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Trips: South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia (2004) Bhutan and India (2006) Around the World (1987) Australia (1990) Turkey and Greece (1996) Morocco (1991) Portugal (1995) Antarctica and South America (1992) Greece (1993) Spain (2001) Italy (2002) France, Belgium and London (2003) Western Caribbean (2008) France, Austria and Russia (1984) Europe (1980) Peru (1989) Israel, Jordan and Egypt (2008) Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia Herzegovina (2013) All Around The Country (2011) Art in Amsterdam (2012) Belize, Guatemala and Honduras (2009) Italy (2016) Cuba (2017) Northern European Captials (2017) Medellin (2017) Borneo and South Korea (2018) Central Mexico (2018 - 2019) Tanzania (2019) Panama (2021) Madrid and Valencia (2022) Paris and Western Europe (2021) The Caucuses (2022) Alaska (2005) Bermuda (2015) Central Europe (2015) Tunisia (2022) Camino de Santiago (2023) Curacao (2010) Southeast Asia (2012) Iceland (2013) Berlin (2014) Costa Rica (2011) Ecuador (2016) Riviera Maya (2012) Dublin (2010) Shorthand link: http://blogabond.com/shoshtrvls

Welcome to my travels. On this site you'll find recent trips and some very old trips. You'll note that for some trips I wrote very detailed reports (at least in the beginning), for others, I didn't even take notes of where I was on what dates. Nevertheless, I've done my best to document, to the extent I can, all of my major trips.

Day 47

Soria, Spain

Just a stop on the way to Barcelona, but worthy of a mention because it's a shit little town where we had a horrible lunch.

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shoshtrvls on September 16, 1987 from Soria, Spain

from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

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Day 47 (cont.)

Barcelona, Spain

We arrived in Barcelona and are staying at th Hotel Gran Via. Dinner was pizza at Il Villagio.

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shoshtrvls on September 16, 1987 from Barcelona, Spain

from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

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Day 46

Avila de los Caballeros, Spain

First to Avila to see the cathedral and the walls, lunch at Meson el Rastro.

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shoshtrvls on September 15, 1987 from Avila de los Caballeros, Spain

from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

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Day 46 (cont.)

Segovia, Spain

After Avila, we drove to Segovia and checked into the Parador, a new one, and relaxed at the pool. Then we went into town and saw the aquaduct, cathedral, alcazar from Camelot (a la Price Charming) and had dinner at Plaza de Franco.

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shoshtrvls on September 15, 1987 from Segovia, Spain

from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

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Day 45

Toledo, Spain

Drove to Toledo and visited the Alcazar, Museo de Santa Cruz, a long lunch, found a wonderful antique store -- AVIS ALQUILE UNCOCHE -- where mom bought a menorah and we heard all about Spanish Jewish history and the judaica collection. The place had a mikvah in the basement. (Note -- writing this more than 30 years later, when I took Ellery to Spain in 2001, I again found this store and purchased another piece of judaica from the same collection -- 25 years later!).

We went to the Synagogue de Santa Maria la Blanca, Santa Tome Cathedral (where the El Greco painting "Burial de Conte Orgaz" is), the Santa Iglesia Cathedral Primada.

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shoshtrvls on September 14, 1987 from Toledo, Spain

from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

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Day 45 (cont.)

Cuenca, Spain

Drove to Cuenca and saw the hanging houses from a footbridge. Dinner there and back to Madrid.

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shoshtrvls on September 14, 1987 from Cuenca, Spain

from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

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Day 44

Madrid, Spain

Waled to the Prado and the Picasso Annex to see the Guernica. Lunch at THE Ritz hotel, took a siesta (love those siestas), hung at a cafe in the Plaza Santa Ana and ate dinner at a tapas bar near the hotel.

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shoshtrvls on September 13, 1987 from Madrid, Spain

from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

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Day 43 (cont.)

Madrid, Spain

Flew to Madrid and met mom at the airport. We got the car and drove to the hotel (Gran Hotel Victoria) at Plaza Angel. Walked around Madrid -- grand Via, Puerto del Sol, Plaza Santa Ana. Dinner at Pazo de Monterrey.

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shoshtrvls on September 12, 1987 from Madrid, Spain

from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

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