Madrid, oh Madrid

By the time we arrive to Madrid, we are exhausted. Well mostly our feet are exhausted. So it is a little unfair to Madrid that we did not give it our full attention and a proper wander about. Instead, we slowly wandered around the city to a couple of the points we wanted to see […]

A day of religion

While it’s not secret that neither myself nor Mr Ennis are particularly religious, we do really appreciate the multitude of global religions and often visit places of worship all over the world. Toledo has a fascinating (yet dark) history like many in Europe, yet a unique fact about Toledo is that it is known as […]

Goodbye Barcelona, Hello Toledo

A three hour train journey and we have headed west to Toledo — which is a town south of Madrid known for it’s Alcazar (castle) and Cathedral to a typical tourist.  This town is often a quick day trip for people visiting Madrid, but in true Ennis fashion, that is not how we roll. We […]

Let’s Talk About Gaudi

Holy Gaudi in Barcelona. If you don’t know Antoni Gaudi was a famous architect born in the mid 1800s and his work is extremely recognisable and unique.  He spent a good portion of his life in Barcelona so the majority of his work is here including some that he started and is still being completed. […]

To the Mountains!

Today we head to the mountains as a last minute change — I say last minute, but really we didn’t plan much, so we changed our very loose ‘plans’ from a week ago.  A short hour train journey northwest of Barcelona and you are in a completely different landscape.  The plan is Monserrat Monastery which […]

More Barcelona

After a good sleep in, we headed back out to explore more Barcelona. I really could get used to starting at 11 am thing!  Today was really about exploring, and pictures show this better than words… First stop was the famous Boqueria (market) — it was just as colorful as I expected and a lot […]

Our Spain Adventure Begins – Barcelona

While we were fortunate to be in Europe with the ability to travel through the UK during the pandemic, it sure put a damper on 18 months of international travel, and returning to the US with the international travel restrictions, new variants and uncertainty around travel, we have been holding steady not traveling much.  Considering […]