All Booked and Excited to Ride

My friend Ray and I are off to Portugal and Spain this time.

A few days in Lisbon, then a bike ride through the Algarve, ending up with a train trip to Madrid before flying home.

We've booked with Mac's Adventure again.  This will be my third tour with them and I've got nothing but good words for them.

There are bargains to be had. By booking so far in advance with Air Canada and flying an open-jaw route our total return air fare (each) is only CAN$879.  I can also recommend booking hotels through the Air Canada site because our hotel in Lisbon and that in Madrid average around US$75 per night.

Now that the major details are settled we have to get some familiarity with the Metro systems in Lisbon and Madrid, get all the pertinent data on the laptop, and learn some rudimentary Portuguese and Spanish.

Jim