Espana y Portugal

Our trip thru Spain was on a tour with the choir. Lisa and I aren't too big on tours, but this one worked out pretty well. The company was good and the guide was excellent. It was a lot of fun.

In Portugal we were on our own in a rental car. The first day we drove straight from Madrid to Lisbon, then made a big circle, staying at a series of pousadas, or state-run bed-and-breakfasts which happened to be situated inside castles!
We began our vacation in the historic city of Barcelona . After a few days there, we flew to Sevilla . From there we took a day trip to Jerez de la Frontera , and then to Cordoba . Next we took a bullet train to Toledo , visited Segovia , and finally Madrid . After several days in this very cosmopolitan city, we were off to Lisbon , where we spent a couple of days before heading off into the Portugese countryside. Here we visited five different pousadas before heading back to Madrid and then home to the States.

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