Food in Spain: We started with coffee, crusty bread, croissants with cheese, and Jamon Iberico ham and jelly every morning. In the late afternoon, we snacked on tapas (small dishes) as our dinner: Paella (rice dish with rabbit, chicken, or plates of seafood), Jamon Iberico (Iberian cured ham), gazpacho (cold tomato soup), pimientos de padron (green pepper fried in olive oil and sea salt), croquetas, fish (fried and grilled), squid (grilled), tortilla de patatas (Spanish omelet with eggs and potatoes). In Spain, a workday extends longer, with most businesses closing for a few hours in the afternoon. It is common for Spaniards to eat dinner between 9-11 p.m.

Back to the Fun Scale: Spain has so much to offer (and we only scratched the surface), and we realize every day was a Type I on the Fun Scale (except for driving the car in Seville).

The Trip’s Overall Cost: We did this trip for under $2,500 per person. Planning the overall trip was a massive job, including reserving a car, housing, timing train tickets, museum tickets, etc. We were lucky to have a person who used to live there, traveling with us, who knew the locations and sites we wanted to see and stay in.