Category Europe 2025
Europe 2025 – Barcelona, Part One
May 12 – 14 Our final drive of the trip with Bev would take four hours or more as we needed to drop the rental car off at the Barcelona International Airport and then take a taxi into town and to our Airbnb, the Excellent Modernist Apartment, located in a nice neighborhood full of amenities. […]
Europe 2025 – Zaragoza
May 10 – 11 Our four hour drive to Zaragoza went smoothly and upon landing, it took us a bit of time to locate our Airbnb, the Cozy apartment with views and a large parking space, as it was in a high-rise complex where we had to temporarily park the car on the street and […]
Europe 2025 – Segovia, Part Two
May 8 – 9 Leaving Plaza de San Martin, we continued on what had now become familiar Calle Juan Bravo until we reached Plaza Mayor and decided to check out Restaurante Pandora for breakfast. It’s a busy place and so we were glad to get seated inside, ordering two breakfast specials, the first an Avocado […]
Europe 2025 – Segovia, Part One
May 8 – 9 Our drive to Segovia would be another short one, but with nothing much to see on the way we stayed at the condo until check out time which would get us to our hotel right around check in time. The drive went well until we reached town and then we hit […]
Europe 2025 – Salamanca, Part Two
May 6 – 7 We continued walking down Calle Rua Mayor on the way to the university and entered a triangular little square with a monument honoring maestro Francisco de Salinas, a blind musicologist who taught at the University in the 16th century, one of many former professors celebrated around town. In the square we […]
Europe 2025 – Salamanca, Part One
May 6 – 7 Our drive this day to Salamanca would take us roughly 2-3 hours and so, as with our drive to Madrid, we opted to seek out a diversion or two on the way, one being the Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial and the other, the Valley of the Fallen. When […]
Europe 2025 – Madrid, Part Three
Blog Post 12-21-2025 Europe 2025 – Madrid, Part Three May 3 – 5 To kill time after our Taco Bell snack we drifted in and out of some of the shops on Calle del Arenal and then walked over to the area where the flamenco venue was located. This took a little longer than it […]
Europe 2025 – Madrid, Part Two
May 3 – 5 After leaving La Mallorquina, we walked a short distance to Plaza Mayor, which dates to Madrid’s glory days, the 1600s. Back then, this, not Puerta del Sol, was Madrid’s main square. The equestrian statue (wearing a ruffled collar) honors Philip III, who made this square the centerpiece of the budding capital […]
Europe 2025 – Madrid, Part One
May 3 – 5 As mentioned in the post before this one, the very short drive to Madrid offered us time to do some sightseeing on the way and so we decided to check out the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, one of the official residences of the Spanish royal family. Established in the 16th century […]
Europe 2025 – Toledo, Part Three
April 30 – May 2 We had two things on the agenda for the day, that would be to visit the Cathedral as well as trying to find a nice meal. With just those two things to do we loitered a bit at the apartment, getting caught up on chores (a bit of laundry, post […]
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