The next part of our Spain adventure brought us to the Seville Bull Fighting ring and La Plaza de España. Spanish-style bullfighting, or corrida de toros (“running of the bulls”) is practiced throughout its origin country of Spain, as well as in some parts of South America and even southern France. Most bullfights consist of […]
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Alcázar de Sevilla – Seville, Spain
We spent most of our second day in Seville touring the Alcázar of Seville, or “Reales Alcázares de Sevilla.” Registered in 1987 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Alcázar is known as one of the most beautiful palaces in Spain and is still used as the official residence for the royal family when they […]
España Parte Cuatro: Seville Cathedral
We took the train to Seville the next morning; it was a roughly 2 and a half hour train ride west through beautiful southern Spain country side. We took a cab from the train station to our hotel; we elected to stay at the Hotel Fernando III; there were numerous hotels available in Seville, but […]
España Parte Tres: La Alhambra
The next day was set aside entirely for La Alhambra and the Generalife. We highly recommend taking a full day to explore both. When we first arrived in Spain, we kept noticing this very popular breakfast dish, which seemed to consist of tomato and olive oil on bread and toasted. Since we didn’t exactly know […]
Texas High Point: Guadalupe Peak
Hello there again blog world, it’s Andy! In pursuit of my life-goal of summiting the high peaks of all 50 states, I recently tackled Texas and Oklahoma! I let Don choose a friend to attend the ascents with him; he picked his new friend from Spain, Arrojado. I flew from Fairbanks to Anchorage to Los […]
España Parte Dos: EL Albayzín District, Exploring Granada, and FLAMENCO!
The next day we planned to tour Granada a bit and explore the Albayzín district. We began our morning journey on the way to breakfast by making a stop at the Plaza Isabel La Catolica, near the Gran Via Hotel. Take some time to check out the statue; it’s impressive and historically iconic. The statue […]
España Parte Uno: It’s the End of Time and Pork is All That Has Survived
Andrew & Allison’s 2015 International Adventure took us this year to SPAIN! We spent a little over two weeks touring Granada, Seville, Barcelona, and Madrid. Every city was beautiful and special in its own way. We ate tons of fabulous food, toured more things than we could count, and met some of the greatest people! […]
Oktoberfest at the Hotel Alyeska!
I recently spent two weeks down in Anchorage for work, which gave Andy and I the opportunity to take a side trip to Girdwood with Kelly/Madison and Caroline/Marc. Girdwood is a ski-resort community near Cook Inlet about 40 miles south of Anchorage. The trip perfectly coincided with Oktoberfest, which Girdwood was hosting. Andy, along with […]
Oregon Part VI: Cannon Beach
Cannon Beach sits about 25 miles south of Astoria along the coast. It’s a very beautiful drive, and takes about 40 minutes. A city in Clatsop County right on the Pacific Ocean, Cannon Beach is famous for its discovery by William Clark of Lewis and Clark. History of the Lewis and Clark expedition is alive […]
Oregon Part V: Astoria and The Goonies House
Now that Andy had Mt. Hood under his belt (did you like his blog?!), we were able to relax a bit and finally left Timberline Lodge (I had had enough cheese, thankyouverymuch). We were on our way to Astoria! The drive to Astoria was beautiful. Pretty forests and gorgeous countryside. Don helped drive, per usual. […]