Videos from Spain

I have finally put together some of the video from our trip to Sevilla, Spain.
We spent one afternoon wandering around the Alcazar which is an old palace surrounded by magnificent gardens. You can read more about the Alcazar here


Then I have finally managed to upload the edited video and hopefully everyone will be able to see it. Click here
this is followed by a continuation of our exploration of the grounds and other rooms. I really magnificent palace and so well preserved. Second part - click here

There is more to come - but will leave that for another day...........

Home Again and feeling great!

Its good to be home. Spain and England were wonderful and we really enjoyed the trip. I am just starting to work on sorting out all of the photos from the trip. The pictures actually go quicker than the videos....so we will start with the photos. We have a few from Sevilla and then the rest are from our day tour to the White Village town of Ronda, which took us to a couple of wineries along the way (I don't think they do great wine in this area!) and then some pictures from our walk through Ronda.

An upsetting night

For David, an unpleasant night as he got food poisoning and suffered! Don't know what caused it as we ate the same thing- except I did not eat the olives....
So while David recouped this AM I took the open air tourist bus around Sevilla and got to see more of this beautiful city.
We then flew back to London this afternoon and are overnighting at the Marriott at the airport before returning home tomorrow.


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Ronda and Tapas

Last night we went out for Tapas to a recommended bar, which was full of locals and had no English menu - so this challenged us a bit and the Spanish phrase book was working overtime - fortunately we arrived at 7.30 and the kitchen did not open til 8, so this gave us 1/2 hour to work on the menu and everything we ordered was delicious - from the razor clams to the mushroom torte.....
Today we took a personalized tour to one of the "White Villages" - Ronda - this was about 1 1/2 hour drive SE of Sevilla. It was a lovely drive on a super day. Our first stop was a wine tasting at a small boutique winery - the wines were young and I think they still have a way to go before they are top notch. Then we drove on to the outskirts of Ronda and visited vineyard #2, the wines were better here and even included Pinot Noir.
Then in Ronda we went to a Tapas bar for lunch - WOW - stunning food, beatifully cooked and presented. We had salmon ceviche, soy noodles and Iberian ham, asparagus and manchego cheese, Russian potato salad, curried chicken on skewers and a glass of wine ( the best today)
We then walked off lunch in the town, which is spectacularly perched on a hillside (pictures will be posted on my return home)
Late in the day we drove back to Sevilla.

Sevilla, Spain

This morning we did a guided walking tour of the town with a local, recommended by Rick Steves, she did an excellent job for 2 hours. We then grabbed a coffee and tapas before doing a tour of the Alcazar and the cathedral. Pictures to follow, back to the hotel to pickup email, charge iTouch and relax before heading out on tapas tour.
Tomorrow we have a day tour planned with a tour guide.


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Heathrow airport

Just had lunch - Spinach salad -nice to have some veggies after the meat and fats overloads of the past few days
On to Sevilla....

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End of 4 days in England

Beagles were judged on Friday, the entry was about 225. This lovely bitch pictured above was best bitch- we tried, unsuccessfully, to buy her - but understandably her proud breeders would not part with her.
We watched Best in Show tonight and the winner was the veteran Australian bred vizsla a worthy winner
Tomorrow we head to Seville, Spain for a few days vacation. Will hopefully be able to find Wi-fi and blog




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We are packed

Well we head off tomorrow to Cruft's dog show, in England. Beagles show on Friday. Carrie is house-sitting for us in our absence - Thanks Carrie! The dogs will all enjoy being spoilt by her.
We look forward to seeing all of our friends from around the world in Birmingham. Swing by the Beagle ring and visit.
After Cruft's we are going to Spain for a few days - watch this blog.....

Not as nice as Yesterday...

But I am not complaining. The day started nicely and all the dogs were lying on the deck, here is our 14 year old whippet (she demands a soft bed!)
The beagles are happy to just lie on the deck. By the afternoon, we had some sprinkles of rain and its all clouded over. I guess the weather man is trying to prepare us for Europe!

A Beautiful Saturday

On a spring day, with temperatures that reached 72 degrees, this afternoon, it was time to go for a long bike ride, mow the lawns and generally enjoy the day. This was the view from the end of the driveway - you can see all the trees with blossoms - we have had such a mild winter, everything is flowering.
I just hope the weather can be as nice next week when we head to England for Crufts and follow that up with a few days in Spain (Seville)