During the week of Carnaval I went on a road trip with two friends Dorien and Reuben. We traveled mostly from north to south and saw so much of the country. It was so much fun! We traveled from A Coruña to Salamanca to Toledo to Consuegra to Cordoba to Zuheros to Granada to Salobreña to Sevilla to A Coruña. We spent four nights in the car and three in hotels. Oh! And I got a haircut!
Day 1: A Coruña to Salamanca
Dorien and Reuben in front of a castle ruins we passed along the way.
Storks on the cathedral in Salamanca.
This is a famous mural. There is a frog the size of a silver dollar somewhere, can you find it?
This is an Art Deco museum.
The most famous plaza in Spain, it was cold!
A lake! And a Castle!
Toledo! So good to be back and to show my friends around the city I called home for a while.
Dorien in front of Don Quijote's enemy, the windmill.
The famous Mezquita in Cordoba.
Cordoban Gazpacho!
Day 3: Cordoba to Zuheros to Granada
A beautiful courtyard.
We stopped to look at some of the olive trees, there were no olives.
The view from Zuheros. Wow!
Modern shepards and their flock.
And of course the reason we went here, the gourmet shop. This is a photo of me with a bottle of olive oil that is/was sold at the cheese shop that I worked in, in Minneapolis. Somehow we randomly stopped in the town it was made, crazy! I bought a bottle and some amazing cheese, of course.
In Granada we went to the famous Al Hambra. Can't you tell we were so excited to be there. Its basically a historical city. Two castles, town ruins, gardens, museums, and more! It was so beauitful.
I wanted to see if it was a working chimney, it wasn't.
One of the castles with a nearly perfect circle plaza in its center.
One of the many gardens. Water is a major feature here.
Is this bar pijo?
Day 5: Granada to Salobreña
The view leaving Granada was incredible! Some day I will spend some serious time in the Sierra Nevada.
And its so close to the beach! Spent a wonderful day relaxing here. Enjoyed the sun, sea air, and slept.
Snacks at sunset.
Day 6: Salobreña to Sevilla
Sevilla is a beautiful port city!
Plaza de España.
Sevilla is flat, I had to rent a bike.
The grafiti was so good.
I came across this nice biker gang. They rode chopper style bikes.
The amazing new monument. This month it has been there for one year.
The view was incredible at sunset! Such a relaxing moment on the last day of our journey.
We had wonderful sun the whole week. However, it was hot in Sevilla.
We had paella for dinner. Strangely, I think we ate in the same restaurant that I had paella in the last time I visited Sevilla, three years ago.
Day 8: Sevilla to A CoruñaThis day was spent mostly in the car.
A huge thank you to Dorien and Reuben for inviting me on this trip with them.
Until Next Time,
Beautiful pics!
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