Ready to board
 June 16, 2018 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
						Heathrow to Barcelona
 June 17, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
						
								Luckily we are only passing through London...It's raining 😊
Heading to 1st stop Spain ... 🇪🇸
				
			
Sandwich wrappers in Spain
 June 17, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
						Had a giggle reading my sandwich wrapper ..... 😂😂
Self-Toll gates
 June 17, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
						Take a ticket, drive until you get to where ypu want to leave the highway, and pay the machine 😁
Valencia
 June 18, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
						Pretty old buildings complete with Orange trees on the pavements 😊
Ladies of the plastic chairs?
 June 18, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
						
								Driving through the middle of nowhere, we came across ladies sitting at the side of the road. 
Apparently everybody knows about the places along the highway on Spain’s Mediterranean coast where theRead more
Spanish Olive trees
 June 18, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
						
								Near the small town of Ulldecona, is a unique piece of natural heritage: a 1,700-year old tree which might be the oldest, scientifically dated, olive tree anywhere in the world.
Researchers at theRead more
Spain's Greenhouses
 June 19, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
						Since the 1980s, Almería in southern Spain has developed the largest concentration of greenhouses in the world, covering 26,000 hectares. The greenhouses reflect so much sunlight back into theRead more
Hollywood in Spain
 June 19, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
						The only real desert in Europe of approximately 280 square kilometers, is a protected natural park and has attracted film crews since the 1950s. It hardly ever rains (less than 240 mm annual rainfall)Read more
Roquetas de Mar
 June 20, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
						Pretty seaside town in Almeria Spain. Stayed at Hotel Don Angel.
Sierra Nevada mountains
 June 20, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
						
								Finally some scenery without greenhouses 😁
Winter snow still lying in the crevices in the high peaks!
				
			
Castillo de La Calahorra
 June 20, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
						Castillo de La Calahorra is located in La Calahorra, in the province of Granada, Spain. It is situated in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Built between 1509 and 1512, it is one of the first ItalianRead more
Gibraltar
 June 20, 2018 in Gibraltar ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
						
								Gibraltar is a headland on Spain's south coast, belonging to Britain. It’s dominated by the Rock of Gibraltar, a 426m-high limestone ridge. 
First settled by the Moors in the Middle Ages and laterRead more
Toro de Osborne
 June 21, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
						The Osborne Sherry company (founded by Thomas Osborne Mann in 1772) erected large images of bulls starting in the 1950's to advertise it's Brandy de Jerez. The original image contained the name ofRead more
Spanish Sunflowers
 June 21, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
						The late spring and early summer seem to be the time for sunflowers in the south of Spain. In the middle of nowhere, outside Seville, there are field upon field of sunflowers (or girasoles inRead more
Solar collectors - PS10 and PS20
 June 21, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
						The solar collector towers, named PS10 and PS20, began operating in 2007 and 2009. Each is surrounded by a field of angled mirrors known as heliostats, which reflect solar radiation onto a receiverRead more
Faro - Portugal
 June 21, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
						
								After 4 days in Spain, we crossed into Portugal. 
I wish I learnt to speak Portuguese from my Portuguese school friends 🤪
Spending our 1st night in a seaside town called Faro. Not too small as itRead more
Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe Chapel
 June 22, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
						
								The Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe Chapel is situated in between the small villages of Budens and Raposeira, in the lovely department of Vila do Bispo, on the western side of the Algarve region. 
ThisRead more
Fortaleza de Sagres
 June 22, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
						
								The Fortaleza Sagres is located at the southern tip of the Sagres Peninsular and this uniquely designed fort protected the town from raiders from North Africa. 
This is where Henry the NavigatorRead more
Portugal Day 2
 June 22, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
						Much of the drive though the Algarve was through huge citrus orchards. This is because the Algarve produces up to 70% of all citrus harvested in Portugal. Between 300,000 and 400,000 tonnes of theRead more
Almada to Lisbon
 June 23, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
						
								The toll gates at the bridge crossing the .... from Almada to Lisbon.
The statue of Christ the King is a Catholic monument and shrine dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ overlooking theRead more
Mosteiro dos Jeronimos
 June 23, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
						The Mosteiro dos Jeronimos is a highly ornate monastery that is situated in the Belem district of western Lisbon. This grand religious building was historically associated with the early sailors asRead more
Torre de Belém
 June 23, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
						Belém Tower also known as the Tower of St Vincent is a fortified tower located in Santa Maria de Belém. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of the significant role it played in theRead more
Wild fires in 2017
 June 23, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
						Portugal's fires have burnt 520,000 hectares of forest during 2017, 52 times the size of Lisbon and representing nearly 60 percent of the total area burnt in the entire European Union in 2017.
Portugal Day 3
 June 23, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
						
								A beautiful country with friendly people and quaint rural villages and countryside. 
The scenery varied from vineyards and citrus plantations to large farms and little villages, interspersed with theRead more






























































































