About two-thirds of the way through our trip we took a break from cities and our alcazar-cathedral-alcazar sightseeing pattern to drive through the Pueblos Blancos (white hill towns) between Seville and Granada. It was a real palate cleanser, and for the most part a really fun and scenic driving in our tiny hire car. We … Continue reading Ronda and the Pueblos Blancos
Tag: Spain
Seville
Onwards to Seville! Each post threatens to be twice as long as the last - this trip really gains momentum as we get deeper into Andalusia. I had high expectations for Seville after hearing my siblings rave about it, and happily it delivered. Again, there is so much to see and do in Seville, even before … Continue reading Seville
Segovia
I wasn't lying when I said we spent most of our time in Madrid outside of Madrid. It made for an exhausting start to our trip, but now that I look back on the photos I'm glad that we made the effort to get out into the countryside. Our second day trip was to Segovia … Continue reading Segovia
Holy Toledo
It only took about 4 months, but I'm finally getting around to writing about our Spain trip. While in Madrid we spent our second day travelling south by train on a day trip to Toledo. It was worth the journey just for the view walking up from the station... Holy Toledo is right - the main attraction … Continue reading Holy Toledo
Madrid
Quite a lot of radio silence on the blog lately sorry - I'd like to say it's because I'm terribly busy and important, but really I've just been lazy and intimidated by the backlog of photos from our Spain trip. Until now! Let's start where we started - in Madrid. It's been a few weeks … Continue reading Madrid