Too much Iberia, too little time (damn the Alicante beaches)

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October 19th 2007

Published: November 3rd 2007

Sorry guys, we are writing this from Argentina and are catching up on a pretty hectic month. So this is going to be a long blog but please give it a read and check out the photos, it's worth it I promise. Leaving Alicante (sob) Our return to sightseeing in Spain after beach-bumming was becoming addictive had a tough start. We had to catch the bus to Alicante to then catch the train to Madrid. So ... Read Full Entry

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The Gold Coast of Portugal

A pond at the Quinta

Which lead to a...

To a cave under a waterfall

Which lead to a tunnel which came out at the bottom of a...

A well!

Isn't this amazing? We though we had died and gone to Narnia

Triton on the Palacio da Pena

A tile painting in a Lisbon metro station

The ruined convent of Carmo

Toninho and his cooking show

A dream house over the river in Toledo

But don't let your kids play in the back yard

AAAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!

My comic fury at tourist completely bubbled over at the sight of the Segway rental place in Toledo and of the stupid lazy tourists who actually rented them!

Ana's hero

The indomitable Don Quijote

A nice garden open to an alley in Seville

Must be a source of pride as we saw a newly wed couple having their photo taken outside the gates

The thickest hot chocolate ever

Almost just chocolate. The texture of magma I like to think.

Funny sign

Incendio means fire, but may also mean headlights otherwise the sign makes little sense. But I found it amusing that there was a woman with a fire for roasting chestnuts under the 'No fire' sign

A Spanish version of the 'All Directions' sign!

Yay

3rd November 2007

Sof and Zac
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officially unkitsch castles
that was not a kitsch castle... you need to appreciate mosaics more. we live in China, there is way more kitsch here than in portugal!!!! btw, chas, have a haircut. :)

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