I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo.

Amateur Traveler episode 389. Today the amateur traveler talks about white

hillside towns, lovely beaches, and one amazing historic fortress as we go

to Andalusia in Spain.

I know that I should be heading home, but maybe not, maybe not

today. Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. We don't have a

sponsor today for the sponsor slot but I did want to give a special

thanks to car rentals.co. UK who gave us the use of not one but two rental cars while we were

recently doing a driving trip in Ireland.

And if you get to Ireland, I absolutely recommend doing driving. Even though there is some challenges of driving

on the left and driving on the left with a standard no less. We got to go to some wonderful

places like the Rock of Cashel, the Dingell Peninsula, the Cliffs of More and the Burren, that

you'll be hearing more about on the amateur traveler or at the website.

So thanks again to carrentals.co. UK.

Before we get into this week's episode, I do have two news stories for you.

A story that made me laugh came from the UK Guardian.

A wild animal park, Chessington World of Adventures opened up a 22-acre Seringer style reserve that you can drive through,

and they're imposing a new dress code because they say animals are getting confused when

they see what looks like zebra and giraffes driving across the terrain in a 7.5 ton truck.

Seems like the new dress code could be a really good idea.

If you like winning contests, Richard Branson has a new reality TV show where the prize is space travel.

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