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  • Gaudi Picasso Barcelona

    August 25, 2026 Elliott and I got up and put to explore the city. We started at Mercat de la Boqueria. The market is giant and has all sorts of food prepped….it was fun to see but we did not end up eating. We decided to make our way to La Sagrada Família to check…

  • Lighthouse and on to Catalonia

    August 24, 2026 On our last day in Mallorca, we woke up early and went out to see the Lighthouse of Cap de Formentor. You have to be back from the lighthouse by 10am because they close the road to just the transit bus and bicycles. The road was another crazy windy road – vey…

  • Flowers of Alhambra

    A sampling of the flowers we found throughout Alhambra…. Enjoy!

  • Mallorca – Beaches and Crowds

    August 23, 2026 After waking up, I walked down to the beach and and got breakfast at the hotel restaurant. A lovely pan con tomate with ham and cheese. We first stopped at Lidl – the wine game was strong – nearly all 6 packs. And 2 liters of Samgria. We then took off for…

  • Granada and the airport

    August 22, 2026 We got up, moved the car, grabbed a snack and headed toward Alhambra. The fort on the hill was a city within the city. One quick interesting side detail is that they use your passport as your ticket – they scan it anytime you go in and out of the gate. Our…

  • Complicated hydropower, a cliff hike, and Granada

    August 21, 2026 Last night, I left the door to the balcony open. The cool night breeze and the soundtrack of the river flowing through the canyon made it a lovely night – and hard to actually get up and moving. We did however get up and off to the Caminito del Rey. In 1901,…

  • Ronda and a Cave Village

    August 20, 2026 We slept in and all enjoyed the rest. When we got up to leave it had started raining – it worked out because the rain stopped soon and returned to clear and quite warm. We decided to go to Sentinel de las Bodegas – a cave village. When I was last in…

  • Seville or Sevilla…

    August 19, 2026 We woke up early in Madrid and walked through the city before the sun was up. We found our way to the city train (not the Metro) and caught the train at Atocha (Madrid’s main station) to Sevilla. The train ride was about 3 hours and we got in mid day –…

  • Madrid es muy caliente

    August 18, 2926 The flight into Madrid was uneventful – we arrived midday and made our way into the city. When we arrived, we ended up on the Metro versus the urban rail system – that meant 3 train changes but we got there. We were able to checkin early and got to set our…

  • August 17, 2026 Elliott and I decided to head to Spain – he had a spot between college orientation and move-in day. Spain has always been fun and we thought it would be fun. We will meet up with another friend and explore the south of Spain mostly. In a funny coincidence, we are leaving…