Reading and Roaming
SQUARES, SHOPS, & TREATS In our two days plus in Lisbon, we explored four major neighborhoods with Tiago, a guide who is also a former architect. He was brimming with facts and enthusiasm for his city. We learned about the history of Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake, visited several traditional shops (sardines, anyone?), walked some …
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TRADITIONAL & WHIMSICAL Sevilla or Seville in English is a city of surprises. With about 725,000 people, it’s twice the population of Granada, yet not a huge city like Barcelona or Madrid. Our hotel is in the old town and once was a home that housed several families all living together. It has two courtyards …
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ARAB DISTRICT We had a fascinating day in Granada experiencing the narrow streets of the oldest neighborhood in Granada, the Albaicin. It existed and was inhabited before the construction of the Alhambra. After we went on to the Alhambra, both the lovely outer gardens and then into several of the palaces. With our experienced guide …
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ARRIVING The scenic drive from Cordoba to Granada took us past groves and groves of olive trees for miles and miles. And up and down and around the mountain’s curving roads. The entire time was not quite two and a half hours. And then, suddenly, we were in a big city again, more Barcelona-like than …
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