About Jeff
Member of The Chicago Writers Association
Member of the South Florida Writers Association
Member of International Screenwriters’ Association
Member Charlotte Writers Club
Jeff Lyon is the son of a truck driver and preacher’s daughter. He grew up in Irving, Texas, earned a Communications BA from the University of North Texas and then went ski bumming in Colorado. Jeff returned to Texas to work for the City of Lewisville before heading to Florida to become a licensed yacht captain. Jeff spent twelve years teaching sailing and captaining charters on Lake Michigan. During Chicago’s harsh winters he wrote travelogues, books, short stories and screenplays. Jeff returned to Florida to write and captain boats for five years, then moved to Charlotte, NC where Karen finished her career in HR. The author is currently living in Chattanooga, TN blogging and publishing the Digital Divining, Demus Divining, and Ocracoke Divining Trilogy. His adventurous tales are based on personal escapades and filled with extraordinary characters.
Sevilla After Tour
After the hustle and bustle of our 14-day tour, Karen and I spent two extra days in Sevilla to wind down from our Rick Steves adventure. It was time to relax and take in some lesser sights and pleasures. We chose the Hop On - Hop Off bus to take us to parts of Sevilla...
Savilla Day 2
Savilla was dubbed "Port of the Indies" during its heyday trading with the Americas. Today, our Rick Steves tour group will visit the Real Alcázar and later dine together to celebrate our wonderful 14-day Spanish adventure. Alcázar means a Spanish palace or fortress...
Sevilla (9-25-2024)
Sevilla is Spain's most walkable city, which is fortunate because most streets are too skinny for vehicle traffic. The everpresent scrape marks on buildings warn drivers to mind their margins. We are staying at the Hotel Amadeus Sevilla in Barrio Santa Cruz, Sevilla's...
Cádiz
Cádiz is Western Europe's oldest continuously inhabited city. It was founded by the Phoenicians around 1100 BC, but a severe earthquake in 1755 destroyed many of the city's Old Town structures, and it appears much newer. However, winding cobblestone streets,...
SPAIN’S PUEBLOS BLANCOS
Our bus ride meanders through the Andalusian region known as "Pueblo Blanco," which signifies nineteen whitewashed villages scattered between Ronda and Cadiz. This morning, we will visit the home and ranch of famous bullfighter Rafael Tejada. The Reservatauro Ronda is...
RONDA
We bid despedida, or farewell, to Granada and boarded the bus for a 110-mile drive to Ronda in the Sierra de las Nieves National Park. The city of 35,000 is split on one corner by a spectacular gorge separating the old-town quarter from modernization. Near Antequera...
GRANADA
Granada's 235,000 residents live in tightly packed houses strewn across the Alhambra, Albayzín, and Sacromonte hillsides. The Darro, Genil, Monachil, and Beiro Rivers converge in these foothills at the base of the Sierra Nevada mountains, explaining why this area has...
LA MANCHA TO GRANADA
Our Rick Steve's group travels by bus from Toledo across Spain's largest plain. La Mancha is Arabic for "land without water." This vast dry farming region produces cereal crops, sheep, goats, and saffron. European bus drivers are supposed to take a break every two...
TOLEDO, “City of Three Cultures”
Starting in 542, Toledo was the Capital of the Visigoth Kingdom, then Spain, until Philip II moved Spain's capital to Madrid in 1560. Toledo is known as the "City of Three Cultures" because Christians, Muslims, and Jews lived there in harmony. The Targus River is...
SEGOVIA
After a fifty-mile day trip by bus from our current home base in Madrid, Segovia greets us with its 2,000-year-old Roman aqueduct. Vehicle traffic was allowed to pass through the 100-foot high arches until it was discovered that the rumble was disturbing its 24,000...
