Monthly Archives: March 2014

Leaving Madrid……

……….and headed towards San Sebastián in the north was the plan for the day. We took off around 9:30 because it was a 5-6 hour drive and the weather wasn’t looking great……….cloudy, rainy and a high of 12 degrees…….yuk! But … Continue reading

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Madrid’s old town…..

……..was such a treat after my nightmare! It was so well laid out and one of the first things we did, after coffee, was to take the hop on/hop off bus tour to give us a sense of the city. … Continue reading

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Parque del Retiro……

…..Is a two minute walk from our apartment and a great way to start the day. It is very well used especially by runners and people out for their morning/afternoon/evening walks. In the mornings we walked through here to arrive … Continue reading

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Parque del Retiro…..

…….will only become more beautiful once the flowers are in bloom.

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The architecture ……..

…….in Old Madrid is unbelievable; building after building after building – all with a story that I cannot truly remember!

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Gran Via …….

……was unbelievable in how beautiful the architecture was and how it changed with time.

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Last night I had a dream…….

……a nightmare actually and you were all in it as well as the guy in the photo and the three and a half million people in Madrid!    I dreamt we were running around in circles, and into people, and … Continue reading

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Cuenca, population approx. 60,000……..

………is a beautiful old town which sits astride a steeply sided spur which drops on either side to the deep gorges of the Jucar and Huecar rivers.  Marilyn’s friends in Ottawa said it was a ‘must’ on our trip to … Continue reading

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Hanging houses in Cuenca

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Food, wine, people, traffic and accommodation in Spain……..

……..in Spain have, on occasion, been great but at other times have been disappointing.  Just noticed that this picture is a little fuzzy and not sure if it’s because we drank too much wine or because the young man at … Continue reading

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