08-02-2019 – We are leaving Madrid today and heading on to Toledo, Spain. I got up early to make sure we were all packed up and started cooking some onions for our breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast. When Wayne got up I took the eggs out and started to crack them only to discover…
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Day 44 – Madrid
08-01-2019 – Today we were up and out the door early… and we drove…haha. We had tickets to the Reina Sofía Museum. You might remember in previous posts when we traveled to Guernica. We talked about the brutal bombings of civilians and about Pablo Picasso and his Guernica painting. This is the museum where that…
Day 43 – Madrid
July 31, 2019 – I made us a big breakfast before we headed out to see the sights of Madrid. As we headed out of the apartment building, I told Wayne the name of the train station (San Cristobal) that we needed to walk to (I marked it on the map program) and we started…
Day 42 – Salamanca to Madrid via Segovia
July 30, 2019 – We were very sad to leave Salamanca, but on to – MADRID! We were excited to finally see the capital but also for a interesting side trip we just couldn’t pass up with a quick stop in a town called Segovia to check out their ancient Roman aqueduct. We walked out…
Day 41 – Salamanca
July 29, 2019 – It was another whirlwind tour today, but this time of Salamanca. Our only regret is how we wish we could stay longer. What a neat place! We have only been here 12 hours and can already tell it is special. We started our day early by walking out of our room…
Day 40 – Porto to Salamanca via Ávila
July 28, 2019 – This was a jam packed day… this will be a long post, but it was a great day! Enjoy We loved our time in Porto/Gaia, but it was time to say goodbye to the beautiful city, our cute apartment, my grocer friends, the loud dudes at the bar below and the…
Day 29 to 39 in Porto – Monuments, Old Town, Eats and Wizards!
Funicular dos Guindais and Muralha Fernandina – The original “Funicular dos Guindais” was built by the Portuguese engineer, Raul Mesnier, who was a well-respected Portuguese lift and funicular builder. The funicular was inaugurated in the June 4, 1891, however, two years later, a serious accident occurred that ended up closing the line. Fortunately, it didn’t…
Day 29 to 39 in Porto – Another Beach Walk
July 23, 2019 – We had such a nice beach walk when we walked to Foz we decided to walk to the beach along the Gaia side of the River. We heard the beaches there are beautiful as well. We kind of got a later start and lacked energy, so I made a big egg,…
Day 29 to 39 in Porto – Port Wine
Port is an iconic wine with a storied history and tradition that we found out is alive and well today. So what exactly is “Port” wine? Port wine is what is know as a “fortified” wine in which the fermentation process is stopped short with the addition of neutral “grape spirits” to raise the alcohol level…
Day 29 to 39 in Porto – Beach Walk and Bridges
We wanted to get down to the Atlantic Ocean and check out the coastal areas on both sides of the Douro River. It is supposed to be beautiful. It is a pretty easy bus ride, shuttle (in an old VW Van – haha) or tram ride to get there. Or you can choose to walk…