Ávila, Spain Part Dos After a good night’s rest, here’s our photo tour of day 2… Planning our route for the day’s exploration! Although we spent the night in Ávila, it makes a lovely day trip from Madrid. Palacio de los Velada has lovely old world charm… …
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The Walls of Ávila, Spain Part One
Ávila, Spain is one of the most well preserved walled medieval cities in Spain. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1985. We arrived just after sunset into the beautiful walled city of Ávila. Against the dusky blue of the clear sky, las Murallas, …
Our Travels • Savona Italy
Our Travels • Savona Italy After a wonderful day in Marseille, France, we awakened to our next port of call -Savona, Italy. This is actually the Costa Serena’s home port. After a bit of research, it seemed that most of the touristy things to do were in …
Our Travels • Naples, Italy
Our Travels • Naples, Italy Day three of our Mediterranean journey dawned beautiful and bright. It was still chilly, somewhat to my disappointment, but the excitement of our next destination overrode any minor issues like a chill in the air. Naples, Italy! The originator of pizza, next …
Our Travels • Toledo Spain
Our Travels • Toledo Spain After a wonderful lunch in Tarragona, we packed up the car and headed out for Toledo. Since our road trip was going to take a bit over six hours, we opted to follow the coastline south to València before cutting inland …
Our Travels • Tarragona Spain
Our Travels • Tarragona Spain As our son made his way back to school, we began the second phase of our European adventure. We picked up our rental car and hit the road, our next stop-Tarragona! I chose Tarragona as our first stop due to it’s close proximity to …