After months of indecisiveness, my parents finally have the Spain trip confirmed! My third uncle feels the itinerary is good, so perhaps he and his family will be joining us too, together with the family friends (a couple) of my Australian relatives. My mum is looking to fly off on the night of June twenty-second, just nice for us to tour Spain for ten days, before flying to Malta, where we can settle down for a few days, attend the wedding, have a get-together, then fly back home.
My Australian uncle has already booked the Malta accommodation for us. He had rented three apartments of three bedrooms each, making a total of nine bedrooms. My parents and I will take one, my third uncle and aunt (with their two eldest girls) will take two, my Australian uncle and aunt one, my eldest cousin and his wife (together with the soon-to-be-born baby) one, youngest cousin and his girlfriend one, their family friends one, and the remaining two for the rest of our relatives who may be going. Seems pretty set.
We went to a tour agency last Saturday, and this is what we settled on for the Spain tour. Initially I thought of going Portugal as well, to see Fatima, but it is not recommended by the boss of the travel agency, as he said the route back to Spain from Portugal is pretty rough and long, and we may get stuck on the route, with many hours to go before our next meal. Oh well....
Anyway, here is the proposed plan :
1. Barcelona - Antoni Gaudi's "Sagrada Familia", Gothic Quarter, local Catalonian dinner.
2. Barcelona, Peniscola, Valencia - Stop at Peniscola, drive through the Levant region to Valencia, the Bull Ring (just a pity matador season has not arrived then!), great Cathedral and the Towers of Serrano and Cuarte.
3. Valencia, Guadix, Granada - Guadix stopover to view troglodyte cave dwellings, continue via Mora Pass to Granada, dinner of local specialties to the music of Spanish guitar.
4. Granada, Seville - Granada sightseeing to view the Moorish Alhambra Palace, scenic drive through Antequera to Seville, fiery Flamenco show.
5. Seville - sightseeing at Maria Luisa Park, Cathedral, Giralda Tower, Plaza de Espana and Christopher Columbus' tomb, option of a horse-driven carriage ride through the floodlit streets.
6. Seville, Cordoba, Madrid - via Guadalquivir Valley to Cordoba, sightseeing at the Mosque of the Caliphs and the Synagogue, cross the plains to La Mancha before going to Madrid.
7. Madrid, Toledo, Barcelona - sightseeing at Cervantes Memorial, Puerta del Sol, etc, off to Toledo for the Synagogue, Church of Santo Tome and local steel workshop, back to Barcelona.
After that, it will be off to Malta to attend the wedding of the year! I am so looking forward to this trip, as this will be the first time I am actually going to Europe! I really wish I can take enough time off for this trip! Now the only thing I have to figure out is how to raise five thousand bucks by June before we fly off.
My Australian uncle has already booked the Malta accommodation for us. He had rented three apartments of three bedrooms each, making a total of nine bedrooms. My parents and I will take one, my third uncle and aunt (with their two eldest girls) will take two, my Australian uncle and aunt one, my eldest cousin and his wife (together with the soon-to-be-born baby) one, youngest cousin and his girlfriend one, their family friends one, and the remaining two for the rest of our relatives who may be going. Seems pretty set.
We went to a tour agency last Saturday, and this is what we settled on for the Spain tour. Initially I thought of going Portugal as well, to see Fatima, but it is not recommended by the boss of the travel agency, as he said the route back to Spain from Portugal is pretty rough and long, and we may get stuck on the route, with many hours to go before our next meal. Oh well....
Anyway, here is the proposed plan :
1. Barcelona - Antoni Gaudi's "Sagrada Familia", Gothic Quarter, local Catalonian dinner.
2. Barcelona, Peniscola, Valencia - Stop at Peniscola, drive through the Levant region to Valencia, the Bull Ring (just a pity matador season has not arrived then!), great Cathedral and the Towers of Serrano and Cuarte.
3. Valencia, Guadix, Granada - Guadix stopover to view troglodyte cave dwellings, continue via Mora Pass to Granada, dinner of local specialties to the music of Spanish guitar.
4. Granada, Seville - Granada sightseeing to view the Moorish Alhambra Palace, scenic drive through Antequera to Seville, fiery Flamenco show.
5. Seville - sightseeing at Maria Luisa Park, Cathedral, Giralda Tower, Plaza de Espana and Christopher Columbus' tomb, option of a horse-driven carriage ride through the floodlit streets.
6. Seville, Cordoba, Madrid - via Guadalquivir Valley to Cordoba, sightseeing at the Mosque of the Caliphs and the Synagogue, cross the plains to La Mancha before going to Madrid.
7. Madrid, Toledo, Barcelona - sightseeing at Cervantes Memorial, Puerta del Sol, etc, off to Toledo for the Synagogue, Church of Santo Tome and local steel workshop, back to Barcelona.
After that, it will be off to Malta to attend the wedding of the year! I am so looking forward to this trip, as this will be the first time I am actually going to Europe! I really wish I can take enough time off for this trip! Now the only thing I have to figure out is how to raise five thousand bucks by June before we fly off.
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Your family + extended members sure like their trip!
Hahaha.... hope so!
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