Month: February 2015

Viaje a Espana – Coming Soon!

Posted on by Rhonda R

I have an upcoming trip to Spain coming up, March 21 through March 29th. I hope to live blog while touring the country. I do not want to blow out my data usage but I want to blog my experiences. I may actually blog it first at my LiveJournal site and then copy/paste and modify over here after that initial post.

I will have a brand new Canon Rebel to use in my journeys so I am uber excited!!!

My (tentative) Itinerary is as follows:

  1. Saturday March 21, 2015, departure from Ohio en-route to Madrid
  2. Sunday March 22, 2015 Arrival Madrid, Spain
    1. Visit Palacio Real  & Garden – The Royal Palace
    2. Visit Plaza Mayor
    3. Puerta del Sol/shop
    4. Free time
    5. Dinner
  3. Monday March 23, 2015 – Madrid –
    1. Visit The Prado Museum (Art)
    2. Visit The Retiro Park; Crystal Palace, The Alfonso XII Monument
    3. Visit Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas (Largest Bullring in Spain)
    4. Visit Taurino Museum
    5. Shopping/Free time in Cheuca area
    6. Dinner
  4. Tuesday March 24, 2015 – Excursion to Toledo
    1. Visit Sword Maker
    2. Local guide provided to tour Cathedral de Toledo
    3. Visit The Church of Santo Tome – Which houses El Greco’s Burial of Count Orgaz
    4. Free time
    5. Dinner/Return to Madrid
  5.  Wednesday March 25, 2015 – Ave Train to Valencia
    1. Walking tour (with guide) of Valencia
      1. Barrio del Carmen
      2. The Cathedral (said to house the Holy Grail Chalice)
      3. Free time
      4. Dinner
  6. Thursday March 26, 2015 – Valencia
    1. Mercado Central
    2. The Science Museum
    3. I’Oceanografic (World’s Largest Marine Park)
    4. Dinner/free time/night life
  7. Friday March 27, 2015 – Bus to Montserrat
    1. Renaissance Basilica (houses La Moreneta)
      1.  Bus to Barcelona in afternoon
      2. Visit La Ramblas/Free time
      3. Dinner/night life
      4. Monumento a Colon (Christopher Columbus monument at the end of La Ramblas)
  8. Saturday March 28, 2015 – Barcelona
    1. Visit Parc Guell (Gaudi)
    2. Visit Barrio Gotica (guided) and enter Cathedral
    3. Visit Sagrada Familia (Sacred Family) Cathedral (audio guide)
    4. Free time (I plan on going to El Camp Nou – Home of FC Barcelona – Futbol Club)
    5. Dinner and a flamenco show/night life
  9. Saturday March 28, 2015 Return Home
    1. Depart from Barcelona arrival late evening