Avignon was a very pleasant surprise. The cathedral and Palais des Papes (Palace of the Popes) was amazing and the medieval village, Villenueve, was really something. Plaza near our AirBnb room Another eco planted wall like the one in Madrid and the one in Tacoma. Of course, it is waning because it is Fall. The…
It was a rather short ride to Perpignan and our accommodation was more on the rustic side, but very clean and well cared for. The city was delightful for walking, once we found our way around. My favorites were the canal and the Castillet. The Castillet – the entrance to the city through the old…
Here we are in Figueres, after a 4.5 hour high-speed train ride through Spain. [We thought we would at least catch a glimpse of Barcelona’s iconic architecture as we entered and left the train station. But, no, the Barcelona station is entirely underground. All we saw were suburbs and the black night of tunnels. Darn…
Laundry started, we headed for Reina Sofia this morning, eager to see everything. There was only one snag, the museum is closed on Tuesdays. It seems that you can do lots of research and miss some rather crucial bits. We were SO disappointed, but this last museum on our Paseo de la Arte pass can…
We arrived in beautiful Madrid on a high-speed train and, since I am so done with walking everywhere and didn’t want to wander all over looking for the address of our next AirBnb, I insisted on taking a taxi from the train station. Our driver apologized and took a huge turn around a large chunk…
We’ve been without secure WiFi for a few days, hence no blog posts. As we knew would eventually happen, we reserved an AirBnb for our second trip to Cadiz at a place that was pretty awful – filthy, dusty, uncomfortable, with no secure wifi, and to the Princess, totally unacceptable. We ended up staying there…
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