From The Algarve we had our sights set on Nazaré on Portugal’s central coast, but none of us had the appetite to drive the almost five hours between the two […]
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The Algarve
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Bilbao and the Basque Coast
Bilbao is an industrial port city located roughly 15 kilometers/10 miles inland from the coast and served as our base for a few days to explore the Basque coastline between […]
San Sebastián
It was quite the trip down memory lane for the kids and me as we crossed the border into Spain from the train station in Hendaye in France: we’d walked […]
Biarritz
We had quite the utopian existence for our days in Biarritz on the Basque Coast: sleep in, breakfast, morning swim, lunch, afternoon surf, afternoon Basque nibbles, dinner, sleep, repeat. Biarritz […]
Arcachon and Bordeaux
After a week in the wine country of Burgundy and the Loire the kids and I were about done with vines, so while Lisa hobnobbed with French winemakers across the […]