Category: Spain

  •         Couldn’t find anything truly representative of the season, so I chose this.  The Magic Fountain in Barcelona.  Very cool.  A must see thing in Barcelona, Spain…and festive all the time.  To set this up, we got off the train from a day trip to Montserrat and came up to the Plaza…

  • On our arrival in Lisbon. Portugal, we were saddened to be informed that my cousin Lynn’s husband Dale had succumbed to cancer. Keeping in mind that we are not Catholic, and neither are Dale and Lynn, we decided on an appropriate tribute (we think) in that we were in Spain and Portugal, both of which…

  • Dean and Laynni say hi from Burgos, Spain.  They did Spain in a bit different way, on foot.  Check it out. http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dinojay2/29/1350236989/tpod.html  

  •   A new post from my favourite travel blog.  They are hiking the 800 km Camino de Santiago Trail in Spain, an ancient pilgrimage route.  Enjoy, it is good stuff.   A Podiatrist’s Dream   Related articles A 1000 kilometre walk starts with a single step (guardian.co.uk)  

  • Just a quick update for you all. Arrived in Barcelona yesterday evening after a week of little Internet access. Spent a beautiful week in Seville then cruised to Madeira islands then to the Canary Islands. I can hardly wait to get home and put fingers to keyboard. This is a photo of the bull ring…

  • Flew into Madrid from Lisbon and took a train to Toledo. I think the world’s longest escalator is here. Relaxing day then on to Seville.

  • As the countdown clock hits 4 months to Lisbon, I am starting to get really pumped for this trip.  Lori has put together one heck of an itinerary for us.  Having said that, I ran across this article in Fotopedia and it has added to my excitement.  Barcelona appears to be a beautiful place. Fotopedia…