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Girona, Day 4
(Tuesday, May 15th) We go wine tasting and actually leave on time! We also actually make it to all four scheduled wineries! Usually when we go wine tasting in these big groups Rebecca hires a limo, but we didn’t have the luxury so two of us had to drive the vans that day. I was…
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(Monday, May 14th) Half the group heads to the market and everyone’s allergies kick in. The other half goes into Girona. Our group had to take two cars. Parking was hard to find so we split up and met at the Cathedral. Then we grabbed lunch because we were all pretty hungry. We ate pintxos,…
Read MoreGirona, Day 2
(Sunday, May 13th) This day was slated for the Dali museum and a trip to the market. More pictures I was in the first group that went to the Dali museum. It was packed because it was Sunday and I was really trying not to complain about it, but man, people are annoying in that…
Read MoreGirona, Day 1
(Saturday, May 12th) Our friend Orion turned 40 this year. To celebrate he invited a group of 18 people for a wine soaked week in Spain. Sixteen of us spent the first week in a castle north of Barcelona, in Tortella near Girona. The second week we stayed in two apartments in Barcelona. A few…
Read MoreSanta Barbara
Following our return from London my friend Maritza and I drove down to Santa Barbara for a couple of days. She let me drive her car so that I could avoid motion sickness. She has a 2010 Mazda 3.5 hatchback and I have to say I was pretty happy with it. The steering handles well…
Read MoreLondon, Day 8
I wanted to get breakfast one last time and our host said York & Albany, a Gordan Ramsay restaurant was good for it. So we walked over there and I ordered a traditional breakfast again (consists of one fried egg, one piece of bacon, one piece of sausage, a fried tomato, some mushrooms, beans and…
Read MoreLondon, Day 7
Can you believe it, we had another late start! We wanted to get some good fish n chips again (chippys), but it was late in the afternoon and most places were closed until dinner time. We did find one place near Camden Lock, Lockside Lounge. They weren’t nearly as good as Blackfriar’s, but they did…
Read MoreLondon, Day 6
Yet another rainy day. We had another late start, so we had a lot of trouble find a place to eat lunch at 3pm. We attempted to do more walking tours and headed out for the Wander in Westminster tour. The first thing we saw on the tour was London Eye and then Big Ben.…
Read MoreLondon, Day 5
This was a pretty rainy day so we decided to do some indoor site seeing. We went to the Tate Modern and I was surprised to find no admission fee. I haven’t been to a free art museum since the Cleveland Museum of Art! Apparently all the art museums in London are free. I liked…
Read MoreLondon, Day 4
We woke up at a slightly more decent time on this day – 11:30am. Ate breakfast and headed out for the Tate Modern and Tower of London. Steve discovered online that the last tour for the Tower is at 3:30, so we went there first (we ended up at the Tate another day). Our tour…
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