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BETTER THAN EVER

DAY 11 DAY 15 top and stopped to feed the monkey that
Bill drove us all to Vejer de la Frontera, After a lazy morning we drove to the came in the open window. We visited St.
where we had lunch and visited an old beach. We swam in the Mediterranean, Michael’s limestone cave and many of the
church. We drove on through Algeciras sun bathed, and enjoyed a seafood lunch. tunnels. These tunnels were built to make
Excerpts from in the 50+ crowd is celebrated on this page. Contact south from Rota, we left the coast and DAY 16 1779-1783. The rock is still British-owned.
Living life to the fullest and being Better Than Ever
and east to Marbella. As we drove
the rock a fortress during the siege of
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This morning, we drove to Malaga to visit
approached high hills to the west. At first
share your accomplishments.
A Travel Diary glance, the hilltops appeared snowcapped, the Picasso Museum. DAY 22 – 23
We headed north to Jerex to visit the
but no, the village of Vejer paints all its
DAY 17
buildings white.
Domenico Bodega in the Old Town. We
DAY 12 Our group took a bus trip to the Bacardi decided to try for a flight at the Moron
Airbase. The drive was a couple of hours,
plant for tasting and then to a diamond
Our trip to Spain | BY LYN MAY, CORRAL DE TIERRA We swam at the resort pool, where there display. and the Spanish countryside was quite
were several topless ladies sunbathing. interesting. In the town of Moron, we
Apparently, we don’t have to go to San DAY 18 – 19 walked to the Moorish castle.
Tropez to experience nudity! We left the Riviera and arrived in Rota
after a drive through the mountains. We DAY 24
DAY 13 shopped for our dinner and enjoyed lunch Time to return home, our flight on the
This morning we drove to Malaga where at a tapas bar, with shrimp, octopus and C-5 made an 11:30 take off and we
we toured the Cathedral. We had lunch vino (sherry). were leaving Europe on our way back
at a piscado (fish) bar before viewing home. Adios!
the Roman theater ruins. Dinner DAY 20
ended after midnight with port wine We left Rota and drove south to Linea, where
and chocolate. we got a hotel and then walked around town.
We were 0.5 kilometer from Gibraltar. We
DAY 14 bought shrimp, a couple cheeses, a loaf of
Today we drove to Mija. It’s a quaint bread, and two bottles of wine, for our dinner
town high above the Costa de Sol. There feast, as we didn’t want to stay up until 10
were many donkey carts being for PM; which is when restaurants open in most
transportation. We ate wonderful paella Mediterranean towns.
for lunch. From our mountain excursion
we returned to sea level and our oasis. DAY 21
We walked on the beach toward Gibraltar,
where we hired a guide who took us on a
tour of the “Rock.” We rode to the very Enjoying a cerveza
The following story is an excerpt from my Charleston. We arrived just in time for a for treasures, and tasted Port wine.
travel diary. It begins with an invitation roll call in Rota, Spain. Success! Finally, we splurged on a delicious
from our good friends to their timeshare dinner at the Cave Royale!
in Spain. Bill is a retired naval officer and DAY 4
has flight privileges, as do I. We decided We embarked to Sevilla and Faro, Portugal. DAY 8
to use our “space available” privileges to This morning we took the metro to the
get to Europe. DAY 5 Castel of St. George where we spent the
We headed north toward Lisbon, where day climbing it’s many towers.
DAY 1 we saw many cork oak trees.
Our journey began with a drive to DAY 9
Travis Air Force Base, where my wife, DAY 6 This morning we took the Metro to
Carol, and I met Ann and Bill at the Bill drove us to Simca, where we stopped Oriento Station, destination for the site
terminal. After lunch at the base, we to walk around this small scenic town of the 1999 World Expo, The Vasco de
drove to the Budweiser Plant for a tour before traveling on to Lisbon. Gama Center. We made a supermarket
and beer tasting. visit for tea time snacks - herring, pate,
DAY 7 wine, and cheese.
DAY 2 – 3 We took a city tour of Lisbon, where
The following morning, we were up at we visited the Belen Tower, Navigator DAY 10
05:10 for a 06:10 roll call only to find Monument, and the aircraft that made We drove to Rota via a 3+ hour stop in
out that boarding had been delayed. We the first Atlantic Ocean crossing to Sevilla. We found the Cathedral and took
were up early again for our 08:30 flight to South America. We also walked through a tour and climbed the tower.
the Jewish District, scoured junk shops

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