Our luck chasing the sun finally ran our after our days on the Alentejo and Vicentina Coasts: everywhere on the Iberian Peninsula had rain the forecast following what looked to […]
Month: October 2021
The Alentejo and Vicentina Coasts
The last day of our time in Costa del Sol on Spain’s southern coast marked the expiry of our three month Eurail passes. Amazing to think we left California that […]
Our First Swim in Portugal
After we went on a really early plane to Portugal we rented a car and drove to a little beach town called Almograve. The town of Almograve was really, really […]
Some of the Last Beaches in Europe
I do not want to leave beaches because I do not know what I will do in cities. We stayed in a small town in Portugal with all white buildings. […]
Costa del Sol
Costa del Sol – the Coast of the Sun – stretches across Spain’s southern Andalusia province from Nerja in the east to La Línea de la Concepción near Gibraltar in […]
Nerja
Nerja is a little town just outside Malaga in front of the beach. It was a cute little apartment with a pool and a beach right in front. We stayed […]
Parque Nacional de Sierra Nevada
From our base in Nerja on Costa del Sol we made a day trip inland through the Sierra Nevada to Granda for some hiking in Parque Nacional de Sierra Nevada. […]
Board Shorts All Day
When we stayed in the town of Nerja, we went to two beaches in one day. We drove down to the beach and had to pay for parking but Mom […]
Seville’s Beauty
Seville was a really cool town that had a lot of extraordinary churches and palaces. We stayed in a fancy hotel with a pool on the roof. The day that […]
Seville
We chased the sun south to Seville from Madrid, leaving behind some rain that was due to hit the capital. On weekdays there’s a high-speed train almost every hour from […]
The Royal Alcázar of Seville
Even though the Royal Alcázar of Seville was only a couple of hours of our time in the city of Seville, it really deserves its own entry given the number […]
Madrid
It was a beautiful train ride from Bilbao to Madrid’s Chamartin station, a winding route through the rugged mountains of Montes Obarenes National Park with some incredible views out the […]