Adventures of Nik, Julie & Koval the Dog
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Once we decided that Lufthansa was the airline we wanted to fly to Barcelona, mostly because of their good reviews of flying animals, we decided to treat ourselves to business class seats. For the most part, their flights went through either Frankfurt or Munich, but only Frankfurt flights allow for animals. As we started looking…
After a year (or so) of researching and planning we finally arrived in Barcelona! Luckily, it was a pretty uneventful trip and Koval the dog was excited when we retrieved him at the BCN airport. (More on the process of flying a dog to come in a later and more detailed post.) After weeks of…
By our last full day in Madrid we had already covered a lot of ground so we chose to sleep in a bit. Well worth it. When we finally started the day, we made our way to Restaurante Botín for lunch. Founded in 1725, it is the oldest restaurant in the world in continuous operation….
On our second to last day in Madrid we started out at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía to see Picasso’s painting Guernica. It is possibly the most famous masterpiece in the museum. (No pictures allowed, so click the link or google to see.) Then we made our way to the El Retiro…
We left Hotel Marqués de Riscal and drove north through Basque Country to San Sebastián. After thorough research and several recommendations we decided to stay two nights in San Sebastián over our other stops in Basque Country. San Sebastián is a resort town that sits on the coast of the Bay of Biscay, known for…
After landing in Bilbao, which probably had one of the nicest views during a landing, Julie and I picked up the rental car and drove about 90 minutes through Basque Country to Hotel Marqués de Riscal in Elciego, Spain. I found out about this hotel while doing research on Bilbao. Bilbao is home to the the…