The Prado is a lesson on why museums are important, and there is absolutely no way virtually browsing these things will ever work. Paintings like The 3rd of […]
Spain Days 9 & 10 – Bonus Days!
Originally, we had planned to fly back to the U.S. on Sunday, because Sam needed to do some work. However, plans changed, and he needed to go […]
Spain Day 8 – Train trip to Madrid
We said goodbye to our apartment and boarded the fast train to Madrid. It has the same maximum speed as the Amtrak Acela, but it travels at that […]
Spain Day 7 – Cadiz
We decided to leave Seville for the day and travel to the coastal town of Cadiz. We had initially planned to take the train, but our guide Jose […]
Spain Day 6 – Seville
Before we got to Seville, I bought The ultimate local’s guide to Seville by José M. Bejarano Cabrera, which was a great way to understand the city. We […]
Spain Day 5 – Seville
We started the day with a walking tour of historic Seville. Our guide’s name was Carmen, and we found her on Airbnb. I thought the tour was […]
Spain Day 4 – The end of the road trip
When I was in high school, I studied Spanish and learned very little. I had 3 different teachers, 2 knew the language well, and none were prepared […]
Spain Day 3 – Road Trip
We rented a car in Granada and started our 2-day road trip. We were heading to a nature reserve called El Torcal de Antequera, about 90 minutes from […]
Spain Day 2 – Alhambra
We started our second day very early because we had an 8:30 am ticket to the Nasrid Palaces in the Alhambra. A couple of notes. Your ticket gets you […]
Spain Day 1 – Landing in Granada
The first day of our trip was to Granada. We caught a short flight out of Madrid to Granada and checked into a cute little hotel called […]