A hotter day as we were heading for a high of 32C, which is a lot on the top deck of a hop on hop off bus. We decided to get another 24 hour ticket and complete the red route, given we’d had to abandon that less than half way on Wednesday in order to […]

We still had ¡travel time on our Hop on hop off bus ticket so we walked to the first stop and bused to Park Guell. It’s another World Heritage site that was designed by Gaudi as part of an intended housing subdivision. His father bought the first show home and he and his father and […]

This was a big day. Hop on hop off bus in the morning, followed by a visit to the Sagrada Familia in the afternoon then a tour and concert at Casa Batilo, which is one of Antonio Gaudi’s former homes. The big focus was on the modernist architecture of Barcelona, much of which was influenced […]

Our host ordered a taxi for us which arrived on time and we were able to purchase unappealing sandwiches to take on the train. The train from Seville to Granada had no restaurant car and we were a bit anxious given this was a 5 hour journey. The train was uncharacteristically 10 minutes late and […]

Today we had tickets for the Mosque-Cathedral and hop on hop off bus. We booked our visits in the wrong order in retrospect. Should have done the bus tours first before it got too hot and the Mosque-Cathedral later as we would be inside. Oh well. There is a lovely green courtyard that has a […]

Poor Mike did not have a good night. Lots of coughing and then this morning his eye was much worse. Barb had downloaded some walking tours and set off to explore and we set about finding a pharmacy open on a Sunday. There was one not too far away, but they said he needed antibiotic […]

We waited for our taxi along the street a bit as our building in on just a walking part that has steps. Our Airbnb host booked us a taxi for 11 am and she arrived on time and in a vehicle big enough. We were able to get a very nice slice of heated Spanish […]

This was our day to visit the Alhambra palaces and gardens. It was due to be hot but we set off in the morning as our booked time for the Nazarene Palace was at 10am. We planned to leave earlier but I was feeling a bit tired so had extra time in bed. That didn’t […]

We had a walk through the city to find a breakfast place. Barbara tried to lose us but eventually we found a suitable spot. We chose the bio breakfast which was essentially fruit with muesli and yoghurt and looked and tasted great. We successfully got ourselves to the correct train station and onto the correct […]

We had booked a ride from Carvoeiro to Seville as the trains to Granada were going to take a very long time as were flights. We figured a night in Seville would break the journey and give us a new city to check out. We’d had good communication from the driver but had to give […]