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Ronda and the White Hill Towns of Andalucia
We had heard and read that the white hill towns of Andalucia in southern Spain were pretty cool, so we spent a few days in that region after Sevilla. Based on advice from my ever-trusty travel advisor Rick Steves, we based ourselves in the town of Ronda, itself one of the white hill towns, and…
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New Place! Ronda, Spain
We rented a car at the Sevilla train station and headed ~2 hours west (and a bit south) to Ronda, Spain. Jen’s “friend” Rick Steves suggests that Ronda is a great base to explore the surrounding “white hill towns” of the Andalusian country side. We’re here for 3 nights and eager to check it out.…
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The magical city of Sevilla
Ah Sevilla! What a stunningly beautiful, authentically Spanish, magical city. Everywhere you look is beauty – around every corner it seems are beautiful buildings, broad squares, majestic cathedrals and horse-drawn carriages. The streets are spotless, and there actually appear to be more Spaniards going about their days than tourists – couldn’t be more different than…
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New place! Sevilla, Spain
Bus travel was actually pretty great! 3 hours on the bus, 3 stops and within 10 minutes of being on time. Not bad for 96 Euros for the 4 of us (vs. >1000 if we flew). We still prefer trains, but they aren’t always an option and renting a car in one country to return…
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The 4 Seasons (not that one)
So on Saturday April 6th, we rented a car and drove to the Algarve in Southern Portugal. The plan was to stay for a couple of nights and then take a bus to Seville, Spain – we didn’t want to deal with the hassle and costs of flying and thought this could be a fun…
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New place! Lisbon > Villamoura
The trip so far…
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April 1st – 6th – Lisbon, Portugal
So this is Lisbon… When you’re starting in London and planning to travel through Europe, you can go absolutely anywhere! Which is great, but also makes it hard to decide where exactly to start. For days, we threw around different ideas, and struggling to make a decision – until Lincoln suggested Lisbon. We had been…
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March 30th – April 1st – York
So, when we were in Chester, a friendly waitress strongly suggested that we should check out York if we had time. She said that a lot of Harry Potter had been filmed there because it was like Diagon Ally, but in real life. We had a couple of extra days to explore the area and…
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March 28th-30th – Chester and Wrexham
The Context If you haven’t watched the documentary Welcome to Wrexham, you should. It’s on Hulu. It’s the true story about Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mcelhenny (actors) purchased a football club in Whales and have been investing in it to get it promoted. We found out about this show when it was frequently recommended as…
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March 22-28th Hello London town
Visas, Banks, Storage, Cell phones and more We arrived at Heathrow around noon London time. We all got at least a few hours of sleep on the ~9 hour flight and were ready for action. The most stressful part of of this phase of the trip was certainly getting all of our baggage through customs…
Where everything is Fuller