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The Jewish Quarter
Part of our tour to the Mesquita/Cathedral was a walk around the Córdoba Jewish Quarter where we are actually staying. […]
Mezquita Catedral de Córdoba
Córdoba is famous for having the most amazing and unique mosque/cathedral in the world…. “A Mosque AND a Cathedral in […]
The hills are alive…
Driving around Andalucia from Sevilla to Grenada to Córdoba the hills are literally covered – like every spare inch of […]
The Almighty Alhambra!
Me Jenny has been talking about wanting to visit the Alhambra in Grenada for ages and here we are! Now […]
Sing us a song Edith
So, we went into a frock shop and I popped upstairs to the mezzanine level to try on a frock. […]
The road to Ronda
Ronda was a bit of a surprise. We’d forgotten we were going there… and what a lovely surprise she turned […]
Adios Sevilla
On our last night in Seville we wanted something a little bit easy. We’d had our tapas lunch and the […]
Out there on our own
Our plan was always to go on day tours in each of the places we visited and thus far the […]
Cádiz – by the coast
Today we’re heading to the beach and our luck was in – Delia was again our guide. She picked us […]
Seville’s Hidden Gems
This morning we were meeting our guide to take us on a little walk around the interesting neighbourhoods where the […]
Fiery Flamenco
Our tour tonight was across the river to the neighbourhood of Triana which has a very rich and colourful history. […]
Grandios Seville
Today was going to be a big day, but first things first – brekky. In the breakfast area there is […]
Adeus Portugal… Hola Espana
See ya round Lisbon… today we’re headed to Seville in Spain. Soooo much new (and some the same) history to […]
So what did we learn about Portugal?
After the chicken, we carefully made our way back over the slippery tiled cobbled streets back to our hotel for […]
The little red tram that could
Today is our last day in Lisbon and indeed Portugal, and we were determined to get on that damn tram! […]
Top Tour Guide
This morning we were tour guideless until this afternoon, so we had the day to wander at our own pace […]
Fado
The search didn’t take too long as Lisbon is all about the Fado. Fado is a music genre that can be […]
Sintra with a local
We arrived at the front of our hotel this morning to find our lovely friend Fernando waiting for us – […]
L is for Lisbon
Lisbon. Capital of the biggest city in Portugal and one of the oldest cities in Europe (and therefore the world) […]
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