Day 31 We slept in a bit and made our way down to catch breakfast before it was over. Had a great buffet breakfast which our kids love cause we load up on yogurt and fruits for them. We wanted to check out Llafranc which was another town about 5 minute drive from us. So …
Our flight was at 3 PM (landing around 4;30). We thought an hour to get our rental sorted and 1.5 hours to get to our hotel in Palafrugell would be more than enough time. It wasn’t, we arrived at our hotel around 9 PM. So today was a complete write-off in terms of getting anything …
We started the day with a hike up Albayzin. Its a neighbourhood in Granada that looks up to the Alhambra and has some great view points for pictures and scenery. The hills make for a tough walk but well worth the effort. Before getting to Mirador San Nicolas we wanted to stop by a little …
Looking forward to something for an entire trip is both exciting and depressing. Seeing buildings, places, or monuments that are compared to the Alhambra, that are amazing in and of themselves, really gives you something to look forward to. Knowing that everything you see up to that point will simply not match up to the …
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Staying another night in Ubeda would have been easy. We enjoyed our short visit there and were lucky enough to stumble upon one of our best meals in Spain. We headed out after breakfast at our hotel, there was a Carrefour (European Walmart?) close by so we grabbed a few things for the kids and …
So we rented a car to go to Granada. Ubeda and Baeza are two small towns on the way that we wanted to see, so we booked the only hotel available the night before. The 1.5 hour drive is outstanding, through olive tree filled mountain and countryside. The province of Jaen produces more olives than …
After a chill day we wanted to get our site seeing in so we started pretty early and headed straight to the Mezquita (mosque-cathedral). We expected it to be nice but it blew us away. The first part of the Cathedral dates back more than 1400 years and has been added onto multiple times both …
Our day started with an early high speed Renfe train to Cordoba. Our first time with no issues, we even had time to enjoy some McDonalds ADB. We get on the train and its packed, every seat is full of UTEP students and a bunch of snoring old men. It was a 45 minute trip …
Today we had brunch at an amazing spot Desayunos that was in Barrio La Macarena which was about a 15 minute walk for us. The breakfast was a hit and the Blueberry muffin we ordered for our son came with vanilla icing so the added sugar was great to start the day… We did a little shopping in …
We knew we would enjoy this day. Visiting the Alcázar had us pretty excited since we arrived in Seville so we wanted to get there pretty early and take our time enjoying the Palace inside and out. We had a few things we wanted to do beforehand though so we stopped for a morning coffee with …
Today we woke up with a mission to see us some Seville. We got going right away, put on our sunscreen, grabbed our morning café con leché and headed through the narrow streets for Plaza de Espana. Wikipedia tells us it was built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. Usually we are all …
Seville, the capital of Andalusia is a beautiful and romantic city. An under appreciated culinary hotspot and also one of the hottest cities in Western Europe. When you are walking through the narrow streets covered in shade and you see an unshaded intersection looming ahead, you start to lose faith that you will make it through …