This morning we had our last breakfast in Valencia. As I savored my last glass of truly wonderful orange juice (Valencian Oranges!!!) my thoughts turned to the bus trip to Montserrat and Barcelona. It has been 6 years since my first time there.

Brad gave mom and Dianna the daily pain medicine. We wandered back upstairs to grab our bags. Goodbye ( Read more... )

Today we docked in Cozumel, Mexico. We had a Royal Caribbean excursion booked. I have been to Cozumel twice before and this was the first time I had booked an excursion and seen the Mayan Ruins. Amazing, I know ( Read more... )

I was up bright and early today, ready for my day of traveling ( Read more... )

Well, today was the last week day of my vacation. I got tickets for the Reds game online with a 4 tickets for $48.00 and 4 hats. Mom and I didn't want Lahny to go so we thought we'd get this deal and have Terry and Stacy go with us. Glad not to have Dave with us. Stacy was eager to get involved so that is good ( Read more... )

*Added 4/23/13 with updated/more detail of original post which was posted from Madrid ( Read more... )

Just a quick update cause I'm tire. I will add more later.

We saw the moorish palace Alhambra today en Granada y then we ate lunch. We walked back to our hotel to catch our driver. We started to Madrid. We stopped in La Mancha, where Don Quixote was from ( Read more... )

Ok morning, March 26. We didn't have to get up real early or anything but I did because I wanted to get some good breakfast. So, I took my bags and put them in the room downstairs. I ate with the bus driver, Tony. He speaks no English but no matter we communicated ok. I had two cups of café con leche. I love that café!! I thought more of the group ( Read more... )

Where to begin! Well we got up in Toledo and had a very quick breakfast and headed out to the bus and off to Sevilla.

It was a 5 hr trip. About 2 hours in, we stopped at a rest stop and grabbed a few things. I bought a small bottle of olive oil y saffron. I will add more details to this later but we moved on after about 45 minutes.

So we made it to ( Read more... )

Well, we arrived 3/24/13 en Madrid and took a aútobus to Toledo, south of the city. We met with our guide, Hugo. The ride took about 1/2 hour ride it seemed. I saw some familiar sights along the way. The large toro along the side of the road. The place we stayed to freshen up last time. Toledo es muy bella. It is a rocky, hilly town. It is also a ( Read more... )

Well I'm at the gate at CMH, B32. Everyone is very nice and I've been talking to the teacher's niece. Shes from Mexico but lives in the states and goes back and forth from time to time. Will post more when we land in Madrid tomorrow morning!

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