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Spain Day 21 Barcelona 15 October 2025

https://www.facebook.com/Greganddebstravelblog?mibextid=ZbWKwL #Retiredlyf We met Laura our guide and our driver at our hotel at 9am. It’s Gaudi Day! Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), was an architect who embraced the Catalan Modernisme Movement (a branch of Art Nouveau). His signature designs used organic … Continue reading

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Spain Day 20 Barcelona 14 October 2025

https://www.facebook.com/Greganddebstravelblog?mibextid=ZbWKwL #Retiredlyf We met our guide Laura outside the Lamaro Hotel at a bit after 9am, it took us a little longer than we thought (and what Apple maps & google maps thought). After we got to know each other … Continue reading

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Spain Day 19 Valencia to Barcelona (by road) 13 October 2025

https://www.facebook.com/Greganddebstravelblog?mibextid=ZbWKwL #Retiredlyf Our driver picked us up at about 10:30 and took us to the train station next to the Valencia Bullring. I think it would be a great looking station, but at the moment it is covered in scaffolding, … Continue reading

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Spain Day 18 Valencia 12 October 2025

#Retiredlyf https://www.facebook.com/Greganddebstravelblog?mibextid=ZbWKwL A slow morning, we had a late breakfast, then I went out and did my Ingress Second Sunday things while Deb had a quiet morning in our room. My walk took me to the Alemeda Birdge, an interesting … Continue reading

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Spain Day 17 Valencia 11 October 2025

We left our hotel this morning and walked to meet our guide out in front of the town hall, did I mention that when we left our hotel it was dark and raining, it was 9:40am. Number of Views :229

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Spain Day 16 Mallorca to Valencia 10 Oct 25

For more photos and descriptions of our journey please follow this link ; https://www.facebook.com/Greganddebstravelblog?mibextid=ZbWKwL A new day, a new city. Today was all about getting to Valencia. Our transfer driver arrived at 8:30 for our 9am transfer to the airport. … Continue reading

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Spain Day 15 Mallorca 9 Oct 25

We were on our own today so it was a slow easy start. A leisurely breakfast and then we headed out to have a look around the old town. Our day started with a visit to the Convent de Santa … Continue reading

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Spain Day 14 Mallorca and Soller 8 Oct 25

We were picked up at 8am by our guide and driver and headed into the interior of the Island of Mallorca. Mallorca is the largest of the Balearic Islands, it has an area of 3640 sq kms and its highest … Continue reading

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Spain Day 13. Mallorca 7 Oct 25

Happy birthday Craig, we hope you’ve been spoilt. From our hotel room we could see that another 4 or 5 cruise ships had docked in the port overnight, and the aircraft carrier was now pointing east, it was pointing west … Continue reading

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Spain Day 12. Granada to Mallorca 6 Oct 25

We checked out of our hotel and were in our transfer to the airport at 9:15. It too about 25 mins to get to the airport and then we had to wait. The check in counters didn’t open until 10:45. … Continue reading

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