Day one.
23. oktober 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
On our way to ORD via m&e shuttle.
Iberia Airlines - open
23. oktober 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Checking in.
.......and so it begins.
23. oktober 2016, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
On board Iberia 6274 to Madrid!
Norma ClintonBon Voyage - practice Spanish so you can read the messages and speak to attendants on airline.😏
Lunch in Seville.
24. oktober 2016, Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Tapas at Cafe Bar Carmella!
Angela ProvinesLooks so good! I love tapas! Makes me think I am getting less calories! :)
Evening in Seville
24. oktober 2016, Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
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.
25. oktober 2016, Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
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 CathedralLæs mere
Wednesday - Real Alcazar
27. oktober 2016, Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
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.
27. oktober 2016, Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
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
27. oktober 2016, Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
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.
Angela ProvinesHow are you handling all the biking? I hope you are resting in the evenings!
Palma Del Rio - late afternoon.
27. oktober 2016, Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Picturesque hotel .......wait, who is the riff raff who hung their laundry off the balcony!!!!
Hornachuelis
28. oktober 2016, Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We biked up and down hills toward Cordoba - had lunch at an olive farm.
Cordoba
29. oktober 2016, Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Horse show in Córdoba. Horses were quite impressive.
Casa Mazal Restaurante Sefardi
29. oktober 2016, Spanien ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
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
29. oktober 2016, Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Incredibly beautiful mosque - cathedral built inside this mosque.
Sunday - Lunch at winery
30. oktober 2016, Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
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.
Norma ClintonPS- winery looks "fab". The gang is having no problem finding gourmet food. You GO guys!🤗
Zuheros
31. oktober 2016, Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Castle at Zuheros - a white village in the hills of southern Spain. Ralph enjoying some "down time".
Luque
31. oktober 2016, Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Had wonderful lunch at an organic farm and olive grove.
Santa Fe
2. november 2016, Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
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
2. november 2016, Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Alhambra at the end of the day. Our walk down from St Nicholas - on our way to dinner.
Barcelona
3. november 2016, Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Tapas for lunch on our walk to the Mediterranean.
Gaudi
4. november 2016, Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
What an amazing day with - Gaudi!! Park Guell and Sagrada Familia.
Chocolate Museum
4. november 2016, Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Chocolate sculptures on the incredibly aromatic chocolate museum!!!
Hop and Stop
5. november 2016, Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
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.