Posted in Spain on Apr 24th, 2000 No Comments »
Granada turned out to be a very busy little town! The Spanish celebrate the Easter holiday for an entire week and they like to come to Granada. Fortunately we arrived in town around noon and caught a room just before everything filled up. We decided to check out the famous Alhambra and [...]
Posted in Morocco, Spain on Apr 20th, 2000 No Comments »
We just came back from one of the most colorful experiences - Morocco! But first, a description of beautiful Rhonda…
Rhonda was a fairly small hill-town in Andalucia, Spain and full of spectacular sights. We feel fortunate enough to have stayed in a small pub/hotel just in front of the 16th century bullring and just [...]
Posted in Spain on Apr 14th, 2000 No Comments »
We had a really nice hotel room (a blessing when you are sick) and Brian was sweet enough to go out and get me some food (bread and sorbet). Unfortunately we had to miss one of the “best” flamenco shows in Seville, but perhaps we’ll be able to catch one in Granada or Barcelona. [...]
Posted in Portugal, Spain on Apr 14th, 2000 No Comments »
Sintra was so cool! If we ever go back to Portugal we’ll probably stay there instead of Lisbon. The town was really cool and the castle was amazing. I wasn’t feeling too great on Monday, but it was relaxing once we got to the castle on top of the mountain and could see [...]
Posted in Portugal on Apr 9th, 2000 No Comments »
After another long night on the train (old, snotty, snoring people suck!) we finally arrived in Lisbon early Saturday morning. Initially looking rather uninviting, we discovered a lot of color in this city. Yes, Lisbon is pretty dirty and seems on the poorer side economically, but there is a lot of history and [...]