Well we have now been traveling (after the last post) for 6 days now. We are currently in Madrid and will be heading off to Barcelona in a couple days time. We have seen some pretty amazing sites and cities already and are only just starting to get into the full swing of things. Portugal was a really beautiful country and you can see the difference already now that we are in Spain. We arrived in Lisbon and straight away we got a good vibe from the friendly people. Lisbon, although a big city, has enough charm to make you like the place. There is a castle that overlooks the whole city and offered some great views. We also spent a nice relaxing day in the hill top city of Sintra which felt like worlds away, even though it was only 45 minutes. Once again, there was a castle on a hill (the ABC’s of Europe, another bloody church, cathedral and of course, castle) but this one was more medieval and plain. We were able to walk almost the entire way around the walls and climb the various towers. After Portugal, we bussed off to Seville. Seville was the highlight so far. The centre was small enough to be able to explore easy enough and our newly renewed student cards (Thank you Egypt) gave either free entrance, or heavily discounted to all the sites. There was a Muslim palace and a really great cathedral which is one of the biggest in the world. After Seville we did a whirlwind trip to Granada to see the Alhambra, which was once again a Muslim palace which was built in a huge compound and had many great buildings and stunning gardens. Madrid has so far been a place big and we have nothing to write about, unless you want to know about doing some washing :-) That’s all for now, we will write again soon and hopefully get some photos up at some point. Cheers, Glen and Robyn
We're too cheap for postcards so this will have to do...