Overall a terrific trip. Lisbon is so festive and it was sweet to see Erica there – we always have so much fun when we travel together. Everyone in Lisbon…
Of course between Lisbon and Madrid you’ll never go hungry as there is always something delicious to eat. As anyone that knows us knows, we like to make restaurant choices…
Today we planned a day trip to the nearby town of Toledo. Toledo is located on the banks of the Tagus River in central Spain, about 35 minutes by high-speed…
The other two museums on the Walk of Art in Madrid are the Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Reina Sofia. Our next stop was the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum which is primarily a private…
There are three major art museums in Madrid: the Prado, the Thyssen-Bornemisza, and the Reina Sofia. Each cater to a different audience and so you get a nice cross-section of…
After a quick hop from Lisbon on TAP Air Portugal, we arrived in Madrid with an afternoon to wander around. We checked into our room at the Circulo Gran Via,…
There is a small town west of Lisbon near the Atlantic coast that is filled with castles that were built at varying times over the last 1,000 years. About a…
Azulejos are famous worldwide as the beautiful (usually) hand drawn Portugese tiles that are generally blue (azul) in color: Azulejos constitute a major aspect of Portugese architecture and to this…