http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Extremadura/Trujillo/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Spain , Extremadura , Trujillo en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:28:28 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:28:28 UTC Day 9 Thursday 18th September 2008 Avila to TrujilloWe left the hotel around 1030am and stopped at the four pillars just out side the city centre in order to get the best view of the medieval walls.Then we headed for Guadalupe. This proved more difficult than we expected and somewhere on the road we became lost and decided to head south west for Trujillo into the Extremadura.There are various th http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Spain/Extremadura/Trujillo/blog-340838.html This weekend we went on a school trip to various towns in Extremadura which is the province above Sevilla. Check out the map I added. We started on Friday morning. The bus left for Merida which is a town that is famous for its well conserved Roman ruins. They have a gorgeous amphitheater and a theater. The theater is the best conserved Roman theater in Europe. There is one that is also we http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Spain/Extremadura/Trujillo/blog-338355.html The next stop on our trip was Trujillo. This is a smallish town in Extremadura. I think it is fair to say we are well off the English tourist trail and we do need to use our rather bad Spanish. We are in the nicest hotel so far. It is an old convent that is now a 4 hotel. The conversion has been done well and there are some super modern lights and art work which look really good. The room where http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Spain/Extremadura/Trujillo/blog-329439.html This morning Kris and I woke up packed our things and went to breakfast at 930am. Again we had the loaf of bread a bowl of Cola Cao hot chocolate orange juice but instead of the package of cookies we had a magdalena which are tasty little muffin things. After breakfast we returned to our rooms to get our things then boarded the bus once more to go on to our next destination. It was only http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Spain/Extremadura/Trujillo/blog-42638.html It's raining it's pouring... why are we not surprised Today is officially the first day of Autumn although we've already had the central heating on for a week. Still on Monday I'm off to sunny SpainThe town I'm going to is called Trujillo in the region of Extremadura. Not many people have heard of Extremadura but it's the region which borders Portugal and is north of Andalucia where they http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Spain/Extremadura/Trujillo/blog-850.html