a look.  I discovered that there's another app (not related) that seemed to be even better, but when I compare $29/per person/per month for that app, versus FREE on TripIt, I went with TripIt.  It was a mental life-saver for me.  Everybody had access to the daily plans and addresses and times and locations, so there were no questions for me asking me details of the day.  I will use it every time from now on when I'm planning vacations with multiple people.  In fact, writing this blog, I am looking back at the app to remind myself of what we did. Because of Trevor's celiac disease, Hannah was very mindful and very helpful when planning the trip in regards to food.  I don't know if it's an EU regulation, but wow, Europe is so forward-living in regards to gluten-free food. ...