Day one.

On our way to ORD via m&e shuttle.
Iberia Airlines - open

Checking in.
.......and so it begins.

On board Iberia 6274 to Madrid!
Lunch in Seville.

Tapas at Cafe Bar Carmella!
Evening in Seville

We all took our own walking tour so Seville - beautiful sites and hot roasted chestnuts. We ended our day with cerveza and sangria ........ and a very yummy fig mousse with a fig sauce.
Day 2 - Breakfast and a tour.

Breakfast was fantastic!!!! Nespressos and chocolate croissants.......Nutella croissants ..... meats/cheeses/ fruit....... Did the Hop 'n Stop around Seville and spent the afternoon in The CathedralRead more
Wednesday - Real Alcazar

Spent 2 - 3 hours touring this beautiful site on Seville.Afternoon Tapas - pork cheek, salmon, crab and potatoes, spinach and chick peas.
Palma Del Rio - 6 p.m.

Gathering of young and old at the municipal plaza, kids playing soccer, and running and having fun. Lots of moms and babies and kids out walking and enjoying each other's company.
Palma Del Rio picture

This is the picture of kids playing on the Municipal square. The previous picture was our bike group preparing for a ride - 8 mile in morning and 17 in afternoon. Today's ride had a few hills.
Palma Del Rio - late afternoon.

Picturesque hotel .......wait, who is the riff raff who hung their laundry off the balcony!!!!
Hornachuelis

We biked up and down hills toward Cordoba - had lunch at an olive farm.
Cordoba

Horse show in Córdoba. Horses were quite impressive.
Casa Mazal Restaurante Sefardi

Toured Córdoba- ending with dinner at Casa Mazal and this tasty dessert. We had eggplant- fried like French fries drizzled with honey- salt and black sesame seeds!!! Yum.
Cordoba

Incredibly beautiful mosque - cathedral built inside this mosque.
Sunday - Lunch at winery

Took a bus to a rail trail to bike toward Hacienda Minerva. We ate lunch at a winery - stuffed chicken, cod in tomato sauce, gelee'a made with boiled grape juice from the winery.
Zuheros

Castle at Zuheros - a white village in the hills of southern Spain. Ralph enjoying some "down time".
Luque

Had wonderful lunch at an organic farm and olive grove.
Santa Fe

The end of bike riding- always comes too fast. This bar was a welcome sight - cerveces, Coca Cola, tapas. See the "adult" capers on the stem on my plate.
Granada

Alhambra at the end of the day. Our walk down from St Nicholas - on our way to dinner.
Barcelona

Tapas for lunch on our walk to the Mediterranean.
Gaudi

What an amazing day with - Gaudi!! Park Guell and Sagrada Familia.
Chocolate Museum

Chocolate sculptures on the incredibly aromatic chocolate museum!!!
Hop and Stop

Scenes - More Gaudi, the Olympic Stadium and Catalonia art museum.
Mike GauenPost a photo!
Gail GauenA woman in line took our picture. Another woman ahead is in line is on a different VBT tour. She also has a LITTLE suitcase!
Mike GauenWhat is vbt?
Gail GauenThe name of our tour company.