Managed to get through the market without buying too much. We did buy some candies and figs but decided to hold out for a restaurant…
Grabbed an Uber and headed down to the Boqueria Market, the most famous market in Barcelona. Since 1836 this market has been the nerve center…
Tomorrow we head to our hotel room at the airport and ready for the long journey back to Colorado. It’s been a great trip, went…
Got to the apartment and found everything as advertised, nice place. We’re around the corner from a main street in Barcelona so not too noisy…
Segways are really a neat invention. If you can stand, I know that’s difficult for some, you can ride a Segway. They stay balanced, turn…
Out early today to go to the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Spain’s national gallery of 20th century art. The gallery was named…
Guess it was bound to happen sooner or later, flight delays. Linds and Leo were flying from Denver to Keflavik, Iceland and then on to…
Thought we’d post a few pics of Madrid for your viewing pleasure. Weather has been pretty good here, occasional rain but nothing heavy. Temps have…
Toledo, Spain is an ancient walled city dating back to around 193BC. It is located on a peninsula of the Tagus river some 40+ miles…
Although Madrid has much to offer, occasionally it’s fun to venture off to other cities to get a feel for the countryside. We signed up…
No visit to Madrid would be complete without seeing a Flamenco show. Flamenco is actually a UNESCO declared Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of…
Time to find our way to the airport and our Air Portugal flight to Madrid, Spain. It’s an early morning flight, 9:00am, so we’re up…
Lisbon is a great city to get lost in. Just walking around the streets, and hills, there are lots of unadvertised spots that make the…
Because we don’t have a lot of time in Lisbon, we decided to do a tour of the nearby towns with a guide. Reasonably priced…
First day in Lisbon, the kids made it in with no problems, so now we’re off to see the city. Usually we take the Hop-On…
If you’ve never flown Ryan Air, it can be a bit of a mystery. We’ve flown this airline several times and it is still a…
It’s been a long but very good time here in Italy, six weeks total. From our first apartment in Lake Como to our last B&B…
OK, so you already know about the great eruption of 79AD that basically put a damper on life for people living south of Mt. Vesuvius….
Where the hell is Herculaneum? Well, it was a small harbor town located about 5 miles south of Naples. I say “was” because it is…
Way back in 64AD there was this fire, pretty big, so big that it destroyed all of the center of Rome. The fire raged for…
Every once in a while things just seem to come together. Last night we decided to have dinner out, a rare occasion for us, and…
So not every day is a touring day. Some days we just got out of the house and wandered around not looking for anything in…
Today’s quest will be Villa Adriana, Hadrian’s villa, located about 25 miles north of Rome. We’re planning on using that ever so valuable weekly bus…
Of all the places we planned to see while in Rome, Ostia Antica was #1 on my list. Having already seen the usual tourist sites,…
This was the center of activity in ancient Rome. Religious, political, social and judicial activities all took place within this rectangle area measuring 820’ by…
Continuing with our tour, we walked up Palatine Hill to the ruins of several of Romes palaces. Starting to get a little warm, around 70+F…
OK, tons of history about this building located in the center of Rome. So much so, that to go through all accounts would fill up…
Getting kind of tired of walking everywhere so we thought we’d give Rome’s transit system a try. Tickets are reasonable, for a single trip it’s…
Hop-on Hop-off is fun but it does have its’ drawbacks, like getting stuck in traffic and not stopping when you want it to stop, so…
Day one of our two-day Hop-on Hop-off pass was pretty much just a ride around town to check out where the sites where in relation…
Another walking day, this is going to be our mode of transportation until we purchase our transit pass, so wrap up breakfast and off to…
As part of our touring the less toured sites, we planned a bit of a hike to the Broken Pot Mountain; the Pyramid and the…
So, Collette convinced me to get up early to walk to Trevi fountain to avoid the crowds. Fine. Got up at the ungodly hour of…
Packed it in with our farm stay, had a great time and really enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere. Tuscany is great. Lots of lush green hills…
Our last full day in Tuscany and we’re off to tour Florence. Months ago, we purchased tickets to enter the Galleria dell Accademia to see…
Second day of our road trip in the Tuscany countryside. This drive isn’t as scenic as yesterday, more hills, curva, trees and towns, fewer vineyards….
Sooner or later it had to happen, clothes were starting to pile up and we just couldn’t put it off any longer. I’ve worn everything…
One thing we had to do while in the Tuscany region is visit Pisa. Yes, the same one that has the defective building that in…
Last day here and we’re going to head off again, this time to Varenna (pronounced, “Vah-rain-uh”) and Menaggio (pronounced, “Men-ah-gee-oh”). Both of these picturesque towns…
For our day trip today, we’re driving to San Gimignano (pronounced, “San Gee-Meng-yawn-oh”), a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1990. This city is very unique…
If you’ve ever ridden a train in Europe you know they are usually right on schedule. If it says departing at 0743, at 0743.30 you…
Got the ferry schedule all figured out so off we go to Como. Collette set the alarm so we can get up early, have breakfast…
Enough sitting around la casa, lets explore Bellagio (the town, not the casino). Collette made one of her wonderful breakfasts of eggs, fry bread and…
The next morning we hit the included breakfast buffet. Selection was the same as the others, cold cuts, cheeses, hard-boiled eggs but with a new…
Buongiorno! Up early and caught our plane to Brussels where we connect for our flight to Milan. Third time we’ve been to this airport, so…