Category: Spain
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Córdoba
Day 30 The historic quarter in Córdoba is a World Heritage Site. In the 10th century this city had 1,000 mosques, 800 Arab baths, and an advanced street lighting system! And you can’t miss the Great Mosque on its landscape. As in the other places I have visited, the history is palpable walking by and…
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Am I There Yet?!?!
Day 29 Today as I headed to Cordoba (my home for the next two nights), I caught a train to Madrid, took a subway train to another station across the city and on to another train bound for Seville. To be humbly honest, I was pretty nervous about it all, because as I’ve said, my…
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Enjoying Salamanca
Salamanca is a beautiful city with ancient buildings and a fascinating history. It was established as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1988. Many powers have held the helm over the centuries and their influence abounds. The Playa Mayor is said to be one of the most beautiful in Spain and was under construction (in…
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Last night in Zamora
Today we checked into our albergue and tomorrow we set out! Here is my bed & view: Did I mention that there are stork nests EVERYWHERE??!? (Not sure how the WiFi will be so future posts may be sporadic…)
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Day 6 – Palm Sunday
It has been very enjoyable wandering around the center of Zamora – so many ancient buildings! This was a walled city with a castle centuries ago and some of that enclosure still remains. In fact, we look at a bit of the wall outside our Airbnb. We could also see last night’s Palm Sunday Procession…
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It’s Day 5!!
Today was a busy day – leaving Madrid in the morning by 3 hour bus ride to Zamora to meet “the gang”! Our Airbnb is Amazing and we have part of the original wall structure which surrounded this city centuries ago right outside our kitchen door!! Gotta get to bed, so the rest of today’s…
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Day 4, Part 2
“A Walk West from Sol” took me through some of Madrid’s oldest streets and squares, taking in the grandeur of the Palacio Real Palace (which I could not capture in a photo), the lovely Sabatini and Rosaleda Rose gardens, Plaza Mayor (again), Plaza Conde de Barajas, Plaza de la Villa, Plaza de Ramales, Plaza de…
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Meandering Madrid
I really thought that I would get to the fabulous museums that are here… In fact, I kinda got up on my high horse with my hubby as to how much I looked forward to flying solo, increasing the possibilities that I would actually be able to accomplish this! Today was my last full day…
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Madrid Skies
And here are the rest of the shots I got today – when the sun was a blinding me (I think I may have already made that point…)! L
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And more walking… (aka: I wish I had a Fit Bit now!)
Leaving my home base, which by the way has Spain’s Kilometer Zero, the point from which all distances in Spain are measured, I walked west to Plaza Mayor built in the 15th century. On my way I passed some amazing buildings and a park, however, as I was kind of lost by then – (Jeff…