Spain

In the Spring we traveedl to Spain with three segments: Madrid, and then the regions of Aragon and Catalonia. The flight with KLM from Vancouver to Amsterdam, Amsterdam to Madrid was excellent even with us being bumped out of our upgraded seats because of an equipment change - KLM did not handle that well.

At the end of the stay in Madrid we pick up our car for a three hour drive to the city of Zaragoza in the Aragon Region. Luckily we were not confronted with protestors chanting: Tourists go home!

Leaving Zaragoza we drove to the coastal town of L'Ametlla de Mar. We stayed here for just under two weeks in this area. Good time to relax and there were many sights to see, all as day drives.

We drove back to Madrid, dropped off the car, and took a flight home the next day. We stayed one evening in an airport near the hotel. The only stressful part of the trip was finding the locatiion at the Madrid airport to drop off the rental car. Not well signed, and it took almost six attempts to spot the sign with "key" on it to signify "keys for rental cars".

The map above shows the general route and area of Spain that we drove.

1: Madrid

Matador walks through Plaza Mayor

photo: mytravellinglens.com

»» See Madrid 

2: Aragon

Our base for this area was the town of Zaragoza which we really enjoyed.

»» S e e  A r a g o n 

3: Catalonia

Our base for this area is the Tarragona Provence, saying near the coastal town of L'Ametlla de Mar.

»» S e e  C a t a l o n i a