On the other side of this semester’s finish line lies Spain:

We’re going for three weeks. Here’s the general itinerary:

Days 01-03 – Madrid & Toledo w/both sets of parents
Days 04-08 – Sevilla & Pueblos Blancos w/Amy’s parents
Days 09-11 – Granada & Cordoba w/Amy’s parents
Days 12-13 – Picos de Europa
Days 14-16 – Bilbao & San Sebastian w/Todd & Steph
Days 17-19 – Rioja Region via Haro w/Todd & Steph
Days 20-22 – Pyrenees & Zaragoza

We have already done the first 9 days when we visited Spain back in 2003, but back then we went from Granada to Barcelona and then on to France. Now we’re doing a broad sweep of the northern part of the country.

This trip takes another sizable chunk out of our Iberian campaign of conquest. The areas that we will still not have seen include the far northwest of Spain (Santiago & A Coruña), east of Madrid and down the coast (south of Barcelona to Valencia to Almería), the northern region from Madrid (Salamanca & Segovia), and the southern Algarve Coast in Portugal (Lagos to Faro).

But that’ll have to be another trip or two. Far, far in the future unless we strike it rich or the Euro’s value is cut in half. We planned this trip a few years ago long before the dollar tanked and the Euro skyrocketed. We’re thinking it will be interesting to compare the Spain of ’03 to the Spain of ’08, as we believe tourism has been on the rise. The fact that Spain did not cater to tourists made us fall in love the country. We hope that still exists.

Oh, and I should mention that our attack dog Athena will staying at home with a sitter, so don’t even think about trying to break in while we’re gone or she will feast on your blood. Seriously.

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