My name is Marion Vermazen. I am a traveler, hiker, reader, Sun alumnus, computer geek, YouTuber, Spanish and French language student, knitter, weaver and genealogist.
It rained off and on all day today. We walked to the train station in Madrid and then from the station in Seville to our hotel.
I love European high speed trains. Our trip from Madrid to Seville was fast and easy. Once we found our hotel we spent the rest of the afternoon exploring Seville with occasional stops for tapas.
We had a great dinner at Chic&Olé.
On the way back to the hotel the rain had stopped and the cathedral was lit up.
Our friends Butch and Myra joined us today. They will be traveling with us for the next two weeks. We met their plane and then spent the day showing them Madrid.
We stopped for chocolate and churros at Chocolateria San Gonés.
I especially enjoyed walking through San Miguel Market. They have such beautiful food.
The weather today was cool and it rained this morning but this afternoon it cleared some. We walked through Retiro Park.
Our train in Collioure left at 6:51 so we left our hotel and waked to the train in the very early morning light.
It was a twenty minute ride to Perpignan where we had an almost three hour layover before catching the train to Barcelona. So we were able to get our last French croissants and coffee while we waited.
From Barcelona we caught the high speed train to Madrid where we are tonight. We went to several nearby places and had tapas for dinner.
Collioure where we are today is a stereotypically picturesque French seaside village. Even though it threatened rain most of the day we had fun walking all around the village and the surrounding hills.
We stopped for a mid afternoon snack at a cafe on the beach.
We had a tasty fish dinner.
Tonight is our last night in France. We have totally enjoyed France and the friendly French people. Easter Monday is a busy travel day so tomorrow we catch an early train (6:51 am). After three trains we will be in Madrid tomorrow night.
Tonight we are in a picturesque little seaside town on the Mediterranean quite close to the Spanish border. Collioure was full of people when we arrived.
We couldn’t get a dinner reservation until 9:30. When we got our place at the bar we had a fun tapas dinner at Casa Gala. It was a small place but it was packed with people all having a good time Everyone was laughing singing and enjoying themselves.
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