Trip Status and Updates

We meant to do this earlier, but forgot to get around to it. We are currently in Granada, Spain in a little apartment with a view of the Alhambra.

This part of the trip has been entirely different for a number of reasons including 1) that to some degree we both speak this language; 2) food is different and generally cheaper (between bocadillos and tapas we don't have the need/desire to eat a full meal every single day like we did in Italy); and 3) accommodations are generally much cheaper allowing us to either save money on that end or spend about the same amount as in Italy to end up in some very nice places (either by quality or location).

I thought that having internet more frequently would help us to stay more up to date with the blog, but for the most part it hasn't. We're about 2 weeks behind, but should get a bit more done before we get home.

Speaking of which, we have booked our flight back. We will be leaving from Oporto, Portugal on November 9 and arriving in San Diego late that night (contingent on a smooth layover in O'Hare). After some time to recover we should be back to normal by the 11th or 12th.

With a set return date, we have been able to plan out our itinerary more concretely than we did for the first part of the trip. Here is our plan:

October 20-23: Granada
October 23-25: Ronda
October 25-26: Gibraltar (La Linea de Concepcion)
October 26-28: Cadiz
October 28-30: Arcos de la Frontera
October 30-November 2: Sevilla
November 2-November 7: Some combination of Lisbon, Sintra, and another town or 2 in Portugal.
November 7-9: Oporto
November 9: Leave for San Diego

We're looking forward to seeing people when we get back and jumping into the Thanksgiving and holiday season.