Montreux

All the towns around Geneva lake are incredibly beautiful, including Montreux! The huge water body, snowy mountain peaks behind it, blue sky and Christmasy decorations paint a picture worth hanging on a wall. Unfortunately, also a big, fat disappointment came across. Apparently Christmas market on Sunday is a red light…

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Geneva

The awaited day came - visit of Geneva. I was really curious how it will look like after hearing quite good reviews. I guess we were not that lucky in the end - it was very foggy in the valley, so we didn't see the mountains around Geneva lake. Also…

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Lyon

We arrived late in Lyon and stayed in a room in a house of two older woman. They were very cheerful and offered us some tea. It was really nice to have such social hosts after a long time :) The conversation juggled between their broken English and Peter's broken French…

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Rocamadour

On our way to Lyon we went to Rocamadour - nice, small and medieval looking town in a valley. This town is one of the stations for pilgrims and many signs, posters suggest that. The most impressive building here is church of l'Hospitalet that requires a little hike up a…

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Bordeaux

Just one word - wine! Lots of wine... That was our task for the 4 days we stayed here - get in every yard that has a chateau in its name, hope it's a wine yard, hope we can taste some wine, hope we can afford some :) Although, it would…

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Seville

Seville

We spent here 3 nights in total. Many movies have been filmed here, for example, scenes of Game of Thrones and Star Wars. Parliament Garden near parliament View from some tower View from some tower View from some tower Perfection Wherever we go in southern Spain and Portugal, streets are…

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Granada

Granada

Early morning in Granada to see the beautiful palace and fortress complex Alhambra, and continue to Seville. This tower looks good from many different spots and windows here ^^ Gardens The driving around below the highest peak of continental Spain on mountain range Sierra Nevada…

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Córdoba

Córdoba

On our way to Seville, we made a stop in Córdoba. Such a pity we spent so short time there. What I though would be a small, not too interesting city, turned out to be a real beauty! :) City wall A gate leading to a bridge From the other side…

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Benalmadena

Benalmadena

We stayed here for 1 week and planed to visit Malaga, Ronda, Granada, Gibraltar and Cordoba during our stay here. We have flat with a great view on mountains and a very active football field from our balcony! This little town have very lively bars all day long. The only…

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Gibraltar and Ronda

Gibraltar and Ronda

We chose the best day for an "adventurous" road trip - at the arrival in Gibraltar we cough a thunderstorm! First we went to Ronda and saw probably one of the most beautiful bridges ever built - Puente Nuevo! It's connecting 2 parts of the city Ronda, opened at the…

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