Travel Blog
Today began with a 6:30am wakeup call. Everyone looked tired as we at the same breakfast as yesterday. At 8am, we boarded the bus and left Barcelona, headed for France! Though the majority of the day was spent travelling on the bus, we did have the opportunity for some sightseeing. Our first stop was the [...]
We started our morning with a breakfast of fresh croissants, butter, strawberry jam, orange juice and the equivalent of honey smacks cereal. Kendra, Jenn and I also had café con leches to help get our gears moving. Our first activity of the day was a bus tour of Barcelona, led by a local guide, Ellie. [...]
Today we woke up at eight and had breakfast a half hour later. The breakfasts have been small but good. After breakfast we got on our bus and we went on a tour around the city of Barcelona. We stopped to see the skyline of the city and it was beautiful. We took pictures and [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s amazing to me that last year Kendra and I got to celebrate Valentine’s Day in Vienna, and this year we are celebrating in Zaragoza and Madrid. Today was a day spent traveling on the bus as we made our way to Barcelona. We did have the opportunity to stop in Zaragoza [...]
Yesterday was an amazing day. The scenery was spectacular because we saw the coolest town. I would want to move there when I retire. The art in the cathedral was amazing – also the age of the church amazes me on how long it’s been standing, why they used it and what important people have [...]
Today was another phenomenal day. We woke up early and after a tasty European breakfast of fresh croissants, crusty rolls, juice, and coffee, we headed out for a bus tour of Madrid. The architecture continues to impress us all! Our first stop was a park dedicated to the work of de Cervantes’ Don Quixote. Until [...]
As we woke up this morning at 8 am, everything was blur to me. I felt as if it was all a dream. We went down to breakfast to eat an exquisite croissant and bread. At 9:30, our long journey awaited us. This morning we did a bus tour of Spain. Even though we had [...]
After landing on time this morning, Madrid welcomed us with beautiful, sunny weather. It was a nice change from the colder temperature of home! Our tour guide, Jesus, met up with us as we left baggage claim and led us to a small café in the airport. The original plan was to wait a bit [...]
Today was a long but fun day! After a hot and long flight we landed in Madrid. We met our tour guide, who is very nice. After chilling at the hotel for awhile we headed out for lunch. We had difficulties ordering but eventually we got our sandwiches. They were pretty good. We started our [...]
Our tourist guide’s name is Jesus. End of story. So naturally a really great tour was expected. We had awhile of walking downtown before the kids from Philly showed up, so we went for a short walk before lunch, that ended up very complicated, but some good sandwiches came out of it. We had a [...]
