Month: May 2019

Saturday May 11, 2019 The weather has changed and we wake up to mostly cloudy skies. We have a little over a mile walk to the Casa de Dali. Tickets were bought months ahead as they only let about thirty people in a half hour. Our entry time is 1030 but our on line ticket […]

Friday May 10, 2019 Today, we have a two part journey. We take a train to our first stop, which is the town of Figueres. From the train station, we have about a mile walk to the Dali Theatre Museum. We have a timed entrance for 1200 and left ourselves extra time because we do […]

Thursday May 9, 2019 We sleep in a bit today as we do not have any timed entries, trains to catch, or big sights to see. In fact, we really do not have anything planned other than checking out the Barcelona beach. We have another nice breakfast and get ready to go out. I read […]

Wednesday May 8, 2019 We have breakfast right at 0800. Yesterday, we bought tickets for the train and rack railway that goes to Montserrat, a mountaintop monastery about an hour from Barcelona. The train we plan on leaves at 0936 and we have a 1.2 mile walk to Placa Espanya where it leaves from. Somehow, […]

Tuesday May 7, 2019 We have a timed entry into the Sagrada Familia today at 1030. It is crazy that all these places have to be booked months ahead or you most likely will not get in. That has been the norm for major sights such as this, the Alhambra, the Alcazar, etc. We like […]

Monday May 6, 2019 Today is a kind of Antonio Gaudi day. We have a reserved time for the monumental area of Parc Guell, designed by Gaudi and the plan to walk and see the exteriors of a few of his buildings around town. We take a metro to the Alfons X stop, where our […]

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 […]