Wel we have finished our journey and have arrived home safe and sound leaving Lisbon on Nov 10 flying to London Heathrow then transferring for a direct flight to Vancouver and off to Prince George all on the same day!! We are getting over jet lag and looking forward to getting back into a routine [...]

We came into Lisboa across a bridge that is the same design as San Francisco and drove directly to our hotel as was described in Booking.com, when we went to check in we were told we were at the wrong hotel. Lucky the right one was a sister hotel just around the corner. Its called [...]

We left Beja for Evora with a side trip to Alvito but 10 km’s from that town the bridge was being worked on so we just headed on back and went to Evora. It was a cool day with intermittent clouds but while it was sunny it was quite nice. We got lost in old [...]

This post covers two days travel with our little rental car. We left Beja this morning and did a circle loop around Surpa, Moura, and Porta. It was a dreary rainy day but we had a great drive and got to see the largest dam in Europe. By our standards of the BcHydro dams it [...]

Well we got up this morning and after deciding where to go today once again changed the plans completely. We were going inland to Beja but the train connections and bus from Caveorio were seeming to be quite difficult so we decided to rent a car and go to Sagres and Cabo de St Vincient [...]

We arrived to the Algarve on Saturday and have been enjoying the settled down feeling.  We plan to stay a few days longer than usual just to have a ‘packing’ break – ha ha!  It is a lovely area, and the people are very friendly and speak quite a bit of english.  We found some [...]

We made it to Portugal via Damas Bus lines and were here by 1030 local time.  We have gained an hour!!  The town seems friendlier and there is a bit more English than in Spain (so far).  Mind you, Portuguese is a totally different language!! Boy oh boy – are we in trouble!!  It is [...]

We had trouble getting accommodation in Cadiz so we ended up in El Puerto de la Santa Maria which is just a 25 min ferry ride into Cadiz or a 45 minute train ride. Santa Maria was very disappointing as it is the dirtiest city we have come across in Spain, we think maybe there [...]

We have arrived in Giblaltar with overcast skies but were able to head out for a walk but when the skies opened up it was time for lunch so when we were finished so was the rain. The next morning we awoke to a lightning and thunderstorm with the streets around the hotel flooded. It [...]

We arrived by ‘Supra’ bus to Granada, which only took about 2 hours.  The scenery was nice, there are more trees and some even changing color.  The city itself has not impressed us much – it appears too congested and dirty and noisy all in one!!  What a shame.  We did do a fair amount [...]

So today we decided to go Cabot De Gata, which was recommended by the fellow at the front desk of our hotel.  He raved about it being so so beautiful and we took the local bus to get there (from the bus station).  It cost 5 euro’s each way, so 10 total.  The guy at [...]

We started with the MARQ museum, which is an archeological museum (free) and simply an amazing place. They have cooperated with archaeological findings throughout the Europe’s and Russia.  However – very little English at all, so quite difficult to understand much of it.  I can’t see how it can be free admission – but we [...]

Friday in Alacante we just wandered around town with the help of the tour-i-bus for 10 euros each which was a bit of a rip as the commentary wasn’t so great and we could have walked the whole thing in the course of the day. Live and Learn. We did however visit the market in [...]

We arrived in Alacante from La Romana via our host from the B&B in La Romana. He drove us into Alacante for 30 euros which was expensive however to catch a bus would have been tricky and early in the morning so we were able to have a breakfast before coming here. We arrived around [...]

We spent two nights in a b&b near La Romana, took the bus from Gandia – got sort of lost but some real nice Brit’s helped us find our way!  These are a few shots of the desert area, and boy was it hot!!  We could not hike in the hills, just too hot, so [...]

We arrived in Gandia on the 6th of Oct via Tarragona by bus.We had a great trip from Tarragona and seem to prefer bus to rail however we have only traveled on the local trains so far. Our hosts from the Bed and Breakfast Spain we are staying at in Gandia are about 7 km out [...]

The Museum of Modern Arts was created by the Diputació of Tarragona in 1976 with the aim of preserving and showcasing its artistic patrimony. The permanent collection houses the work of painters and sculptors Julio Antonio and Lluís Saumells, the sculptors Salvador Martorell, Santiago Acosta, and Ramon Carreté and the painters Josep Sancho and José [...]

  We arrived in Tarragona via train from Barcellona after our night flight from Vancouver. We used Tarragona as a city to get over jet lag and to start our visit in Spain. We found the city to be very clean and interesting with all the new sights to take in.