Blogs from Aranjuez, District of Madrid, Spain, Europe

The plan was to go south to Tarragona. We had visited the city before and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, so Wendy the Navigator took on the task of finding a suitable campsite and she did this to the best of her ability. On leaving Blanes she entered the co-ordinates into the satnav and I was expecting a journey of nearly three hours. We were all astounded when the estimated journey time was a mere 20 minutes and on investigation it was discovered that Wendy had found a campsite on Tarragona Avenue in the next town 15km away. It was agreed that this was not ideal and a dramatic change of plan was required. Changing the plan dramatically brought forth very improved results. We ended up driving inland to the foothills of The Pyrenees and a small village ... read more

Andorra een ministaatje midden in de Pyreneeën prima om even terug op temperatuur te komen na de provence en Carcassone. 's nachts en 's ochtends was het goed te voelen dat we in een ander klimaat terecht waren gekomen. Onze lakentjes werden terug vervangen door onze slaapzakken om de nacht door te komen... Tegen de middag daarentegen steeg ook daar de temperatuur naar om en bij de 30° ideaal om de hoogten op te zoeken. Na bij de camping namen we de skilift wat uitkwam op een speelparadijs voor de kindjes 'magic mountain'. Laat ons stellen een mini bobbejaanland, maar dan op +1500 meter hoogte. De kindjes konden zich er naar hartenlust uitleven op trampolines, springkastelen, glijdende banden, elektrische autootjes e.d. Ook voor oudere kinderen is er vanalles, zoals een death ride te beleven. In de ... read more

I’m going to put yesterday and today together because both entries are relatively short/I want to catch up. Yesterday we did one of the free tours of Madrid, but first things first, we had a super long convo with our buddy Miguel because he had to tell us all the important things to see in Madrid lol. He took our map and literally drew all over it, putting giant Xs on everything we had to do lol. Too adorable. We also talked about Canada and what life is like back home – and how cold it is in winter hahaha, he thought we were crazy. He talked about how he plays the violin, about what he’s doing here in Madrid (lessons and just playing on the street with some friends) and he asked about music and ... read more