Year: 2019

Sunday May 5, 2019 For being in a city, our room was very quiet last night. We also have a rare thing in Spain, breakfast is included. We go down to eat at 0800. They have an assortment of cheeses, ham, salami, chorizo, fruits, croissants, a onion and potato tortilla ( like a quiche), cafe, […]

Saturday May 4, 2019 Oh my God, it’s early. We are up at 0545 and out by 0610 for our bus/train excursion to Barcelona. It is our longest travel day, 8 hours on the bus and train. Our hotel is only about a 12 minute walk but we make a small error missing a turn. […]

Friday May 3, 2019 We do not have a timed entry into the Nazaries Palace part of the Alhambra until 1400. We are not sure how much time we will need in the rest of the Alhambra. Reviews and information is sketchy, anywhere from 4-6 hours to all day to long lines to very confusing […]

Thursday May 2, 2019 We start today with a very short walk to the Basilica of St John of God. Not listed as a top sight of Granada, it should be. They provide a very good English audioguide. The Basilica is done in Baroque style and the whole place is phenomenal. We were able to […]

Wednesday May 1, 2019 Our hotel is right across from the train station. We have a 0753 train or so we thought. This journey was supposed to be a train ride to a place called Antequerra and then a bus from there to Granada, because they are working on a high speed train line to […]

Tuesday April 30, 2019 A short moment must be taken to remember my father, Charles I Zerilli, who would have turned 90 today. It has almost been six years since he passed to a better place, but those he left behind, miss him greatly. Here’s to you Dad. You instilled a love of travel and […]

Monday April 29, 2019.  We got to sleep in today, which is always a plus. Most of the time we like the earlier trains so we can get to our new destination with most of the day ahead of us. We had decided that Spain’s later dining might make it harder to get enough sleep. […]

Sunday April 28, 2019 When we arrived at the bus station yesterday, we purchased two more bus trips, one for today’s day trip to Gibraltar, and one for our next destination on Monday. Today’s bus leaves at 0815 so it was not a sleep in day as we had to walk the 1.2 miles to […]

Saturday April 27, 2019 Our train doesn’t leave until 1015 so we can sleep in a little bit. We have a little breakfast before leaving and make the trek through all the small streets with no problem. I am very good at remembering a route, once I have walked it. We wait for security to […]

Friday April 26, 2019 Originally, our plan was to get to the Mezquita early for free entry and attend Mass there. That plan was changed as Nurse Carol felt it was better for me to rest a little more and we go for the normal 1000 opening time. Charlie does not like the wrath of […]