After planes, trains, automobiles and a ship it was time to head home via a return visit to Madrid. We were staying at the same hotel which was a nice way to finish our adventures through Spain and Portugal. It was called The Mint, hence all the green. It even smells like mint. It had … Continue reading Madrid part 2

The last stop on our journey through Andalusia was Granada. We were on the train again and experienced our first major delay, with our train eventually being cancelled we were allocated to a later service. While it felt chaotic at the time we were only 2 hours late in the end. We had 4 nights … Continue reading Granada

From Seville we continued our journey through Andalusia for a 2 day visit of Cordoba. We were back on the train for a high speed ride; 40 minutes at 300km/hr and we were there. We really should have a similar system in Australia between capital cities, it takes you from city centre to city centre … Continue reading Cordoba

It was time to say goodbye to Shelley and Ed. After a few hugs and tears we met Rui our driver who was driving us to Seville the capital of Andalusia. We also said goodbye to Christ the King as we crossed the Tagus river on our way out of town. On the way to … Continue reading Seville

As we sailed to Lisbon we celebrated our final night on the ship, with a birthday party for Ed. The cruise had been a great experience; the convenience of being transported from city to city while we eat and sleep is a luxury. My only complaint would be to have more multi day stops like … Continue reading Lisbon