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Billy August 25, 2025 2 Comments

Spain 2023, Day 10: Ávila

For the 5th and penultimate day trip of my trip, I went to Ávila, Spain’s walled city.  Ávila is another UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Who knows how many I had visited on my trip by this point?  Ávila’s medieval defensive walls are the best preserved [Read more…]

Filed Under: Iberia Tagged With: Ávila, Christianity, Europe, Iberia, Roman Empire, Spain, UNESCO

Billy July 30, 2025 1 Comment

Spain 2023, Day 9: Madrid, Day 3, Part 1

More Madrid Museums

You may recall that I was supposed to visit 3 museums on Day 6, but I only made it to 2 because the Naval Museum was closed.  I made up for it on Day 9 when I visited the Naval Museum in between my [Read more…]

Filed Under: Iberia Tagged With: Europe, History, Iberia, Madrid, Roman Empire, Spain, UNESCO

Billy June 24, 2025 Leave a Comment

Spain 2023, Day 8: Toledo, Part 1

Toledo Morning

Day 8 was a very big day.  It was the day I went to the most popular spot to visit from Madrid:  Toledo.  Although it has a relatively small population today, Toledo was once (or more than once, actually) a very [Read more…]

Filed Under: Iberia Tagged With: Europe, History, Iberia, Islam, Judaism, Roman Empire, Spain, Toledo, UNESCO

Billy February 7, 2025 Leave a Comment

Spain 2023, Day 2: Segovia

I wasn’t feeling too great about my trip after Day 1.  Segovia quickly turned things around for me. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Iberia Tagged With: Christianity, Europe, Iberia, Judaism, Roman Empire, Segovia, Spain, UNESCO

Billy December 9, 2024 Leave a Comment

Introduction to Spain 2023

¡Hola!  Welcome to my spectacular trip to Spain!  (I just got back from my trip to South America, so I REALLY need to get these Spain posts done!  I can’t get started on my South America posts until Spain is [Read more…]

Filed Under: Iberia Tagged With: Christianity, Europe, History, Iberia, Islam, Judaism, Roman Empire, Spain

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