Mr. G posing

Top pic details of church. This is just the front. As we were walking to the old part of Seville found this beautiful church. A little gem you find walking around.

Seville

Reid and I have been here before, yes we toured the Real Alcazar, La Cathedral. It’s 83 degrees sun shining, Seville is a tourist destination, so what should we do?! Wait on a 2 hour line to get into the major attractions? Or……. meandering the streets and SHOPPING, which I have not really done. Easy […]

April 29 We are off to see Seville, Spain

We arrived in the port city of Cadiz, the oldest city in Spain. The 2nd largest port city, over 300 cruise ships dock here. 1/2 million tourists pass thru Cadiz. It is 1 hr 45mins to Seville, a very long day commuting. 112 thousand people live here, but unemployment is very high, 27% but much […]

My Last Thoughts on Lisbon

Again one day not enough time here. 11million people in Portugal, 3 million in Lisbon and surrounding area. 1755 an earthquake and sunamee which buried the city. Many of the buildings and infrastructure is from the late 1700’s. Apartments and homes are very expensive in the heart of the city. The ride to Sintra is […]

The Moorish Castle

In the hills below the palace. How cool is this

Portugal and their ceramic tiles.

Everywhere you look colorful, decorative tiles are on walls, in stores, both old and new. This is not mass produced, just love them. So here’s the rub….. you have X amount of time to do a tour and get your ass back to the ship on time. With the mess up today with our tour, […]

Check Out the Details on the palace.

It was super hot, so we dressed wrong. Never fails. But when u leave at 8am and it heats up by mid day the sun hits you.

The Clock Tower.

You can see a bit if the different design styles.

Sintra, Portugal

UNESCO heritage site, Pena Palace. Its like Disney moved here a palace set up on a huge hill surrounded by a botanical gardens. The gardens are a public park that people come to hike, bike and just enjoy the surroundings. You don’t have to wait in the long lines for the castle but this was […]

When You Get Lemons, Figure it Out! Then get some money back.

The plan is a full day tour of Sintra and Cascais. We het to meeting place for our tour and our guide did not know we were coming from a cruise. We have to be on board no later than 4:30, the tour ends at 5!!! I mean we planned this trip months in advance […]