November 9, 2025
The stalwart adventurers can't get enough of Spain and Portugal. These two countries have so many positives, some of which are as follows:
- the hospitality is so very good;
- the food culture and tapas bars are fun to experience;
- they are so many charming cities and towns with well-preserved heritage sites and phenomenal green spaces:
- the peninsula is warmer than chilly Calgary in mid-November; and,
- there is a Miami Dolphins game being played in Madrid on November 16, 2025.
This trip is a follow-up to the cruise that the dynamic duo enjoyed earlier in the year, where they touched down in half a dozen Spanish and Portuguese ports, on the Atlantic coast. This time they will be going inland to spend some time in Madrid and then will fly down to the Algarve, in the south of the peninsula, to check out the famous golden beaches around Faro. On this trip, Mr. and Mrs. G will be joined by their son and his lovely girlfriend, who will join them in Madrid for a few days before venturing off to Italy while the G's head to Portugal.
With what is going on in the USA at this time, no connections are being made in America. Mr. Gym believes it is a better bet to fly across areas where the air-traffic controllers are actually being paid. KLM has a direct flight out of Calgary to Amsterdam on Wednesday, November 12, 2025. The four travelers will be on that flight which connects in Amsterdam, to a flight to Madrid.
As the author pens this post, he confirms that weather is a key reason to leave Calgary at this time of year. Winter has arrived along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Gym and his lovely sidekick want to avoid sub-zero weather for as long as possible this year.
Stay tuned!
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| Mrs. G, son Chris and Shawna |
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