Conifer Travelers

Today was our 10th day on the trip! We departed from Valencia this morning at 8:00am and drove to Barcelona, where we had a full day set out for us.  When we arrived we went to a traditional market filled with every sort of food and sweet imaginable. We spent 30 minutes there and then left for our biking tour! Our biking tour was 2 hours long and we biked along the coast of Barcelona, saw statues of Christopher Columbus and famous architecture. After biking we split into our groups and had free time for dinner and shopping.  At 7:00 we returned to the bus and made it to our hotel for the evening where we will be staying for two nights!  Sincerely,  Barcelona Travelers- Maggie, Holly, Benson and Trevor

 Our group was Jack,Nate,Walden, and Dave we rated the gelato and ice cream places at each city from 1/10 First city, Lisbon got a 7.3 from Nate and a 6.9 from Jack Second city, Evora got a 6.3 from Nate and a 7.2 from Jack, one was a gas station bar that brought the rating down Third city, Sagres got a 10 from Nate and a 9 from Jack because it was only 1 place and it was really good 4th city, Grenada got a 7.2 from Nate and a 7 from Jack, we got the most ice cream in Grenada 5th city, Valencia got a 6.8 from Nate and an 8 from Jack, with 3 gas stations bringing down the scores. Our overall top 3 ice cream places in the trip were  #1 Glasol in Valencia #2 La Abuela in Grenada #3 The “End of The World” gift shop ice cream

Today was the 22 of March and we toured the Alhambra and saw types of architecture that spanned through centuries!  We also then participated in a “City Challenge” scavenger hunt; we looked for monuments and important features and then had to take a picture for proof.  It was super fun, but we were late making it to the final meeting spot so our group didn’t win.  After that, we had some free time so we shopped a bit and got some food! After our free time, we went to the Restaurante Paco Martin which was delicious!  We took a quick break at the hotel and then we went to see some Flamenco dancing, which was a first for all of us.  We all agreed that it was an extremely enjoyable experience and it was so expressive in the movement!  We made it back to the hotel and that was the day! Written by: Emma, Jack, Kai and Alathia

We left Costal del Sol and went to Ronda where we spent it touring Bull Fighting Museum, sighting seeing the gorge and the surrounding mountain range. Then we had free time where we ate lunch and shopped around. Written by: Monica, Amelia, Doran and Jordyn

Today we had an early morning, and  got on the bus at 7am. We drove a few hours to the boarder crossing into Spain, and saying goodbye to portugal.  After crossing the boarder we headed to seville where we saw the cathedral, and maria luisa park. After a few hours of exploring the city of seville we headed back to our new hotel near the beach in Costa del sol and went night swimming. Written by: Ella, Avery, Charlie, and Sebastian 

Crazy wind as we ventured to the place that was known as the end of the world-Ponta de Sagres. This was guarded by Fortaleze de Sagres, the establisjment and the birthplace of the 15th century efforts to explore the globe led by Henry the Navigator. Traveled east along the coastline to Lagos, a port that was center of attention for slave trade back in the 1500’s. Had a wonderful lunch and views of a replica explorer ship. Shuffled around the town checking out the local shops. Headed back to the hotel for one last night in Portugal. Off to Spain in the morning!