RobinsonAdventures2020

Monday, February 24, 2020 After a few wonderful days in Seville, we headed out onto the open road again. This time our destination was Tavira in southern Portugal. There we would be visiting our friends from Waterloo, Rick and Trish Chambers. Our route took us along the freeway towards Huelva and sailed happily along under a bright sunny sky. The highway was busy leaving Seville but gradually the traffic thinned and the driving became much easier. Except for the speed … The posted speed limit is 120 Kph, about the top speed that I drive on the 401. Although posted as the maximum speed on this highway, truthfully it seemed to be interpreted as the minimum speed for most drivers. I stuck to the right hand lane because any vehicle in the left lane went swooshing past us at at least 140 KPH, often faster. Trucks also travelled in the right hand lane at a speed lower than 120 so there were times it was necessary to ease over into the left lane, pass a truck and as...

Friday, February 21, 2020 Today we woke up in Algeciras. To verify our location, we stepped out onto our hotel balcony and, yes, Gibraltar was there, almost within reach.    But today our goal was to drive away from Algeciras and away from Gibraltar and head inland in the general direction of Seville. We will come back to visit Gibraltar in a couple of weeks before we head to Morocco. We picked up our rental vehicle at the port (a slow and tedious process) and eventually pointed the car in the direction of the road out of town. Of course, we had to navigate several roundabouts to get there. Being comfortable with roundabouts in other places – Kitchener-Waterloo, Australia, the UK – we felt we were well equipped to deal with whatever we faced. But, alas, we were incorrect. More than once, we travelled around and around a roundabout, trying to determine which lane was the correct lane to exit at the place we wanted to exit. It was all as clea...