A Gothic-Romanesque-Baroque weekend in Salamanca and LeĂłn
Weekends are for car trips so we piled into the SUV and headed three hours north and west to the … Continue reading A Gothic-Romanesque-Baroque weekend in Salamanca and LeĂłn
Weekends are for car trips so we piled into the SUV and headed three hours north and west to the … Continue reading A Gothic-Romanesque-Baroque weekend in Salamanca and LeĂłn
Not far from Madrid are several small towns that have well preserved historic sites. Segovia is roughly an hour drive … Continue reading Day Tripping to Segovia and Avila
Instead of site seeing, we happily spent a few days visiting with friends in Illinois and then Michigan. Our hearts … Continue reading Great friends and a Great Lake
Our morning walk included exploring the neighborhood of Chiado. We passed the Opera house (Teatro Nacional de SĂŁo Carlos). In … Continue reading Exploring Lisbon’s Botanical beauty and a few museums too!
The sun shining, the temperature rising and several parks and kiosks were calling our names. Today was all about relaxing … Continue reading Segunda means Monday, Who has a case of the Segundas?
Today we took a long walk along the Tagus River. Yesterday, along with the thousands of girls waiting for a … Continue reading Lovely Lisboa on a Leisurely Sunday
One last coffee in Santiago de Compostela and we left Spain to make Lisboa our base for the next few … Continue reading From the Caminho to the Capital City…Lisboa here we come
Waking up and not filling our camelbaks or getting prepared to walk seems a bit odd, but nice. We actually … Continue reading Savoring Santiago: The day after
This morning we awoke with the roosters. No worries, all animals were accounted for; we had salad for dinner. Our … Continue reading Camino Complete and some Compostela Comradery
We arrived with a band of pilgrims at the ferry station a little before 8:00am. There was a nice looking … Continue reading Not ferry far to go