We said goodbye to Seville the next morning and caught our train to Barcelona. We made it to Barcelona in the early afternoon and checked into our hotel. We selected the Evenia Rosselló Hotel located on Carrer del Rosselló in the commercial center of Barcelona, near the Paseo de Gracia and the Agenda Diagonal. The hotel […]
Month: April 2016
Carlsbad Caverns
After my summit of Texas’s High Point, I headed over to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico (the high point of Texas is right on the Texas/New Mexico border). The park entrance use located on US Highway 62/180, about 18 miles from the town of Carlsbad, New Mexico. Don and Arrojado ready to go! […]
España Parte Seis: Seville Bullfighting Ring & La Plaza de España
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 […]
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 […]