Segovia
Having stopped overnight on our drive down, we decided to spend a day exploring the city on our return.
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Arcos de la Frontera & back to la Herradura
On Tuesday we headed back for Arcos de la Frontera and have now returned to la Herradura.
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Heading west in the rain
It’s forecast to rain later, so we decide to move on . . .
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Chipiona and Sanlúcar de Barrameda
With the weather looking fair, we decided to stay in the area for a few more days.
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Ile d’Oléron and Gironde Estuary en route south
We decided to explore Château d’Oleron before driving down to Royan for our next stop along the route ‘Cachalot’ took in 1955.
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Port wine tasting, then north towards Spain
Bev did some research of the port lodges and booked tickets for Friday at Ferreira, the oldest lodge and still owned by the Portuguese. We… Read More »Port wine tasting, then north towards Spain
Heading north: Lisbon to Porto
Departing 1000 on Wednesday 17 April we’re heading for Lisbon, Porto and on to Bragança to make our way north in one long drive. Decided… Read More »Heading north: Lisbon to Porto
Madinat al-Zahra
We manage to extract ourselves from the Córdoba city parking lot by pressing the ‘info’ button on the challenging carpark machine. This still seems to… Read More »Madinat al-Zahra
la Herradura to Córdoba
After a most enjoyable five weeks, we finally depart la Herradura on Tuesday 9 April. After a stop in Salobrena for food, diesel, lpg &… Read More »la Herradura to Córdoba