Andorra – a day trip to a tiny country (video)
A one-day driving trip from Barcelona to the tiny mountain country of Andorra. So where is Andorra? I’ve got a map.
Girona – city of stairs (video)
Even cobblestone streets which should have been flat had strange levels to them. If you aren’t going up, you’re going down, in Girona. Mostly I hung onto Greg as I looked from side to side to capture all the wonderful medieval photographs.
Montserrat Day Trip from Barcelona (video)
It seemed all very complicated to get to Montserrat: Metro to the Espana Rail Station in Barcelona, then a commuter line to Montserrat, then a choice between a cable car and a cog railway, each at different train stops. Somehow a funicular fit in?
Barcelona – all Gaudi of it (video)
I was really looking forward to Barcelona because of its colorful and imaginative art and architecture. I don’t want to see paintings in a museum, I want to see color in the ceiling, frescos on the wall – I want to be immersed in the color and texture.
Zaragoza – a quick stop-over (video)
Lured by the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Aljaferia Palace” we interrupted our high-speed train trip from Cordoba to Barcelona in the city of Zaragoza. It was after the train tickets had been bought that I learned that the Aljaferia holds “siesta” hours which were completely incompatible with our train arrival time.
Córdoba (video)
From Gibraltar it was a several hours’ drive directly north to the city of Cordoba. We originally planned to see Andalucia in a clockwise direction beginning in Cordoba and heading south to Granada. But then I learned about Seville’s world famous Corpus Christi celebration and I redesigned the wheel to start in Seville and end in Córdoba.