Well we are back home and settling into home life and our normal routine. Seven weeks was a long time to be away from home so we were happy to get home but also sad to end this trip of a lifetime. Sleeping in our own bed and cooking food that includes green chile has …
Wow! Seven weeks went by so fast! It’s hard to comprehend all that we have seen and experienced and accomplished. We spent most of they day just wandering around, having our last cafe con leche, Spanish tortilla, tapas and vermouth. We went to Mass at Iglesia de Santiago y Juan Bautista and said thank you …
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Another beautiful day exploring Madrid. Today we walked to a huge park, Parque de el Retiro and enjoyed the monuments, the Palacio de Cristal and people watching. There were runners, walkers, people on roller blades and multiple yoga classes and people in row boats on the little lake. We stopped afterwards at the San Ildefonso …
We said goodbye to Toledo today at their lovely train station and made it to Madrid, the last stop on our epic adventure. We, of course, found the Camino de Madrid and walked a little of it and got our final pilgrim stamp at Iglesia de Santiago. Most people stop getting their credentials stamped in …
What a beautiful day in Toledo. First of all, the weather could not have been better. It was high 70’s and sunny. We saw the freezing temperatures in recent days in New Mexico and were thankful that we have a few more days here in Spain. Toledo has done a great job in preserving it’s history. …
We arrived by train to Toledo today and we love it! We are in the old city within the city walls. It feels like a small town. Anthony has roots here from the 1500s when the Alvarez del Castillo family made their way to America and settled in New Mexico in the early 1600s. The …
We started the day on our rooftop terrace with a pretty sunrise before our last day of exploring Seville. We walked through the beautiful Parque de Maria Luisa and to Plaza de Espana. The plaza is lined with colorful ceramic tile benches with the names of many cities in Spain. We were disappointed that they …
Seville is a great city to explore! We walked across the Puente de Triana and strolled around Triana. We had some great empanadas for lunch and walked through the Mercado. I love food markets! Then we toured the cathedral including a climb up to the bell tower. The climb was nothing after the mountains of …
We said goodbye to Portugal today and made our way to Seville, where we will be for the next few days. We also said goodbye to the rental car. Renting a car for this part of our journey was great and allowed us to explore places we would not have seen had we taken a …
We are at almost the southern tip of Portugal. Beautiful place right on the beach. Our drive today from Fatima was in heavy rain most of the way. We passed through a region where there were olive trees for miles on both sides of the freeway. We also drove down a road lined with eucalyptus trees. …