The Alhambra, the most visited site in Spain, has a limit on the number of people entering on each period: morning, afternoon, and sometimes evening. Due to this capacity restriction, it is highly recommended to purchase tickets in advance. Also, for the famous Palacios Nazaries (Nasrid Palaces) can only be granted entrance at the time slot… Read More Thanksgiving 2017: Granada and the Famous Alhambra
Watching the sunrise in the comfort of our room’s balcony was wonderful. The colors changed dramatically within a short period of time from shades of pink and blue to orange. After the sunrise, we got ready and ventured out the new part of Ronda for breakfast as breakfast was not included in our room rate.… Read More Thanksgiving 2017: Ronda and Frigiliana
Thanksgiving 2015, we went to Machu Picchu. Thanksgiving 2016, we saw the Northern Lights at Iceland. Thanksgiving 2017…….we wanted someplace warm that we can discover for few days and I had to use our $300 American Airlines voucher from our Christmas trip delay. We were looking everywhere and finally decided southern Spain to explore the Pueblos… Read More Thanksgiving 2017: The White Villages of Andalusia
Day Trip to Avila Our last full day in Madrid also our last day trip, we went to the walled city of Avila! We picked Avila because of its beautiful medieval walls and not just seeing it but also walking on it! Avila is not as popular or well-known as Toledo or Segovia so before… Read More Madrid Day 5: Day Trip to Avila
Day Trip to Toledo After Segovia, I really enjoyed taking day trips to near-by cities and towns from Madrid so I was looking forward to our 2nd day trip: Toledo. We took the early train at 7:50 am from Atocha (trains to Toledo are leaving on the lower level of the train station) arrived at… Read More Madrid Day 4: Day Trip to Toledo
Day Trip to Segovia When I was planning our Spain trip, I have read many great suggestions on day trips from Madrid so it was hard to decide which ones to visit with limited amount of time. I kept adding days and finally made our trip a 3 weeks trip, yea used up all the… Read More Madrid Day 3: Day Trip to Segovia
Madrid Day 2: Around the city Sunday in Madrid wasn’t as bad as in Seville, I mean in terms of finding things to do and see (all the shops closed at Seville on Sundays). It was as busy as regular weekdays. We had the full day to see all the major sights and it wasn’t… Read More Madrid Day 2: Around the City
Madrid Day 1: Retiro Park Last major city of our trip: Madrid where we’ll be based to make three day trips to the nearby towns/cities. We arrived Madrid from Barcelona via train at 11:10 am. It was hot hot hot in Madrid but it was dry heat so not as bad as I thought! We… Read More Madrid Day 1: Retiro Park
Barcelona Day 4: My First Soccer Game! Our last full day in Barcelona, we didn’t have much plan for sightseeing (I was still recovering from the incident) and also the Joan Gamper Trophy soccer match tonight at Camp Nou. Hubby took out the tourist map and looked at which places we could go. He decided to… Read More Barcelona Day 4: My First Football Game
Barcelona Day 3: Park Güell, Casa Batlló and Casa Milà We tried to get as much sleep as we could since we need to get up early to get to Park Guell before the crowd…we tried but didn’t work well after the incident. I guess that’s called post traumatic stress disorder; it’ll take us time to recover.… Read More Barcelona Day 3: All Around Gaudi
