December 6 ( traveling day) Day 56 Zahara is east of Ronda. South of Seville. We gained about 2,000 feet in elevation on this drive. Zahara is a city above a resoirvoir with the obligatory castle on a rocky outcropping. We drove to the top of the hill, advice given to us in Lisbon, by…
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December 6, (travelling day) Day 56 We made it to a couple of the “White Villages” in the mountains of the Sierra in Southern Spain. There are lots of White Villages tucked into mountainsides. From Catalina Island to Mexico to Central America to Portugal, this is the way people tuck into the hills. We wondered…
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December 2 Day 52 Faro, Portugal Hello Dear Reader, This trip has been great! Our brains are so stretched that we are sleeping very well at night. And some afternoons! But not this day. This day we learned that you can’t rent a car in Portugal and return it in Spain. So Tony rented another…
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December 2 Day 52 Silves, Portugal We finished our week in Portugal touring the Southern coast a bit. But got totally distracted by one beautiful place. We found out Dec 1 was a holiday when our first venue was closed. Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo. The home of the Bone Chapel. Happy Portuguese Independence…
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November 27 Day 47 After the surprise luxury of First Class Apartment 1A, we have moved. However, I’d say this new place is definitely a Business Class 6A. We have plenty of room. Two balconies. With a view. The real tragedy of this magnificent pool is that it’s 70° on our balcony, 65° outside, and…
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November 26 Day 46 Jaime’s 30 Something Birthday! After some really fun days in Lisbon with Joe, we have moved on to Tavira, Portugal. It’s way south and only about an hour from Joe. We are hoping to see him again after he gets some homework done. We toured a couple more places in Lisbon…
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November 25 Day 45, I think. Lisbon, Alfama area. I always loved the day after Thanksgiving. No one expected anything of me that day. Enjoy.
