Leaving Salamanca for Madrid we took a detour through Segovia, on the recommendation of a friend. It was an amazing stop admiring the huge aqueduct Read more
Segovia & Madrid, Spain
Salamanca, Spain
We arrived in Salamanca late afternoon and by the time we got settled into our latest apartment we were rewarded with the above view from our dining room window. Read more
Porto, Portugal
Oporto, as many call this city, was our third and final stop in Portugal, a country we have enjoyed visiting and come to love. Our continued journey north took us from Lisbon along the western coast of Portugal Read more
Lisbon, Portugal
Our drive from Albufeira to Lisbon was easy on a wide and very empty toll highway. Surprisingly we encountered very little traffic until we reached the outskirts of Lisbon Read more
Albufeira, Portugal
Seven days in Seville
Estepona, Spain
Leaving Granada our travel time to Estepona was only 2 hours so we took some detours along the way to visit a few of the top rated pubelos blancos (white villages). Our first detour took an hour driving on a road clinging to the mountainside, climbing ever higher in the Sierra Nevada’s where 3 white villages are located one after the other. Read more
Granada and The Alhambra
Our drive from Valencia to Granada took us just over 5 hours and once again we passed miles and miles of orange groves and olive groves. Heading inland and with increasing elevations the landscape became dry and desert looking with cactus growing along the roadside. Read more